US Immigration from Malaysia

I recently became eligible to apply for naturalization through the 3 year rule. I have had only 1 international trip that is 1 month long during the entire 3 year period. I still have a pending I-751 that was submitted back in Oct 2023. My field office is Tampa, as of now, N400s are supposedly being processed within 8.5 months according to USCIS.

I have a 1 week domestic trip planned in March 2025 and a 1 month international trip planned in June 2025. The very risk averse part of me is thinking to just wait until after my international trip in June 2025 before submitting my N400 application, so that I won't have any issues with being out of town when I am needed for biometrics/interview/oath, AND/OR getting my naturalization just in time where I'll need to quickly apply for a US passport before the international trip. However, with the recent election news, part of me now feels like it I should just apply anyway before any possible issues/delays arise as a side effect of the new administration. Am I being too paranoid? Which would be the path of least "resistance" ?

My petitioner has not lived in the US for basically her own life minus a few weeks, we plan to move to the US 2 years from now, we don't have an address in the United States but plan to secure property paid in cash months after the petition is submitted. Is it ok for now to put to be decided as we know this petition will take a while?

I read sooooooo much material here and elsewhere and I thought I knew everything.. and then we got to the medical exam. Because my fiancee goes to therapy and takes medicine for depression, she was required to get a medical report. The hospital had to do it and it took 30 days. We turn it in to the exam office and they said it was done wrong. It has to be written by a specialist. So then we had to go back to the hospital and finally after TWO MONTHS its finally finished.

This is just a warning to anyone else who is on medication for depression, especially those in Malaysia, this can cause a 3 month delay, so do not fill out any paperwork too quickly (I'm having to refill out the i-134 form since it expires after 4 months).

Her NOA2 was on Feb. 27th and we STILL have not gotten to the step of scheduling an interview. She now has to get her blood work finished now that the medical report is done.

This is a rant and also a warning of what could go wrong since I didn't read ANYWHERE about needing a medical report or how long those can take.

Bit of context: I'm 18 and a child of a US citizen who left before 14

I know for I-130 it can be filed anywhere but for the affidavit of support later during NVC processing, I require a financial sponsor who is living in the United States. The issue is my parent does not want to move back to the US (She only got her citizenship via her birth certificate) for political and personal beliefs, is it possible to get a joint sponsor for I864 as I know some family members living in the United States who are citizens/LPRs?

Hi everyone, especially the ones in PA,

I want to get a driving license and was wondering do I have to go through all the process? (written test, 65 hours driving practice, driving test etc) or could I possibly just get one because I have a driving license from my origin country?

Thanks