I went there at 7, just in case 1 hour earlier. Office opens officially at 7:30, but security let me in. The office is on 4th floor, but they let me in because we had 4 month old baby. So durin security check you are checked like in airport, I took off shoes and family members too.
We went and there is reception and I checked in my additional evidence.
!!!!!!!!!!!IMPORTANT FOR THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO SUBMIT NEW EVIDENCE!!!!!!!!!!
There is announcement on reception window that if you are going to submit new evidence which is relatively big in volume (however it doesn't say how big, I checked in over 20 pages of new evidence so they didn't say anything) submit it at least 1 week earlier to interviewor your interview may be reschedule. Yes this is important, no one wants their interview to be rescheduled. So if you have big evidence submit it earlier. (As I mentioned many times going to asylum physically is 100 tiems better thing thaan to send letter, call or ask friend)
So with me checked in over 5 applicants, 2 guys I recognized from Friday, they were with me on Friday (the day I found out my interviewdate). I communicated with them and what they told me
!!!!!!WE WENT TO INQUIRE ABOUT OUR INTERVIEWS ON FRIDAY AND OFFICE OFFERED US TO SCHEDULE OUR INTERVIEWS IN 2 WEEKS!!!!!!
This is true as it seems and I feel same thing is with me. Asylum office often have free time when someone reqeusts reschedulin so they have time available right away and if it happens that you are inquiring asylum office receptionist will offer you new date. LUCKY isn't it. Yes so my friend go there physically. Also when you will be given 1 page inquiry form, don't forget to place tick on "I want to schedule myinterview".
I was called for finger prints and they took me photo and my wife too, not children.
Then I was asked to wait for officer to call me. I waited over 1 hour and half and lady called me. She was communicable, very nice and friendly, she took me in her room. very cozy room. First I thought interview rooms are like prison rooms where only ground attached tables and chairs are available. But with all of sudden I appeared in very nice room, I even saw what she had on breakfast
She had my case in front of her, she told me she read everything, it was over 300 pages. First of all I told her, I have new affidavit of political expert and she told me she saw it (I checked in reception)
In the beginnin she told me that you're lucky your interview was scheduled and told me that Newark office now is conducting interviews on MONDAYs too. So good news for those who are in Newark office. More interview weekdays.
She started to ask me my date of birth, place of birth, address, current address in US, I told her where I live now (fortunately I updated asylum office with my residential address and they had it) she even asked me my past addresses starting from brooklyn and bronx, I remembered everything as I was prepared. But here I blame myself, she asked me my wife's home country address and I told her, but somehow I forgot that I had in my application that for some time I had been living at my wife's family's address, but fortunately I told her quite frankly that I don't exactly remember and I live for some time there, she showed me that address in application but she was not as if she caught me on something, she was as if she helped me to remember and then I said yes, yes I remember, sometime I stayed at my wife's family address. my mother stays there too and I told it to her, so she was pleased I hope. When I answered her questions she market my correct answers. I don't know if it is problem or not. We will see.
It seemed that she really read my case. Because she didn't ask me to start talking from the beginning, she got interested how I was appointed on my key position for which I am here now.
Here I can surely state that I didn't make any mistake, I talked talked for 1 hour and half and was as humble as I could as honest as I could because I was telling really truth. There is no doubt that she didn't believe me, becasue as you know my case was documented by my beating photos and video footage, I submitted my photos, also I had 5 affidavits and she told me she read those affidavits.
And my lawyer wasn't their, I don't know they had emergency and they couldn't. But no need of lawyer, lawyer never intervenes in your conversation there, I saw laywers there but they were just helpin clients t feel additional evidence check in paper and it is just 1 page and then interview is between officer and you and translator if you have, lawyer just sits there.
I don't know is it good point or bad that as far as I was telling my story, she was nodding her head every time I stressed on important events. At the end she asked me questions about my personal political views about why current government came in power. It was as if dialogues between friends, when your friend asks you about something politics.
She copies my passports (I don't know why, she anyway had them)
She told me to pick up decision in 2 weeks time, she gave me yellow paper where date is indicated
So this is it
I can assess myself as 8 from 10 points. But in very important parts of interview I really did well.
Wish you all the best too and
AGAIN GO AND PHYSICALLY INQUIRE AT THE OFFICE, FORGET LETTER, PHONE CALL OR E-MAIL
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