I had some questions regarding AOS, EAD & AP. My husband and I sent in our AOS package in November of 2006 and we recieved reciepts for all of it, then just a week ago we got scheduled for our "Initial Interview" for the end of January...now my question is....do we have to get approved (at the interview) in order to recieve an EAD & AP while we wait for our GC or do we get the EAD & AP before we even get apporoved for the GC, cause if we dont recieve and EAD & AP before the GC then filing for those is a waste of money cause your GC is both of those right?

6 of one/ half dozen of another

there really is no rhyme or reason as to how fast you get any of those documents.

If you get the GC consider yourselves lucky, you may walk out pending the FBI namecheck and need the EAD and AP.

Carms,

If I understand correctly what you're asking,
- no, you do not have to get your adjustment of status approved in order to receive an EAD and AP. There would be no point to that, as you recognize.
- you get the EAD and AP when those applications are approved, whether before or after you get the adjustment of status approved. Except that they'll probably stop processing on those applications if the adjustment is approved first since you won't need them at that point.

Yodrak

carms07,
Your timeline indicates AP was already approved.
If you are approved at the interview and do not need a background check, your GC will be mailed to you within 60 days (or so they claim). You may or may not be able to have the passport stamped with AP and/or EAD, depending on the local office procedures. The CSC at Los Angeles will not stamp the passport upon approval of AOS.
Yes, you can travel and work with the GC, so the AP and EAD fees turned out to be a waste of money for my wife and I.