First, I want to say thanks to this forum, really helped me prepare for the interview. Was over prepared but it's best to be over prepared than under prepared.
Interview was for 1:45 @ Sansome Street. Got there at 1:30, paid for parking and went in. Waited for 20 mins and was called in. Got sworn in, asked to sit down, told to change seats with my spouse so as to be sure who he's talking to
Confirmed my info name, address, parents name, profession, company I work for and phone number. Told him my number had changed so he updated my number and had me sign a document, also put another number beside my phone number and I asked what number was that and he said it was my green card number, tried to hide my excitement
He then asked my wife where we met and she told him it was at an event on the East Coast, he asked me what event, and I mentioned my high school reunion party. He mentioned that I must have come from a priviledged background to be able to go to a boarding school becos it's obvious I did not go to a village school
(stereotypical) Just because I was born and grew up in a developing country doesn't mean I went to a village school.
He then asked my wife if she'll take my name and she said maybe next year and he said that would be hard to pronounce and she said it's okay, she knows how to pronounce it.
He then asked what proof I brought for him, I gave him copies of the lease, car insurance, joint checking account, both 401ks showing each other as beneficiaries, home insurance showing the engagement ring insurance(all that bling bling has to be insured). He said that's enough, that he had more than he needed and he wished everybody was as prepared as we were and it makes his job easier.
He asked me if I would quit my job since I got approved and I said No, my company's been good to me so no need to. He mentioned that most Indians he interviewed tell him they can't wait to quit their current jobs. Mentioned I was cool with my job and wasn't quitting.
Then he gave us the spill abt applying to remove conditions on the green card and we shld send as much documentation as we had, that people think they don't have to since they've been married for 2 yrs and then they have to be called into another interview and it wastes everybody's time.
I asked him abt stamping my passport and he said he would. He stamped it for one year, took my I-94 and EAD and asked my about my advance parole, I still have not received it and told him so.
The whole interview took 20 mins.
It seems the processing is much quicker becos I sent all my info end of Aug and with the RFE still got approved Mid November, that's quite an improvement.
My timeline's below:
Filed I-130/I-485/I-765/I-131 - Aug 18 at CHicago Lock box
ND I-130/I-485/I-765/I-131 - Aug 23, 2006
FP Notice Aug 28, 2006
FP Sept 7, 2006
RFE - Lack of tax returns, resent the letter I had sent previously explaining no tax returns due to lack of income of my spouse.
Interview Notice - Oct 3rd 2006
Interview Nov 16th 2006 - Approved and passport stamped
Interview was for 1:45 @ Sansome Street. Got there at 1:30, paid for parking and went in. Waited for 20 mins and was called in. Got sworn in, asked to sit down, told to change seats with my spouse so as to be sure who he's talking to
Confirmed my info name, address, parents name, profession, company I work for and phone number. Told him my number had changed so he updated my number and had me sign a document, also put another number beside my phone number and I asked what number was that and he said it was my green card number, tried to hide my excitement
He then asked my wife where we met and she told him it was at an event on the East Coast, he asked me what event, and I mentioned my high school reunion party. He mentioned that I must have come from a priviledged background to be able to go to a boarding school becos it's obvious I did not go to a village school
(stereotypical) Just because I was born and grew up in a developing country doesn't mean I went to a village school. He then asked my wife if she'll take my name and she said maybe next year and he said that would be hard to pronounce and she said it's okay, she knows how to pronounce it.
He then asked what proof I brought for him, I gave him copies of the lease, car insurance, joint checking account, both 401ks showing each other as beneficiaries, home insurance showing the engagement ring insurance(all that bling bling has to be insured). He said that's enough, that he had more than he needed and he wished everybody was as prepared as we were and it makes his job easier.
He asked me if I would quit my job since I got approved and I said No, my company's been good to me so no need to. He mentioned that most Indians he interviewed tell him they can't wait to quit their current jobs. Mentioned I was cool with my job and wasn't quitting.
Then he gave us the spill abt applying to remove conditions on the green card and we shld send as much documentation as we had, that people think they don't have to since they've been married for 2 yrs and then they have to be called into another interview and it wastes everybody's time.
I asked him abt stamping my passport and he said he would. He stamped it for one year, took my I-94 and EAD and asked my about my advance parole, I still have not received it and told him so.
The whole interview took 20 mins.
It seems the processing is much quicker becos I sent all my info end of Aug and with the RFE still got approved Mid November, that's quite an improvement.
My timeline's below:
Filed I-130/I-485/I-765/I-131 - Aug 18 at CHicago Lock box
ND I-130/I-485/I-765/I-131 - Aug 23, 2006
FP Notice Aug 28, 2006
FP Sept 7, 2006
RFE - Lack of tax returns, resent the letter I had sent previously explaining no tax returns due to lack of income of my spouse.
Interview Notice - Oct 3rd 2006
Interview Nov 16th 2006 - Approved and passport stamped
if they have a good side... 
If they cashed the check, then they might be forced to pay you back.... After all, they owe you... at last, USCIS owes someone some money.... 