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I applied for citizenship on August 6th, 2025, I received an interview date for November 3rd,2025. I did not get a biometrics appointment. Is this normal and will they send the booklet for the civic text?

What advice do you have to prepare for this interview? I have been reading the booklet though I need to read more.

I am about to leave USA for 3 months and I have been a GC holder for the last 3 years. I have worked for only 1 of the 3 years. Politically I am center left (not an activist) but I have made political contributions to the Dems while on GC and I was wondering if I will face any issues while re-entering the country. I was wondering if on re-entry if the CBP can use any hidden violation that I am not aware of right now to prevent my re-entry. The only thing I can remember as coming close it that in 2016 I mistakenly made a political contribution to presidential campaign unaware that without a GC I was not allowed to do that. When I realized my error I called up the political campaign number and asked for a reimbursement. Can small issues like this lead to any problem? Should I contact an immigraton attorney just for safety or am I being paranoid?

I have my naturalization interview tomorrow, and we just realized we are unable to locate my husband's birth certificate. It is probably misplaced in the house somewhere, but we can't find it.

The interview letter says I need to bring it. Would my husband's US passport suffice?

Hi all, we have not had an interview or received any communication about scheduling one at this point (485 sent Aug 5/Biometrics Sep 2/Work permit/EAD received 2 weeks ago). Does this current status bar mean that we aren't likely to need an interview?

Hi all,

I'd like to ask a question about a pending case. Here is my case information:

LPR Husband, Foreign Wife.

Filing category: F2A

Filing date of i130: 15JUL23

Filing center: CSC

Currently the case is pending, and we haven't heard anything since 19OCT23 when the status changed to "USCSI is reviewing your case".

Here are the current processing dates from what I can find:

Current Visa Bulletin (October 2025) F2A Final Action date: 01FEB24

Current CSC i130 case processing according to VJ: 31JUL24

We however have not heard anything yet. Is there another way we can find out where we are in the process or what might be wrong?

I assume I have to wait with filing with the NVC until we get the welcome email/letter, even though our category is current?

Thanks in advance!