I received my approved visa today just sharing my timeline & interview details in case it helps anyone:
No RFE!
June 12th 2021 - PD (submitted to Texas, transferred to California)
June 24th 2021 - Active Review
February 24th 2022 - Case Approved
May 12th 2022 - Documents Submitted
July 20th 2022 - DQ'd
August 26th 2022 - Interview Letter
September 9th 2022 - Medical
October 27th 2022 - Interview at Dublin Embassy (was told everything looked good and to expect my passport back in about 10 working days)
November 2nd 2022 - CEAC status changed to Administrative Processing
November 3rd 2022 - CEAC status changed to Issued
November 7th 2022 - Postal notification & tracking number received
November 8th 2022 - Visa on Hand & Immigration Fee paid
November 19th - Flight to USA ✈️🇺🇲
Interview Questions:
"Name" is your petitioner?
Is he also your financial sponsor?
What does he do for work?
How much money does he make?
How did you meet?
What do I do for work?
Are you planning on continuing that in the US?
You got married in Ireland?
What was your wedding like?
Have you ever been refused a US visa?
Have all your visits to the US been on an ESTA?
Where are you going to live in the US?
Is it a house or an apartment?
You changed your surname at one point? (I had submitted a deed poll from when I took my mom's surname when I was 18.)
My interview time was 7:45am and I was out of there at 9:15am. Interview lasted around 10 minutes. The longest part was queuing to hand over my documents and then waiting to be called to the interview desk.