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WOW!

We had our interview yesterday morning. We got there with 20 minutes to spare. Waited in the lobby for about 45 minutes before my name was called. When we got to the IO's office, he swore us in, told us to have a seat. He then asked for IDs, how and where we met, when and where we got married.
He wanted to know if we brought the original marriage certificate, looked it over and compared it with the copy. He then asked for my son's birth certificate and my husband's passport.
He asked my husband where works and he does at work and if we were renting or owned a house. Hubby told him we just bought our first house - the IO asked for the mortgage papers( i wasn't on the mortgage, so i gave him the copy of the deed of trust that has my name on it). Then looked at our wedding photos, kept a few copies. That's it! He didn't even asked for the other co-mingling stuff i prepared. :laugh:
He then verified the info on my AOS application. Asked 2 questions from the "Have you ever"..questionnaire. He then told me everything looks good, asked for my passport and took out my I-94 ( because i don't need it anymore) Told me he's approving my application and it will take a month for the card to arrive. Made a copy of our IDs on the way out. And that's it! Took about 10-15 minutes.
Glad this is over for now. Whew!

Interview Report
Scheduled on August 16, 2010 @11am at Los Angeles Office
We parked our car 9:45am at a parking lot in front of the Immigration Building.
We had a Yogurt in the market area and head to the building at 10:15am; we waited about 25 minutes in the line for security.
We got to our room and there were about 50 couples/families.
We left our cellphones in the car but there were many people with their cellphones in the waiting area of AOS....
We were talking and looking at our pictures (brought 6 albums lol) while we waited.
Guess how long our waiting was??????? 3hours!!!!!! ---> we were getting so hungry
Guess how long our interview was??????? 10 minutes!!!!
The officer, David, mid-30ish, very friendly cool guy greeted us at the door to go in the interview room.
We were sworn first and sat down in a small office with many papers all over his desk..
He asked us questions about how/when/where we met, asked my husband when he decided to pop the question, our first date and looked at a couple of albums we brought.
Then asked our address, other evidence of cohabitation like apartment lease and utility bills. We actually moved while in the process so our home address was changed, but he didn't seem to care about it that much.
He also asked who is sponsoring and my husband's occupation.
After all the question, he asked me to show him my passport and he canceled all the old visas I previously hold (F1 and H1b)....
Then, he congratulated me and my husband for the approval of green card
He told us that I should receive green card in 4-6weeks in a mail; but when we told that we have a planned trip to Mexico City in mid September, he pretty much told us that we should get the card in mail sometimes next week
Although we were so hungry, we were the happiest couple in the whole world at the moment!!!!
Good luck with all the upcoming interviews and congrats on EAD&AP approvals!!!

Yippi, finally some good news.
Card/ Document Production
On August 16, 2010, we ordered production of your new card.

We had our interview at San Francisco around 125PM. We got to the place at 1245pm, looking for parking and left our cell inside the car. But we were surprise that you can bring your cell, but you have to turn off.
The place looks like empty. Officer Lee, a Chinese mid 50's, greeted us was we walk in to his office. He was such a great guy!! We told him how nervous we are, and he told not to since he wouldn't bite us. He asked how we met and when. We even told him our stories, where and when we met, proposed and engaged. Officer Lee asked for some pictures. We showed him our album and he asked for three pictures with three events. We gave him our wedding pic, friends visiting us, and other pics. He asked for rental/lease agreement which we dont since I own a place. So he asked for bank join account, health insurance with my fiancee's name, life/auto insurance, and even our joint phone bill. He got all the originals. We asked if he wants photocopies, and he told us that originals are fine with him and we could download originals later if we want (kinda weird). Finally, office asked if my fiancee is working. He asked also if my fiancee has SSN, and we showed to him.
Finally, he said that AOS interview is approved and handed us the letter.
When we got to my car, I had a blocked message from Officer Lee, that he doesnt have the medical result. So he has to mail the notice of action. He mentioned that it is nothing serious. So we decided to go back the bldg, which is good thing that we have the copy of our appt letter and medical from the Philippines. We went to the receptionist, told that we're back since Officer Lee needs our medical. The receptionist told us that Officer Lee might be having another interview and busy but not until we saw Officer Lee went out to call a couple, and waived our hands to him. Officer Lee let us walk in his room, and there we saw a sealed enveloped about to mail to us. Officer Lee opened the letter, handed to us and explained that most of the time, immigration from the POE SFO, forgot to route and include the medical result to our KI Visa approval package. Office Lee mentioned that it is not our fault, but we have to complete our medical again, which include TB test and syphyllis test. So we have to go USCIS medical/civil surgeon and pay again.
Really, Officer Lee was really such a great guy. Our interview went well, calm and pleasant except for the screwed medical result done in POE SFO. But well, we have to do this anytime soon.
Thanks for everyone, and for the next year we have to move to lift green card condition forum. Good luck to everyone. Cheers!!