Good luck today, aos13
motk: good luck to you to, 3/18 is just around the corner!
Thanks Sm1smom and pritu_sharma! We did the interview today, I think we are greened!
After the interview the IO gave us a piece of paper that says that there will be a decision at some point, and said that they will make the final decision after security check. So I asked if they are waiting on the background check, IO didn't say yes, but didn't say no either! So we left the interview, and I was really bummed because I was expecting a decision. And couple of hours later I got an SMS and checked the online thingy, voila card production! And later it turned back to decision. So I guess we are fine.
The interview was pretty standard. First thing IO asked was the original receipt of the DV fee! If anybody remembers my agony over that some time ago, my heart dropped!
I told that I submitted the original so the IO went through the pages and found it, it felt like minutes. They need another copy for the second application too. Then we went through the form verifying everything on the form. Then we were asked for original birth certificates. Since we sent original transcripts, we weren't asked for any other diploma original. Then we were asked for a current employment letter since the one in the application was from January. Then IO asked if we are current and checked online that we still are. IO made it to a point to ask both of us if we have had other marriages and other children than listed on the form (that puts a long debate on this forum to rest I guess!!), or if there are anybody else in our household.
And that was it. After folders and folders of documents, the only things we had to show were passports, birth certificates, employment letter, DV fee and principal applicant's latest immigration status. Of course we had already sent everything but we weren't asked to show originals of everything. For example the IO didn't care to see original police records or marriage certificate etc.
In our case the IO had a checklist to go through, after every question put a check mark there. At the very end of the checklist was "approved" and we didn't get a check there during the interview.
The IO checked the medicals in front of us, I guess they don't really look at it until the interview.
There is a whole bunch doing their interviews in March, good luck guys!