US Immigration from Norway

My husband has a high school equivalent which he translated and certified (by a notary whose native language is also serbo-croatian). We noticed on the language skills that his high school diploma unfortunately does not list his English on the transcript and his grades or documentation showing his skills in English are unavailable.

My husband put together instead a very eloquently put written statement about his background in English and his proficiency in it and explained that those materials are not available to us at this time. We plan to have this sworn statement notarized as well.

Will this be sufficient?

Hello VJ members,

Hope all is with you guys!

Need help from folks who have already applied for US passport after Naturalization. My understanding is that we would need to submit Original Naturalization certificate ,DS-11 form, Driving license (photocopy) color passportsize picture along with $110 dollars fees. If we need to know submit original Naturalization certificate, I am afraid they will lost it just like they have lost my I751 greencard and still they could not find it? Also, Why do we need to make photocopies of these supporting document if they have already asked us to bring original copies?

How do we have to pay $110 fees through pay check payable to "U.S. Department of State" right? And also would USPS accept passport size picture from lets say CVS/walgreen (if I chose to use their passport size picture services) or I should just stick with USPS passport size picture services? Which one serves better? USPS would charge $35 as passport acceptance fees, does that include passport picture or USPS will charge us extra fees for pictures?

Last, how long does it take to get US passport and original Naturalization certificate?

Thank you all for help and advise?

I keep hearing rumors around that it is going to take forever to get our NOA1. My husband has a month exactly left on his visa and we are just finishing up a few loose ends with the SSA and waiting on his number and probably are a week or so out from really finishing our stuff.

Are AOS NOA 1's having a big back log like I-129F backlogs or are they prioritized? What would we use as proof of a pending AOS application prior to an NOA1?