Who else lives at your address currently?

“Who else lives at your address currently?” is a practice question about home 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 ask who shares your address to understand the household beyond the two spouses. Children, relatives, or roommates may be part of that living arrangement. The question can help clarify who currently resides there rather than who receives mail there, visits often, or lived at the address during an earlier period of your marriage.

What might the officer ask next?

• How is each person related to either of you?
• About when did each person begin living there?
• Does anyone stay there only part of the week?

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?

List the people who currently live in the home and your relationship to each one. Separate residents from visitors and former residents before practicing aloud. If someone stays only on certain days, describe that pattern rather than forcing it into a simple yes or no. When a move-in date is unclear, give the approximate period you remember and do not claim to know another person's exact housing history.

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 home questions

• What is your current home address, and how long have you lived there?
• Do you rent or own your home? Whose names are on the lease or mortgage?
• How many bedrooms are in your home, and which one do you both use for sleeping?
• Describe the main furniture in the room where you usually sleep.
• Describe the layout and appearance of your primary shared living space.
• What shared entertainment or screen devices do you keep in your home, and where?
• How do you pay rent or the mortgage each month, and from which account or method?

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