US Immigration from Brazil

Has anyone had any luck dealing with the CDC to get a permit to bring a dog over for a K1 applicant? Our application is with the consulate and we are very close to scheduling an interview. I'm trying to figure out how to get my fianc e's 3 dogs here from a "high risk country" but the CDC's rules seemingly don't cover K1 visa-holders. The exception to the ban is only open to citizens or legal permanent residents. I think that this is an inadvertent mistake because why would a marriage-based CR1 (legal permanent resident) be allowed to bring a dog but not a fianc e-based K1 (non-immigrant visa)? I've reached out to the CDC by phone and e-mail without much luck. Does anyone have any experience with this?

Hi, I just got married in the US and me and my husband want to apply for my green card.
can I file all the forms together including permission to work? And can I use my husbands surname even though my marriage certificate has my maiden name?

My fianc (Brazil) and I (U.S.) filed for a K1 visa on June of this year. The California processing center is processing for applications sent on January as of now (9/2/21). I however recently got a remote job that would allow me to work in Brazil and as a result the posibility of getting married in Brazil and filing for the CR1 Spousal visa has opened up. I know I'd be regressing back in line, so to speak; and I know the wait times for the spousal visa are about 2 years. The benefits of living in Brazil for a while are there, however. I'm curious, has anybody here done the switch from K1 to CR1? How was your experience? Anything I should know about before doing the switch?

Hi all -- My fianc will change his legal gender (currently female, changing to male) and legal full name at some point after he arrives in the states. I'm trying to figure out what point in the adjustment process it would be easiest for him to change it.

I was wondering if rolling the first/middle name change into the marriage last name change would work best? We plan to pick a new last name together for both of us and switch to it together a few months after we get married. But I think he'd be okay with taking my last name for now if that would make it easier to change his first/middle (and then we both change our last names later on).

If anyone has had experience with this, or with changing legal gender marker during the adjustment of status process, please let me know. I really appreciate any assistance! ^^

Hi! Just a quick question: I'm American and my son is American; his mother is Italian. We live in Italy and are not married. Is the only way for us to go back to the US as a family via marriage? There is no visa in place for the mother of an American citizen minor?