2/15/2006

Most employment based I-485 applicants are not interviewed. This is due to nationally-established criteria for waiving the need for an interview where the USCIS determines that it is unnecessary. Under the current criteria, interviews are generally waived when: 

• the principal applicant continues to be employed with the petitioning employer;

• the principal applicant has been approved in the Extraordinary or Exceptional Ability classification;

• the principal applicant has been approved as an Outstanding Professor / Researcher or Multinational Executive / Manager and continues to have an ongoing job offer with the sponsor; or

• the principal applicant is a physician who has been approved for a National Interest Waiver based on his or her having worked in an underserved area.

Transfer Criteria for Personal Interviews: the following cases would all be automatically transferred for an interview at the local USCIS District Office.

• cases where there was a need to verify identity or legal status;

• cases with questions of admissibility / qualifications for adjustment  (which would include cases where there was any criminal involvement);

• cases with potential fraud issues;

• applicants with certain medical conditions and those with fingerprints that were rejected twice;

• second filings for adjustment of status, which require review of the prior case/s; and

• cases where the "A File" cannot be located at interview time.

 

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