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Will do this, thanks!

Just had a look on my USCIS account and can't see any way to upload an additional document, now the N400 has already been submitted 🤔. Hoping it's because I'm on my phone and that I'll be able to do it on a laptop!

Hi! I just submitted my N400 (under 3 year rule) online and, after reading through some posts on here, I'm realizing that I was perhaps supposed to include a letter requesting a combo interview? My 2 year greencard is currently expired and I'm awaiting removal of conditions (have been since March 2022). I assumed that the N400 would just supercede the I-751...but now I'm inferring that there's further action I should have taken, re including that letter. Has anyone done this process and not included that letter (and if so, how did it impact the process)? Many thanks!

Perfect, thanks Dashinka! I actually started filling in a paper form before I realised I could do it online - and then I was hoping that maybe the online version would be smart enough to auto-update to only request information for the last 3 years...but no such luck!

Hello! My first post in a looooong time. I'm applying online for citizenship under the 3 year rule (lawful resident for last 3 years and married and living with US citizen spouse for last 3 years) - and I'm confused about the 'time outside the US' section. It's asking me to provide information on 'trips' I've taken outside the US in the last 5 years - however, I've only lived in the US for just over 4 years. So, should I include the year prior to me moving here...even though that wasn't a trip, it was me living in my home country? Or should I just start the trip history from the date I moved here? Hoping someone who's already done this can advise! Thanks ☺️

Just wanted to add to this from the perspective of someone currently going through the IVF process (I'm 37). Realistically, it's likely going to be difficult for your partner to naturally conceive at 43. I don't want to make you feel negative, but when you have a limited window, it's important to be realistic. I'm currently going through IVF due to infertility, as are 3 of my friends, who are aged 40, 41 and 41. @Jeanne Adil made an excellent point re the risk of giving birth to a child as an unwed mother - so it definitely sounds like you should prioritize marrying first of all, before anything else. I would then recommend starting IVF in Iran. By all means, try naturally first of all if you want - but I can't express this enough - don't waste a lot of time on this. At 43, your partner's chance of naturally just conceiving is less than 5% - and that doesn't even factor in the increased chance of miscarriages (unfortunately, I also speak from experience of miscarriages too). I've just checked the prices of IVF in Iran and they are SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper than in the US. To put things in perspective, the cost of one IVF cycle at the hospital/clinic I use costs around $30,000, once you factor in all the meds, appointments, procedures, etc. So, financially, it's probably better to do IVF in Iran. You could also then get married, apply for the CR1 and then do the IVF process whilst you're waiting for the CR1 to come through. You don't need to be present for the IVF process, except for giving a sample at the clinic - which can then be frozen for when it's needed. I know this isn't the information you've asked for - but I think it's really important that you both have this info, if you're not already aware.

If you're already married, that would probably explain why your K1 (fiance) visa wasn't granted.

It isn't? That's a shame 😕.

OP, I sincerely hope you're able to find a way to make money - it sounds like you're struggling, if you're prepared to resort to being a test subject. You could enter the diversity lottery, which, if you won, would enable you to move to the US - but you would still need money to pay for your flights and emigration costs, etc. As mentioned before, your sentence structure and grammar is excellent. Are you as proficient in spoken word also? If so, could you look for a role as a translator perhaps? Good luck to you.

Good luck - hope everything works out for you both!

We actually 'registered' our marriage (and by that, I mean signed the license in front of our officiant and a witness) before our wedding too, because we wanted to get the AOS process rolling. We did no vows, we literally just signed it - and then we had a big wedding, with a white dress, vows, weeping mothers and mothers-in-law, etc, a couple of months later (but of course we didn't sign or register anything, because it was already done). Again, only the OP and OP's wife really know what happened - but I feel like the wording he's used (saying they considered the marriage registered, because that was the day they went to court), sounds more to me like that was the day they got their marriage license. Which would then explain why their marriage date is actually listed a few days later, when they did their vows (and presumably signed the license).

I think the wording you/your wife are using probably isn't helping matters. You're referring to 1st August as being the day she 'registered' the marriage...but that they didn't do the vows until 4th August. Now, you don't have to say vows to get married. I didn't. What you do have to do is sign the marriage license and then whoever married you (officiant presumably) would need to send off the form. What your wife did on 1st August was obtain her wedding license - well, that's what I assume, from what you're saying. That's what you go to 'court' to do. You obviously can sign the form there and then and then you are married on the same day - but it doesn't sound like that's what she did, as she did vows 3 days later. I just wanted to highlight that obtaining a wedding license is NOT the same as registering a marriage - in much the same way as booking a hair appointment is not the same as actually having your hair cut. Getting the license enables you to get married - registering the marriage happens after you've actually done the deed and signed the form. Flagging this, because it may help you avoid further confusion when having this conversation with a lawyer and/or USCIS.

I had my wedding in LA...but I had a 'secret wedding' 2 months before, in the OC (because they issue their certificates so much quicker after the wedding). We picked up our marriage license in Irvine, met our officiant for lunch, he married us there (and our waiter was our witness) and we got our certificate a couple of weeks later. We then had our big wedding two months later, in LA (Inn of the Seventh Ray in Topanga Canyon - it was amazing!) and no one knew we were already married 🙂. EDITED TO ADD - actually, that's not true - 2 people at our wedding knew we were already married - our officiant and our 'witness'. No one else, to this day.

The certificate is what you get after you're married - no relation to the license (which you get beforehand). You'll be fine getting your license the day before. But it's the certificate that you need when you send in your green card forms...so you may have to wait 2 months before you can send them.

Unfortunately, I don't know the details of it, as it was something mentioned in passing a few years ago. I believe her parents were denied at the airport in the Philippines - but I honestly couldn't guarantee it wasn't at LAX. I heard the story from her husband, but his main focus in telling the story was that he was desperately scrambling to try to find an alternate route/flights for her parents in the limited time he had before he (and his wife) were due to fly. Also, I've slept many times since then 😆. Regardless, the point I was making was that they weren't granted tourist visas. It definitely happens.