Immigration Forum / USA Marriage Base / July 2006

I have some questions regarding to the FBI name check.

My wife and I married in 2005. I had my fingerprints taken in Dec.05,
and had the AOS interview in the end of March 06 in Newark, NJ. My
conditional GC hasn't arrived because my name check is not completed
yet. A friend of ours had her marriage AOS interview couple weeks after
our interview in NYC. Before the interview ended, she was told that her
name check wasn't done yet.... exact situation like mine-Name Check
holds everything up. But she got her conditional GC in May! And I am
still waiting.

Questions:

1. Does the location of interview matter? NYC v.s. Newark NJ?
2. At what point, INS sends FBI my case to be name checked? After
finger print was taken? After my interview?
3. My wife is a naturalized citizen, and our friend's husband is not
(He was born in the U.S.) Does that slow down my Name Check because my
wife wasn't born to be a U.S. citizen?
4. I recalled on the Biographic form I submitted, there is a "Other
Names Used" filed. I filled that with my English name. (Because my
first name is too long, so I gave myself an English first name. But it
never appears on any of my official document.) I wonder if it slows
down my Name Check because I submitted a second name?
5. Any way I can obtain the information if  FBI does have my case? What
if INS forgot to summit my case? Or lost in transition?

Thoughts? Thank you very much!