US Immigration from France

Hi!

I have trouble finding the information I need. I want to know if I should wait to apply for citizenship or if I could do it now.

I became a LPR in April 2017 after getting married to a US citizen.

My trips outside the country are:

- September 2018: 11 days

- September 2019 to August 2020 : 11 months and 16 days

I came back with no problems and stayed here since. I continued to pay taxes with my husband, he stayed in the US. However I did work abroad while I was away.

I am planning to go to France for a month by the end of the year or beginning of next year.

If I need to wait, when do you think I should apply? I do not want to pay the fees to be denied.

Hi there,

my NOA1s for my EAD and AP applications (filed jointly with AOS) were issued 128 days ago. My AOS status also shows that fingerprint fees were accepted 101 days ago. (I assume it is the same fingerprint process, right?).

However I still haven t received any appointment letter for the biometrics, though most of the people seem to have received it after 6-8 weeks.

Should I worry and contact USCIS? (NB: I know that obtaining the EAD/AP takes about 8 months right now. I m specifically referring to the biometrics appointment here, which, from what I read on VJ, takes a few weeks only).

thanks for your help

Hello,

i received the regular VJ email about estimate approval dates update. But this time, when I click on the estimate date to get more details, I land on...somebody else s timeline edit!

here s below a picture of VJ email I m referring to, and the timeline I m landing on (I erased the names of the applicant and beneficiary, but they are definitely not us!)

looks like there s a bug there. Can someone in VJ check for potential data breach or other bug?

thanks

Hello,

I had my interview on May 5th and my medical on May 24th. To be able to attend my medical I had to keep my passport, and will have to ship it back to the Embassy (in Paris, FR) once my medical is approved. During the medical, the doctor informed me that the medical had an approval date for June 7th (doctor will be back from holidays on that day, plus that gave me time to get my missing vaccinations). According to that, my K-1 will be expiring in the beginning of December. I don't know for sure when I'll be flying to the US, but I'm thinking somewhere between September and November. My passport expires in March '22. My country (Portugal) only allows passport renewal 6 months before the expiration, with few valid exceptions.

I'm thinking about shipping my current passport to the Embassy so my K-1 can be issued, and getting a renewal before I travel to the US. Will bringing both my old and new passports pose any problems upon entry, or is it preferrable to try to get it renewed right now?

Thank you.

Hello VJ. By way of background, my wife has a permanent green card and we filed an N-400 petition for Citizenship approx. 8 months ago (Sept. 2020) based on marriage. Due to exigent circumstances, we've decided to move abroad to Europe while this Naturalization application is still pending. The only status update we've received so far is the waiver of biometrics. Additionally, we filed for a Re-Entry Permit approx. 8 weeks ago. The only status update on USCIS's website is that our request for expediting was denied. Hopefully they will also waive biometrics for this but unclear at this point.

I need to determine what to do in terms of updating USCIS for our change in address abroad, and am encountering a few issues/concerns:

- First, the USCIS online form or paper forms only permit you to select State/City/Zip with no "Country" option.

- Second, I believe it would be impermissible/potentially criminal if we were to use an alternate, US-based address. Two options: I signed up for a mail service (essentially a private PO box), and we also used a friend's address for the "Return" of the Re-Entry Permit.

I am left with the following choices:

- (1) Call USCIS to manually update the address to the international location. I assume this could have a negative effect on the pending N-400 case, but I am thinking that it would not have a negative impact on any future immigration filings.

- (2) Update the address online to either the Mail Service address, or (3) our friend's address used for the Re-Entry Permit. I assume this could have more significant negative effects, for example criminal penalties for using a mailing address where we don't live. My thinking is that this has the chance to bar my wife from any future immigration potential.

Any suggestions?

Main Question - Which address should we use for this USCIS change of address notice?

Secondary Question - Assuming we update to the foreign address, does that toss our pending N-400 application? Or is there a possibility that, assuming the N-400 petition moves forward to interview/approval in the next 6 months (or year, given the pending Re-Entry Permit), could the petition be approved despite our moving abroad?

Thanks in advance.