N-400 December 2025

[igoyougoduke 1,749]

Searched around but couldnt find a December Thread for N-400.

 

Filing date: 12/15/2025

Receipt Date: 12/15/2025

Filing method: Online

Local office: Dallas

Qualify: 5 Year Rule

Type: EB based GC

 

Exciting about finishing the final step for the immigration process and get done with it 

 

 

[VJ_Member 4]

Let us know if biometrics was reused based on the latest memo which requires an appointment to update your photo on file.

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-updates/20251212-PhotographReuse.pdf

 

[igoyougoduke 1,749]

18 hours ago, VJ_Member said:

Let us know if biometrics was reused based on the latest memo which requires an appointment to update your photo on file.

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-updates/20251212-PhotographReuse.pdf

 

dang this looks like brand new. they change rules every week 

[OldUser 11,130]

2 hours ago, igoyougoduke said:

dang this looks like brand new. they change rules every week 

Yep, things change daily nowadays

[lastrose 68]

Haven't submitted yet, but we will be submitting at the very end of this month! Just starting to prepare the paperwork. I'm a bit nervous with all of the changes currently happening though. Did you file online? We're filing under the 3-year rule for spouses of US citizens, but it's not clear to me if we need to (again) provide evidence our marriage is bonafide, or just bring more evidence to the interview later. Our ROC is still pending, so I imagine they will be adjudicated together, along with the more ample evidence of relationship required there.

 

I also just saw someone posted about a new policy about neighbor affidavits and suggesting to submit those with the application to avoid a potential RFE/neighbor inquiry about moral character. Did you submit anything like that?

Edited Tuesday at 06:09 PM by lastrose

[Fr8dog 549]

If you file under the 3-year rules you can upload additional evidence and probably should. Your petition is based on marriage so it's fair if they want some evidence you are still married and living together. I did not upload additional evidence but that was way back so your mileage may vary.

 

You only have 1 file with the USCIS all petitions are in that file and all evidence is in that file. You do not need to submit/upload previous submitted evidence regardless of what petition it was for.

Having said that, submitting additional evidence or previous submitted evidence is easy enough with the electronic filing and so you see more and more people leaning towards going that route. It's not going to hurt your case if you do.

 

Things do change a lot lately and nobody knows how things will be in the future. However I have never heard of anybody ever stating "boy I wished I would have waited longer before I filed later". In other words, get the thing filed.

[lastrose 68]

Whelp, feeling pretty discouraged. We're still going to be filing at the end of the month (which is as soon as we're able), but husband's country of citizenship is one of the new (partial) travel ban countries and looks like they've already paused all adjudications on those. Hoping this all somehow gets overturned. 

[mitzab 344]

Just wanted to share that my wife has officially submitted her N-400 under the 3-year rule

 

Couldn’t have got this far or done this without this community.

 

[OldUser 11,130]

1 hour ago, mitzab said:

Just wanted to share that my wife has officially submitted her N-400 under the 3-year rule

 

Couldn’t have got this far or done this without this community.

 

Congratulations!

[TBoneTX 48,687]

9 hours ago, mitzab said:

my wife has officially submitted her N-400 under the 3-year rule

The most fulfilling "small part" of this process is filling in that final box of our VJ timelines.  Looking forward for when this time comes for you.