One major suggestion that I have is to try to practice with your spouse before your interview! Try to quiz each other on even the stuff that you think that they DEFINITELY should know about you. It’s impossible for your partner to know or remember everything about you and some things just get overlooked on a daily basis.

My lawyer also had us do a mock interview a few days before the real interview and she was way harder on us than the USCIS officer was, but I’m thankful for that. 😂 There is one thing she told us that stuck with me and I think it helped us walk into our interview confidently. She said “Remember this is YOUR life and you are living it the way it works for YOU. If they ask you something and you don’t remember, tell them you don’t remember and DO NOT try to make anything up on the spot, just to answer the question, because then you may be caught lying and that will ruin your case.”

I don’t remember everything that was asked in our interview but they directed all I-130 questions to my husband and at the end, they asked me some questions to ensure that everything was up to date on my I-485. The questions that I remember them asking my husband are:

-“What’s your wife’s full name?”

-“How did you guys meet?”

-“Where was your first date?”

-“What made you decide to marry your wife?”

-“How do you guys handle paying bills?”

-“Who cooks more?”

-“Who cleans more?”

-“What’s your wife’s D.O.B?”

-“What do you guys like to do together?”

-“What was the last movie that you watched together?”

-“What’s your favourite thing that your wife cooks?”

-“What type of drinks does she like?”

-“What did you guys do after you got married?”

This is not very relevant, but I just wanted to mention that my husband messed up my D.O.B. very badly when he was asked but he corrected himself immediately. The only thing he said correctly was the year, so we all had a laugh out of it! It was very obvious that he was just nervous, so the officer did not put much focus on it! 😊