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Old Mar 31, 2018 | 9:01 pm
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DwightSchrutesFarm
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Join Date: Feb 2018
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Applied: 2/21
Conditionally approved: 2/25
Interviewed: 3/16
Approved: 3/16

A somewhat interesting data point that e-statements are sufficient for proving your address: my interview confirmation only said I had to bring my passport and my driver's license. When I sat down for the interview, the interviewer asked for my passport and license. Then he asked if my license's address matched what I put on the application, which it doesn't (entirely because I've been too lazy to go get it changed). So, the interviewer just asked me for some other proof of address. I came prepared and just handed him a printed out e-statement of my checking account. He looked to make sure it was recent (and it was) and that the address matched what I applied with (which it did). After that he just handed the statement back.

The only questions he asked me were:
  • What countries have you visited in the last 5 years?
  • Have you been to Cuba or the Middle East in the last 5 years?
Aside from that, it was just random chit chat that wasn't part of the formal interview. From the time the interview started to it ending was well under 5 minutes. I got the approval notification as I was exiting the building.
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