hellraiser

Don't worry about any of these things. You won't have problems coming and yea, your passport (german) and free card is all what you need. All the other things you are concerned with are trivial. I am not sure about ESTA but the airline will tell you what you need. Regardless what line you enter through, it may take same amount of time depending on how many flight lades around that time :-).
Just do to your step dads funeral. May God rest his soul I peace. You can leave and come back with peace in your mind too.

Yes and also you may not get an RFE. If you think you made many mistakes all you can do is wait for the RFE at this point. Waiting time could be 1-4 months and can be even more.
Good luck

Congratulations.........
So what happened? What was your experience vs what you anticipated/prepared for :-)
Enjoy the time as you don't have to worry about this ever again.........

My case type was IR1/CR1 and was the applicant.
If you have all the documents that are in checklist and are confident, you should feel comfy :-). Just like you I always try to prepare for the worst, LOL

In fact you should. Being cautious would help you to better prepare yourself. And then there would always be an uncertain portion that you will face and cross the hurdle by yourself.
Some get a smooth ride on the interview and some ended up on a roller coaster.
So my first suggestion would be to find your comfort zone. List the documents that you are presenting and check at the general mass is going with. If you are far below than the average, you may need to reconsider your inventory. And if you are at par or better than most, may be you need to focus on the interview part. And once this would be all done, may be you will look back laughing at yourself.
Hope you end up laughing at yourself :-)

Dear MSSERAZ,
I think you got quite a few good advices and unless you are willing to hear something specific.
I don't think anyone is doubting about the authenticity of your marriage and how you would like to prove is is explained on various threads (some are on this one as well). If you do a research you will find extensive list of docs people are talking about. Does that mean you will need them all? That's where you need to figure out what you can get for yourself. No one can tell you anything with certainty when it comes to immigration or any other USCIS process. Each case is different and are treated in its unique way; however we still talk to get am understands on what may come and to be better prepared. "My marriage is genuine" saying that won't prove it, rather you have to have supporting documents and present then in a way so the CO thinks accordingly. If the CO senses something isn't right, one has to pay price for it. Even a fraud marriage is presented to be genuine and the candidates are not going to say "my marriage is a sham". So yes, presentation and confidence does matter, not arrogance.
I am sure you already have x number of documents and prepared both yourself and your wife on the common marrital info. There cannot be a mistake on those basic info and a mistake or difference in answer may mean something isn't right. Ask each other questions to make sure you are good and rest should be okay. Everyone that goes for interview will try to prove that their marriage is genuine, what will you do differently? You have a really bad understanding how arranged marriages are treated and even a worse idea about New York. That is bit sad. Anyway Go confidently and you will do just fine...

Then how long does it take usually after the interview to have approval at least online ?
What is situation of 26 Federal Plaza , NYC ?

I requested your post be deleted where you updated the list. You grabbed a real old list and omitted half of the August folk. And don't want the next update to think thats the latest list. The latest list is always the previous list posted which i had just did. But no big deal all done now.

Okay. So that's standard mumbo-jumbo for AP, aka advanced processing. This is quiet different than getting rejected or declined.
Since 2001 all males from certain ethinic and/or religious background that fells in certain category go through AP and that pretty standard. Sadly Bangladesh made it to that list. These days they are doing that for females as well. For females it is more like random and you will never know why one goes to AP an how long would they wait. This can mean a simple name check to god know what. So as others said prepare yourself from a month to 6 months of time. Even getting the senators or congressman involved will not get you out faster or they can expedite this on any way. The good thing is if your facts are straight you will come out of this hell hole.
So hold on and keep the positive spirit up. Look at it this way, after the interview you will probably bring her here right away and may no get the chance of doing many things. Get those things done and start preparing/planning for the PoE as well. Just to make sure your grounds are covered.
Stay positive and supportive to your wife. No one is as vulnerable as she is right now and is probably feeling guilty for this. Please support and comfor her as much as you can.
This will be over soon :-)

The letter does say that max time this would take is 60 days. So what is the question? Exactly how many days this will take? No one can answer that with certainty or even a proximity. Also, please check the USCIS site for the timeline on NOA2. I think this is showing 5 months if they didn't make any change lately. If I have to guess, I think it may take another 3 weeks to 3 months for you to get the NOA2 if everything works in your favor (all guesstimates). And by the way, for the RFE, was it a typo or you forgot to add the biographic info page of your wife (G325A). A typo can be processed differently, time wise, than an entire form. So these all will have impact on the time.

Yes, do not try to make any change and you may accidentally invoke a RFE. Just wait and put the changed address once your I-130 is approved by USCIS. Till NOA2, all communication will be forwarded to the petitioner as such she's not going to miss any information. As "Ryan H" suggested, she can start filling out the future address in all her application with NVC. There is nothing wrong in this and can be explained easily, if asked.

Sooooon..........
Be patient. There isn't an end to it. On e you get it then it will be POE then your green card, and SSN and then real life and then removal if necessary, then citizenship, kids and their school and the list will go on and on.
Relax and wait as your waiting has a positive end however not everyone I as lucky as you are. Think about that and may ease some o the pain. This is. Ertaonly painful bit can't avoid this uncertainty.
Good luck

I understand there could be many factors and is dependant on countries, but is there any general rule of thumb for getting an interview date after the case is approved by NVC?
My Country is Bangladesh, and when I called NVC on last week of may (that's when my case was approved), they informed me that the local embassy couldn't find a date for the interview hence they will start for it next month. I don't want to panic but is guessing this will take place in July. The question is, what is the general rule of thumb, or norm when it comes to setting up an appointment? Should I expect that with in the next 1 week, I will get the date in a mail or this may take even couple of months? From the user base of Bangladesh, I've noticed that the general time of getting the appointment is within 2 weeks of the "Case Comoplete" at NVC and then the time is somewhat 30-40 days. Am I just drawing my gungs too early. It was a long wait and this process sucks. I do know that many others are not as privileged as I am and some are suffering really bad, but that does not ease my pain or subside the frustration in any way. I wish there was a massive change on this process!!!!!!!!!! Any suggestion, specially from fellow Bangladeshi would be helpful.