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Sheila and I went for our interview at 9:30 this morning. We went in prepared to wait for three hours or more (like our Lawyer had warned us), went in with a mountain of evidence, but when it came to 9:20, we were already being called into the room ten minutes early. About twenty minutes later, we were approved.

I was actually so nervous before the interview that I noticed I had what I can only describe as hives forming on the palm of both my hands. I had convinced myself that we would get denied again and as we walked towards the interview room, following the interviewer, I felt myself starting to relax a little.

We went in, sat down and the interviewer took me through a number of really simple questions, such as where I live, what Sheila’s name is, that sort of thing. I guess if they suspect it’s a scam marriage they probably go deeper into their book of questions, but she never seemed to feel the need with us. Let’s face it, I am not coming to the U.S. for the healthcare system, the gun controls, the social security benefits or the economic stability am I!? I think perhaps the fact I am coming from the UK to the USA helps a lot…

We had to hand over various documents and copies, my birth certificate, Sheila’s birth certificate, proof of shared bank accounts, shared insurance, shared taxes we had filed, etc. We next went through photos of Sheila and I at various things such as weddings, the walk we did in aid of Breast Cancer Research, all that stuff. As we got to each photo the examiner asked us who each person was in each photo and obviously I pointed them out and said their name.

Then suddenly the examiner decided she had seen enough, she sat back in her chair and said: “Well, I think I’ve seen enough so I am going to approve your case today – you will get your Green Card in about two weeks.”

Sheila and I, totally shocked that we got a decision right then, both kind of said: “What?!” Then we both offered for the examiner to see more of the evidence we had brought, kind of still confused and shocked and when the examiner refused again, it finally hit us. So we got up out of our chairs and almost started stumbling towards the door like we both wanted to get out of the office before she changed her mind!

There really are so many people to thank. This has been a really hard thing to go through and the longer I have been away from my family, the more I have missed them and being ‘trapped’ here in the USA, not even being able to visit them, was really horrible. Everyone who helped, I really can’t say it enough: Thank You. You made dealing with all this and coming out of the other side as successful applicants a reality.

If anyone is going through immigration – get a lawyer. We were going through the Immigration process for fifteen months, twelve of those were with a failed application that we did without a lawyer, three months were this successful application where we made use of a lawyer.

If you are looking for a good Immigration Attorney in the Chicago area, try our guy: David Lehman, (312) 360 0050.