Interview Experience - Extensive Travel - 800 days

Name
aug15th
Country
United States

I had my interview at the Dallas DO today May 14th. It went very well. I was very nervous about my extensive travel over the past 5 years. I had some 800 odd days of travel that included trips to a lot of countries in the world. But none of my trips was over 6 months, the maximum trip length was 110 days. I was working for a US company as a contractor and did have a letter from the company for the reason for the numerous visits.

I had my interview at the Dallas DO today May 14th. It went very well. I was very nervous about my extensive travel over the past 5 years. I had some 800 odd days of travel that included trips to a lot of countries in the world. But none of my trips was over 6 months, the maximum trip length was 110 days. I was working for a US company as a contractor and did have a letter from the company for the reason for the numerous visits.

But the interviewing Officer was very pleasant and the only documents he asked was the green card and driver's license and my passport. I used about 5 books of passport but did not have any of the old books. I just gave my new book but he did not even open it.

He went thru the application and when we came to the travel part, he asked where you an US employee for which I said yes and he went right past it. Whew! what a relief.

When it came to my wife's section, he asked whether I have applied for I130 for her. I said no and that I was waiting to get my citizenship before applying for her. He said I should have applied for her I130 and changed the status once I got my citizenship.

Finally, he tried to calculate my age when I got my Green card to see whether I had to register for Selective Services. I was almost 28 at that time, so I was ok.

The rest was painless, the six questions, the english sentence, after the end of which, he gave me a printout recommending me for approval.

Now I have to wait for my oath.

Bottom line, for those of you who have a lot of trips, just three tips. One, do not bring up anything on your own. Just answer whatever is asked. Second, It all depends on the rapport you develop with your interviewing officer. Once you establish a cordial tone, everything is easy. For me, my officer was a fillipino and I mentioned to him about my time in Phillipines and a phrase in Tagalog. Third, dress ultra formally. I had a suit and a tie and my officer commented that I am dressed ultra formal for the interview.

Good luck to everyone.

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