US Immigration from England

Hello all, I would first like to say TIA for any replies, answers and advice to my question, it really means a lot. I will try and keep this short.

Back in 2009 I entered the US on a K1 Visa, got married within the 90 days and life was good, for a while. Fast forward to 2011 and the relationship was broken, I don't want to get into details but all i will say is that there were major trust issues (for good reason) on my part, which in the end, forced us to grow apart and therefore the marriage ended in divorce after 2 years. Since I had created a new life here with a good job and made some great friends, with their support and help, I decided to push on and apply for my GC which was granted to me.

Fast forward to 2017 where I got married to an American girl and to this day, my marriage is still going very strong, Happily married with 2 beautiful kids, I am living the American Dream. My GC was due to expire in 2020, I was always planning on becoming a US Citizen but, as everyone knows, 2020 was, a difficult period around the globe, so, since I wasn't confident in doing the Citizenship before it expired, with all the madness that was going on with the Government during COVID, I just played it safe and did a 10 year renewal.

Currently, I am still a permanent resident through my Green Card. My question is, upon filling out the Form N-400, should I check the box stating that I am a spouse of a US Citizen or do I state that I am eligible for Citizenship since I have been here on a GC for well over 10 years? I am a little confused how to file since I originally came to the US through a K1 Visa.

Maybe its a simple answer but, I really wanted to get this correct first time since I will be trying to do all the paper work myself.

Thank You for taking the time to read and respond, it really means a lot.

Happy New Year to all out there. Its been a while since i have been here, so my apologies if this post ends up in the wrong thread. Also, thank you in advance to those who reply with feedback/advice for me, much appreciated.

I am a GC holder at the moment, I renewed my GC back in 2020, long story short, I really didn't want to deal with Government paperwork during the Covid era, so i thought it would be a safe option to renew my GC so that there would be no issues for me to travel out of the country if the paperwork got held up for some reason or another.

I have a couple of questions regarding the process -

Am i able to be a dual citizen? I currently have my British passport and was wondering if i would have to give it up once i become a US Citizen (assuming i will be). I am married with 2 kids, i was also wondering if they could become dual citizens also, basically, can they have a UK passport also? My wife is American and my kids were born here in the US.

Has anyone come across any issues along the way regarding filling out the paperwork? Anything to pay special attention to?

I must admit, I am a little concerned about the "test" that occurs during this journey. Has anyone any advice/tips on what type of questions you are asked?

Looking forward to reading your responses, I hope everyones journey out there is going as smooth as it can go. Good luck to all.

Hi! I think I'm good to post in here? lol

I also have some I-751 questions.
I feel like I'm climbing up a mountain about how to file the evidence for this one. I don't know how to prove our marriage on paper cause we're both ADHD and have been procrastinating on a lot of stuff.

Bit of backstory :

• Husband has no driving license or state issued ID (we just kept putting it off and he's dyslexic so he panics at the thought of the permit test)
• Car insurance won't let me put him on the policy until he has a license or permit number
• I bought my house before we even met, I don't feel comfortable putting his name on my house when he hasn't financially contributed to it
• Same thing for the car - I bought a new one in 2024 due to the old one crapping out. Paid cash for it. They wouldn't put his name on the title because he doesn't have a US license and he didn't financially contribute to it, so...idk?
• I only filed joint taxes for 2024. We married in 2022, and he moved here in December of 2023. Accountant said I couldn't file joint for 2023 because he wasn't in the US long enough. I filed married-separate for 22 and 23.
• He's unemployed (with light freelance work online). He's essentially a stay at home spouse), so no evidence of joint income
• We do have a joint checking account which I pay our cell phone & trash bill out of - but it's only me contributing to the account. I don't direct deposit my wages into it because most of our finances are separate by a mutual choice.
• We don't really travel. Only went to visit my mom about 3 weeks after he arrived. Lots of photos, videos and receipts of that, but we haven't gone anywhere since then
• We don't take a ton of photos together, mostly cause we're together 24/7 now and didn't see much of a point? idk - we are weird lol
• No kids and no plans to have kids
• Utility companies won't put both our names on anything. We have AT&T, Xfinity and National Grid - all of them refused, not sure what to do on that. He IS an authorized user on all three accounts
• We're both extremely introverted and keep to ourselves. We have absolutely no friends where we live, his family is all in England and mine is on the other side of the US. All of our friends are online only, and have never actually met any of them in person, so we don't know who to ask for an affidavit.
• We are friendly towards our neighbors but not sure if any of them know us well enough to be willing to write an affidavit.

How screwed are we?

Is there anything I can do about the utilities not wanting to list two names? I asked them about it in our I-130 evidence gathering, and was told "Only one name may be listed". Attorney told me to get a formal letter from the companies explaining why they won't do that but I've literally never heard of a business ever doing that before. Is that even a real thing? Or can I just print off the webapge showing he's an authorized user?

Same thing for the credit cards too I guess. He's an authorized user on several of my accounts, but he doesn't ever use the cards. Can i just print off the webpage showine he's on the account or do I really need a letter?

I read somewhere that I can include a letter explaining our living situation and why our evidence may be kind of weak, but I'm guessing we're probably going to be selected for an interview

The list of documents our Attorney sent us is daunting and making me panic a little bit.

sorry for the wall of text I guess I'm infodumping and panicking a bit lmao

My husband came here in November and we got married within the 90 days, so we married early February. We are almost done with the AOS packet, but we are panicking a bit because of one of the questions.

Since April 1, 1997, have you been unlawfully present in the United States? You were unlawfully present in the United States if you were present in the United States after the expiration of the period of stay authorized by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary or were present in the United States without being admitted or paroled.

Do we tick yes on this Inadmissibility question? It scares me so much because we were wanting to do everything the right, legal way. I m so confused because we thought the only thing we needed to do was marry within 90 days then adjust status whenever (we have been gathering documents the last few months and finally have gotten around to piling them all up now.) I am being told mixed things, some people are saying to tick yes but then others are saying no, both having explanations that make sense to me. Also I think one of the questions are Have you violated the terms or conditions of your non immigrant status? Which I m hoping we didn t do either?

We were going to turn in the AOS packet today but last minute im finding out about this stuff.. genuinely had no idea about there being a deadline or filing within 90 days if this is the case. Also can we get denied for this? Like did we mess everything up? I m so lost I can barely sleep at night, thank you so much to anyone that can help! Or any advice if anyone has been in a similar situation.

Hello! My husband and I are getting together our AOS package and having a bit of confusion. He had his medical exam in the UK on 7/22/24. He got his visa in August a month later, then came down here to live on November 24th.

1st question: Is his medical still valid? It says it s held valid for 6 months from the date of his medical.. was that until the visa is in hand or does that mean he needs a new medical?

2nd question: What is the form I-693 and is it needed for us? I m hearing very conflicting information, and im also hearing something about our medical results supposedly being in a sealed envelope. He never received a sealed envelope, he only has a couple pages he was given from his medical exam. Does he need a sealed envelope? The pages he has are a receipt, a visa medicals FAQ, visa medicals certificate of immunization, US department of state form 3025, vaccination documentation worksheet, and a page with the surgeons signature checking off K visa applicant voluntarily completed vaccination requirements

And my third question: Do I have the correct medical exam results, and does my husband need more vaccines because on his vaccination results, a few boosters are circled that recommends them in a month. For example, for hepatitis B the surgeon circled a month for the booster. For meningitis, he circled 4-8 weeks. Is he required to get boosters or no because the surgeon checked off that he completed all the vaccination requirements?

This might be an excessive, long post, but really we are so confused and want to make sure we get no RFES. The medical exam results are only a few pages and I just want to make sure that s normal. Thank you so much to anybody that takes the time to help, it s very appreciated! Any advice also is appreciated so much