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Hello,

My husband entered the country through the K-1 visa in 2018 (and this website was SO helpful!!! We did it without the help of a lawyer!). Due to the pandemic, we kind of fell through the cracks and he finally got his green card in 2023.

His Canadian passport is due to expire in December. He wants to renew it, but he is concerned because he has to send in the old one, and if there s a family emergency, he won t be able to get to Canada.

What have you guys done in this circumstance? Is there a way to get into your home country and back into the states while your passport renewal is pending?

TIA

I don't have an oath date yet. Currently waiting for interview, but looking at trends of oaths, I am expecting my oath to be on or about Oct 17. I am due to fly abroad on Oct 25.

If this is how my citizenship processing timeline unfolds, I know the only hope I have to get a passport in time is to apply for urgent one day processing at a passport office. How realistic is this though? What are the odds of getting an appointment at a location that is drivable from where I live?

Any other ideas anyone has on how I can not postpone an oath, and still be able to travel?

I was pushed out of my job about 4 months after I sent my application. Many of us were asked to go back to the office (we were hired as remote) and in some cases (like mine) the distance and time of commute made it impossible to continue working there. I decided to go back to freelancing within my husbands company (which i used to do years ago, a small LLC where he does videography and I do design) but i'm still trying to get clients to work with me. I also decided to homeschool my kids and stay home, as well taking care of my 2 year old and i'm pregnant and due in January. How much of all of this do I have to disclose during my interview? Will I be asked about my current job? do i tell all this story? will starting over as a freelancer be of any concern to the interviewer (as in our ability to sustain ourselves)? Just fyi, my husband is American, and I've lived here since 2001. My interview/test is in a few weeks in October.

My I-130 was filed a year ago so hopefully I am a few months away from seeing some movement on my case.

BUT, I have no idea what to expect next for the total timeline. A month here, 4 months there. Another year? Another 2 years? Even longer? Can it really take a year just to get an appointment at the embassy in Manila?

Feeing discouraged, where exactly do I look at data about the total time it takes from submission of the I-130 to booking the flight to America?

Thanks so much in advance.

Huge news today - will have a huge impact on applications of it goes ahead

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trump-mulls-adding-new-100000-fee-h-1b-visas-bloomberg-news-reports-2025-09-19/