aussie_jason

Sounds like the IO was just trying to catch you off guard, if you get all flustered then chances are any coaching that had been done prior would escape your mind so he was likely purposefully pushing buttons, if you got through that without revealing anything that would be detrimental to your case then I would think of it as a successful interview.

Lets look at this from the perspective of USCIS for a moment:
- Someone is visiting the US on a B2 visa from a country that has recently suffered from a lot of civil unrest, they would have been admitted by CBP for a max of 6 months but they could have extended that through ELIS while in the country but they likely don't have that long left on their period of authorized stay
- They meet a USC citizen
- Date for a "short time"
- Get married at what appears to be a civil ceremony with just the required one witness
- File for AOS
To prove their marriage is bona fide they provide a long list of accounts, insurance and other paper work that people can generally be quickly added to (and usually just as quickly removed from) along with the marriage certificate, a small number of photos and some "cards from family". The OP's family apparently lives in the US but her husband is yet to meet them due to financial reasons yet here they are in the middle of AOS and with a lawyer.
Don't get me wrong I'm not questioning whether the marriage is bona fide or not but if you look at it from the point of view of USCIS then I'm not surprised they were given a hard time at the interview.

Lets look at this from the perspective of USCIS for a moment:
- Someone is visiting the US on a B2 visa from a country that has recently suffered from a lot of civil unrest, they would have been admitted by CBP for a max of 6 months but they could have extended that through ELIS while in the country but they likely don't have that long left on their period of authorized stay
- They meet a USC citizen
- Date for a "short time"
- Get married at what appears to be a civil ceremony with just the required one witness
- File for AOS
To prove their marriage is bona fide they provide a long list of accounts, insurance and other paper work that people can generally be quickly added to (and usually just as quickly removed from) along with the marriage certificate, a small number of photos and some "cards from family". The OP's family apparently lives in the US but her husband is yet to meet them due to financial reasons yet here they are in the middle of AOS and with a lawyer.
Don't get me wrong I'm not questioning whether the marriage is bona fide or not but if you look at it from the point of view of USCIS then I'm not surprised they were given a hard time at the interview.

You are way over complicating things, if he gets hired as a W2 employee then he completes the W4 and an I-9, if he gets hired as a 1099 then he provides the W9 to the hiring company and has to pay his own taxes on an estimated basis quarterly with 1040-ES and if he creates his own company that he is an employee of for that he would need to complete an I-9.
The process is exactly the same as it would be for a USC.

Lets look at this from the perspective of USCIS for a moment:
- Someone is visiting the US on a B2 visa from a country that has recently suffered from a lot of civil unrest, they would have been admitted by CBP for a max of 6 months but they could have extended that through ELIS while in the country but they likely don't have that long left on their period of authorized stay
- They meet a USC citizen
- Date for a "short time"
- Get married at what appears to be a civil ceremony with just the required one witness
- File for AOS
To prove their marriage is bona fide they provide a long list of accounts, insurance and other paper work that people can generally be quickly added to (and usually just as quickly removed from) along with the marriage certificate, a small number of photos and some "cards from family". The OP's family apparently lives in the US but her husband is yet to meet them due to financial reasons yet here they are in the middle of AOS and with a lawyer.
Don't get me wrong I'm not questioning whether the marriage is bona fide or not but if you look at it from the point of view of USCIS then I'm not surprised they were given a hard time at the interview.

Sounds like the IO was just trying to catch you off guard, if you get all flustered then chances are any coaching that had been done prior would escape your mind so he was likely purposefully pushing buttons, if you got through that without revealing anything that would be detrimental to your case then I would think of it as a successful interview.

Lets look at this from the perspective of USCIS for a moment:
- Someone is visiting the US on a B2 visa from a country that has recently suffered from a lot of civil unrest, they would have been admitted by CBP for a max of 6 months but they could have extended that through ELIS while in the country but they likely don't have that long left on their period of authorized stay
- They meet a USC citizen
- Date for a "short time"
- Get married at what appears to be a civil ceremony with just the required one witness
- File for AOS
To prove their marriage is bona fide they provide a long list of accounts, insurance and other paper work that people can generally be quickly added to (and usually just as quickly removed from) along with the marriage certificate, a small number of photos and some "cards from family". The OP's family apparently lives in the US but her husband is yet to meet them due to financial reasons yet here they are in the middle of AOS and with a lawyer.
Don't get me wrong I'm not questioning whether the marriage is bona fide or not but if you look at it from the point of view of USCIS then I'm not surprised they were given a hard time at the interview.

Sounds like the IO was just trying to catch you off guard, if you get all flustered then chances are any coaching that had been done prior would escape your mind so he was likely purposefully pushing buttons, if you got through that without revealing anything that would be detrimental to your case then I would think of it as a successful interview.

Lets look at this from the perspective of USCIS for a moment:
- Someone is visiting the US on a B2 visa from a country that has recently suffered from a lot of civil unrest, they would have been admitted by CBP for a max of 6 months but they could have extended that through ELIS while in the country but they likely don't have that long left on their period of authorized stay
- They meet a USC citizen
- Date for a "short time"
- Get married at what appears to be a civil ceremony with just the required one witness
- File for AOS
To prove their marriage is bona fide they provide a long list of accounts, insurance and other paper work that people can generally be quickly added to (and usually just as quickly removed from) along with the marriage certificate, a small number of photos and some "cards from family". The OP's family apparently lives in the US but her husband is yet to meet them due to financial reasons yet here they are in the middle of AOS and with a lawyer.
Don't get me wrong I'm not questioning whether the marriage is bona fide or not but if you look at it from the point of view of USCIS then I'm not surprised they were given a hard time at the interview.

Lets look at this from the perspective of USCIS for a moment:
- Someone is visiting the US on a B2 visa from a country that has recently suffered from a lot of civil unrest, they would have been admitted by CBP for a max of 6 months but they could have extended that through ELIS while in the country but they likely don't have that long left on their period of authorized stay
- They meet a USC citizen
- Date for a "short time"
- Get married at what appears to be a civil ceremony with just the required one witness
- File for AOS
To prove their marriage is bona fide they provide a long list of accounts, insurance and other paper work that people can generally be quickly added to (and usually just as quickly removed from) along with the marriage certificate, a small number of photos and some "cards from family". The OP's family apparently lives in the US but her husband is yet to meet them due to financial reasons yet here they are in the middle of AOS and with a lawyer.
Don't get me wrong I'm not questioning whether the marriage is bona fide or not but if you look at it from the point of view of USCIS then I'm not surprised they were given a hard time at the interview.

Lets look at this from the perspective of USCIS for a moment:
- Someone is visiting the US on a B2 visa from a country that has recently suffered from a lot of civil unrest, they would have been admitted by CBP for a max of 6 months but they could have extended that through ELIS while in the country but they likely don't have that long left on their period of authorized stay
- They meet a USC citizen
- Date for a "short time"
- Get married at what appears to be a civil ceremony with just the required one witness
- File for AOS
To prove their marriage is bona fide they provide a long list of accounts, insurance and other paper work that people can generally be quickly added to (and usually just as quickly removed from) along with the marriage certificate, a small number of photos and some "cards from family". The OP's family apparently lives in the US but her husband is yet to meet them due to financial reasons yet here they are in the middle of AOS and with a lawyer.
Don't get me wrong I'm not questioning whether the marriage is bona fide or not but if you look at it from the point of view of USCIS then I'm not surprised they were given a hard time at the interview.

Lets look at this from the perspective of USCIS for a moment:
- Someone is visiting the US on a B2 visa from a country that has recently suffered from a lot of civil unrest, they would have been admitted by CBP for a max of 6 months but they could have extended that through ELIS while in the country but they likely don't have that long left on their period of authorized stay
- They meet a USC citizen
- Date for a "short time"
- Get married at what appears to be a civil ceremony with just the required one witness
- File for AOS
To prove their marriage is bona fide they provide a long list of accounts, insurance and other paper work that people can generally be quickly added to (and usually just as quickly removed from) along with the marriage certificate, a small number of photos and some "cards from family". The OP's family apparently lives in the US but her husband is yet to meet them due to financial reasons yet here they are in the middle of AOS and with a lawyer.
Don't get me wrong I'm not questioning whether the marriage is bona fide or not but if you look at it from the point of view of USCIS then I'm not surprised they were given a hard time at the interview.

Lets look at this from the perspective of USCIS for a moment:
- Someone is visiting the US on a B2 visa from a country that has recently suffered from a lot of civil unrest, they would have been admitted by CBP for a max of 6 months but they could have extended that through ELIS while in the country but they likely don't have that long left on their period of authorized stay
- They meet a USC citizen
- Date for a "short time"
- Get married at what appears to be a civil ceremony with just the required one witness
- File for AOS
To prove their marriage is bona fide they provide a long list of accounts, insurance and other paper work that people can generally be quickly added to (and usually just as quickly removed from) along with the marriage certificate, a small number of photos and some "cards from family". The OP's family apparently lives in the US but her husband is yet to meet them due to financial reasons yet here they are in the middle of AOS and with a lawyer.
Don't get me wrong I'm not questioning whether the marriage is bona fide or not but if you look at it from the point of view of USCIS then I'm not surprised they were given a hard time at the interview.

She also had congratulations cards from co workers.

This is something I think a lot of people incorrectly think, anyone could do that whether the marriage is bona fide or not and I wouldn't be surprised if they get suspicious if you really pile on a lot of such documentation, especially at the AOS stage.

If you live or travel near the border with Mexico then the chances are not small, I would classify that as a high risk area and would never risk it while not in status especially on a bus where they will check everyone and not just ask the driver. ICE along with CBP are all over that area and there are multiple secondary checkpoints on US soil.

If you live or travel near the border with Mexico then the chances are not small, I would classify that as a high risk area and would never risk it while not in status especially on a bus where they will check everyone and not just ask the driver. ICE along with CBP are all over that area and there are multiple secondary checkpoints on US soil.

You believe that having a lot of joint account is irrefutable proof of a bona fide marriage?

I think y'all are missing the OP's point, he is in the US and in the process of AOS and once he has his EAD then he can get a job in Baltimore, however that means his fiancee/wife would have to leave the job that she referenced on her I864 so if the OP has to go for an interview then it is possible depending on timing she will no longer have that position and the income for sponsorship but the OP will.
I think the only time this would be much of an issue is if the IO asked the OP where his wife worked but how is the process generally affected if the petitioner's employment situation changes in between filing and approval?

The renewal should be free, just include a copy of her I-485's I-797C NOA-1.

No

I think OPs intent is to withdraw and stay (or continue staying ) illegally. Would say it's getting close to be shadings against this site's TOS...

This memo would indicate that your conditional residency remains valid while your I-829 is processing -
http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Laws/Memoranda/Static_Files_Memoranda/Archives%201998-2008/2005/eb5_i829_011805.pdf
You can file to renew the re-entry permit but that must be done from the US and you will also need to attend biometrics here, alternatively you can try to arrange a special immigrant visa with the local US consulate.
However with such an extended stay outside the US then USCIS may consider your green card abandoned so you are going to have to tread very carefully, I would also imagine you are going to have a tough time with your I-829 if you are having to work abroad in order to support your family.

In all likelihood this will be a moot point anyway as I'm sure you have all your ducks in a row for the interview so you will likely be approved that day.

That isn't right, it is more like 2-3 months to get the EAD once you file and if you are smart about it and fill out the forms in advance you can file as soon as you have a copy of the official marriage certificate and I imagine if you get married at the courthouse that you would be able to get it within a few days if not the same day.
A lot of people seem to make silly mistakes and delay the process by having to reply to RFEs so it is important not to rush putting your package together so if you start now you should be well prepared.