Since you filed to adjust status, have any facts on your application changed, such as address, employer, or arrests?

“Since you filed to adjust status, have any facts on your application changed, such as address, employer, or arrests?” is a practice question about interview day for a marriage-based green card interview at a USCIS field office. A real officer may ask it in other words, ask something else, or skip it. Practice can help you explain your own facts. It cannot tell you what USCIS will decide.

What is the officer checking with this question?

The officer may be checking whether the application still reflects your circumstances at the time of the interview. Changes can concern everyday facts or matters that need closer legal review. This question is about what changed since filing, so the filing date helps separate an update from an error that was already present in the original application.

What might the officer ask next?

• What date did that change take effect?
• Has your employment changed since the application was filed?
• Have there been any changes involving children or arrests since then?

The next question usually comes from the words in your answer. If you name a person, a place, or a month, expect a question about it. The guide to green card interview follow-up questions explains how to practice past the first answer.

How do you prepare to answer it?

Review a copy of the filed application and use its filing period as your starting point. Make factual notes about later changes to your home, work, family, or legal history. Distinguish a new event from a detail that was wrong when filed. If a change date is unclear, check a relevant record rather than supplying a precise guess. Ask your lawyer how updates or corrections should be handled in your case, especially for arrests or immigration matters.

Answer from your own memory, in your own words. Do not learn a script or a sample answer. If your spouse remembers a detail differently, first check whether you mean the same event. Ask your lawyer about any concern with your forms or documents.

Can you practice this question out loud for free?

Yes. Choose "Answer it now, free". The officer asks this question first. You answer out loud, and the officer follows up on what you said. You can try 3 questions free, and you do not need documents. Feedback comes after the session, not while you speak.

More interview day questions

• I will ask several yes-or-no questions tied to your adjustment application. Answer each carefully.
• Did you enter the United States lawfully, and what was your most recent status before filing to adjust?
• Have you ever been arrested, cited, or charged with any crime anywhere in the world?
• Do you understand that if you have been married less than two years at approval, you may receive conditional permanent residence?
• Please confirm the originals of your passport, marriage certificate, and any prior divorce decrees.
• Has a civil surgeon completed your Form I-693 medical exam, and was it already submitted or brought sealed today?
• Do you have any questions about the next steps after today's interview?

Read the interview day topic guide, or see all 91 interview questions.