US Immigration from New Zealand

After traveling home for Christmas and realizing my green card needs renewing with 6 months left on it, it raised a question or two.

If I apply for citizenship will my GC get the 24 month extension the same as if I renewed my GC for 10 years?

Should I apply for both? Which one first?

Hi everyone!

What does it usually mean when your I-485 is transferred from NBC to your local field office?? In my case, Wichita field office.

Does it mean it's getting closer to the end of the processing? I'm just trying to figure this out!

Thank you!

We are in Salt Lake UT - anyone out there know of what the processing time is for N400 final approval?
We are considering buying a home and moving next year- hoping this gets done before then..

CR1 visa: We've been waiting since 16 November for the consulate to return my husband's passport with the visa plus original documents. This seems like a very long time almost 3 weeks and they haven't even shipped it yet. CEAC is showing the status as "Ready". Does anyone else have a similar experience?

Hi all,

I received an email from the NVC last week confirming that my IR-1 interview has been scheduled at the Auckland, New Zealand Consulate (phew! ). I have a date and a time, and I've booked in for my medical exam a few weeks in advance. At the moment I'm trying to piece together exactly what I need for my interview based on the link that was included in my NVC email https://nvc.state.gov/prep (specifically https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/ACK-Auckland.html). Some of it isn't very clear and I'm a little confused as to what to do.

• One page in the link above says "You do not need to bring your Affidavit of Support or financial evidence you submitted to NVC." whereas another page says "The appropriate Form I-846 Affidavit of Support for each financial sponsor along with a photocopy of the sponsor's IRS transcript or most recent U.S. federal income tax return, and any relevant W-2s.". If I've already submitted an I-846 and tax transcript to the NVC, do I need to also bring the original to the interview as well?
• The Auckland Consulate instructions page requests that I deliver a packet of documents to the Consulate by hand a week in advance of the interview, but there's no mention of being able to courier these documents. I presume that I'm able to courier them?
• I was reading interview reviews for the Auckland Consulate and I see a few mentions of bringing a 'self addressed courier bag' to the interview. This isn't mentioned anywhere in my NVC email or in the link above. Is this something I need?

Should I expect to receive an email directly from the Auckland Consulate which will clear a lot of this up? I'll email the Consulate directly if I need to in order to get some answers, but I figured I'd ask here first.

Thanks very much for your help!