pumpkinseed

I don't think u have a correct answer,
he is going to a naturalization interview
not a visa interview, the IO need to see the passport to verify the info you provided on your N-400 application.
No need to renew it

Right? These notifications are a blessing and a curse for the impatient 😂

Honestly speaking, yes it seems u r asking too much questions without even reading the instructions first. You’ll get good responses if you read the instructions/guidelines first and ask the questions in areas of confusion or doubt.
 
You will find answers to bunch of ur questions in the following link regarding payment, files upload format, online access, RFEs  if they need any more information. 
 
https://www.uscis.gov/file-online/tips-filing-forms-online
 
For bonafide marriage evidence, provide the ones listed in n400 instructions.
 
for other answers.
3. Passport application is only after oath ceremony and receipt of naturalization certificate which will happen after lots n lots of months of processing.
6. People have been ignoring minor tickets but doesn’t hurt to disclose them if already paid. Online or email receipts shud be good.
8. Travelling is fine as long as u make sure u son’t miss important appointments.
10. Dates approximation is fine.
11. I don’t think you’ll be allowed to do biometrics/interview in a foreign country.
 
 
 

I pondered about this quite a bit myself and just thought of it as organizations that might somehow come up during some sort of background check, so I figured mostly anything that might have an SSN linked to it. The only thing that came to my mind for myself was my state's nursing board. Definitely don't think they are looking for zoos, Costco, etc. This wasn't even discussed during my interview but then again every case is different.

No, you do not need to list these groups at all. 

I'm not really a "joiner" so thankfully I didn't have that many to list. Sports clubs and the volunteer agency that I'm part of is about it. 

I asked a friend who is an attorney and he said basically that they're looking for anything overtly political or potentially dangerous. So folks who play sports or have a lot of social memberships aren't an issue, people that are members of 5 different gun clubs and 3 different political groups may warrant extra questions.

I went and listed a whole bunch, including a category of "various store clubs" on the basis that they wanted to know about them, and saying more than was needed was better than not enough.  IO briefly looked at them and then ignored the entire category, and said something along the lines of simply looking to see if there was anything that was "odd" there...
 
In other words, it doesn't hurt to list all that you can think of; I'm sure I might have missed some in any case...
 

I forget mine too when i  was apply for IR1 Visa back in 2010  but i leave it as blank and created new account with new application N-400 and submit it 
Good luck 

Nobody is going to tell you to just stay illegally. You're best to go back home as you have no path to a greencard without him.

You need someone you trust to be checking your mail for you in case the letter arrives while you're gone. In my case my letter gave an appointment a month from when I received the letter (and my office is 3 hours away so I didn't want to bother risking a walk-in).
If you miss your biometrics appointment, it depends on the office what happens. in some peoples cases they deny you immediately. In other cases the offices are a bit slow about doing the paperwork for who went to the appointment and who missed them and those people were able to do a late walk-in biometrics and were fine.
It's better not to risk it though. Have someone checking your mail.

No invitation letter is required nor would they even want to see it. The tourist visa is purely based on the answers filed in the application and how the applicant responds at the interview. If the consular officer likes the answers the visa is issued. It's all about convincing the officer that the applicant will go home.
How is Varna? In 2005 I worked with a Bulgaria crew off Trabzon, Turkey. Great bunch of guys.

In my opinion all you have to do is to ask youself do you really love that woman and want to spend your life with her.....I guess its hard when you dont have the blessing from your familly,but when you got married you will have your own familly and this is what matters.....You didnt passed all that way in waiting for some decision for USCIS just to leave it away now when you are together........May be Im wrong,may be not but this is just my opinion!After you are here together there is alot of paperwork too .

UPDATE:
I just wanted to let you guys how everything went with my Advance Parole. I came back to the U.S. a few days ago. I had to explain what the AP card was to at least 5 airline employees - first in Bulgaria upon check-in - they were very friendly but just haven't seen that card I suppose, so the guy called his supervisor who has heard of it, but not seen it. It really helped that I had that little piece of paper which explains the combo card and which comes in the mail with it when you receive it. He read the explanation and had no problem with checking me in. Then in Switzerland - the first lady at Passport control before boarding the plane to the U.S. was very confused that I don't have a visa or a green card and why I was trying to board with some other card; she also tried to convince me to fill in an ESTA (my country is not in the visa waiver program). She was really nice though and trying to understand what it was that I had. I showed her the explanation letter too, she read it and seemed to be satisfied with it; then she called her supervisor too and she told her it was ok. So they gave me the OK to board the plane and sent me to get a boarding card at the US Airways desk. There, again, a confused employee. Explanation letter, again. Employee understood. I boarded the plane (Yay!!!) All in all, people were nice to me and it didn't take them a long time to resolve the issue, but it did make me a little nervous.
My POE was in Philadelphia. I went through the US citizens/Permanent residents line which was reaaally fast - the officer there was extremely nice and knew exactly what he was doing. He sent me to secondary processing and people there were very fast and professional, too. The whole thing took me around 10 min. It was great!
My advice is - when travelling with the combo card, bring that explanation letter that came in the mail with it. It really helped me. I also had the FAQ about the AP card from the USCIS website printed out just in case.
Good luck!

UPDATE:
I just wanted to let you guys how everything went with my Advance Parole. I came back to the U.S. a few days ago. I had to explain what the AP card was to at least 5 airline employees - first in Bulgaria upon check-in - they were very friendly but just haven't seen that card I suppose, so the guy called his supervisor who has heard of it, but not seen it. It really helped that I had that little piece of paper which explains the combo card and which comes in the mail with it when you receive it. He read the explanation and had no problem with checking me in. Then in Switzerland - the first lady at Passport control before boarding the plane to the U.S. was very confused that I don't have a visa or a green card and why I was trying to board with some other card; she also tried to convince me to fill in an ESTA (my country is not in the visa waiver program). She was really nice though and trying to understand what it was that I had. I showed her the explanation letter too, she read it and seemed to be satisfied with it; then she called her supervisor too and she told her it was ok. So they gave me the OK to board the plane and sent me to get a boarding card at the US Airways desk. There, again, a confused employee. Explanation letter, again. Employee understood. I boarded the plane (Yay!!!) All in all, people were nice to me and it didn't take them a long time to resolve the issue, but it did make me a little nervous.
My POE was in Philadelphia. I went through the US citizens/Permanent residents line which was reaaally fast - the officer there was extremely nice and knew exactly what he was doing. He sent me to secondary processing and people there were very fast and professional, too. The whole thing took me around 10 min. It was great!
My advice is - when travelling with the combo card, bring that explanation letter that came in the mail with it. It really helped me. I also had the FAQ about the AP card from the USCIS website printed out just in case.
Good luck!

The stress of the waiting and the time apart pass. You do 'forget' the pain and the immediacy of that sense of being apart. That is a big plus. That being said, the first year is going to be tough, especially on the person who has moved to the US. You are now together - but he/she has just left behind everything that is familiar and known: family, friends, job, home, often language, culture and country. You've gone from a place where you probably feel quite confident in yourself and who you are to someone who is uncertain and insecure and dealing with new situations, new faces, new ideas, new culture and new experiences every day Sometimes, it even feels like you have lost yourself in your move to the US. Add into that you are now trying to learn to adapt not only to a new country and society - you are trying to learn how to share your living space with a man or woman you love - who in many ways is still very much a stranger.
As mentioned above it very much becomes a matter of how committed are you to the relationship. Not to yourself, or being right, or being 'the man' or 'the woman' - but to the relationship itself. In every new marriage there will be times when things get rough, and even when you love your partner, at that moment you don't particularly like them . You are in a process of adaptation and it will often be the little things that you had no idea were so important either to you or to your partner that can surprise you. Sometimes, these little things are really the safe triggers for larger issues that still need to be worked out . It seems that many of the problems you face in the first year or so of learning to live together involved missed or misunderstood expectations. These expectations are not only about each other, but also about yourself. No matter how much you love each other, you are going to find yourself having to face compromises that may seem uncomfortable to you - which ever partner you are, the US one or the immigrant one. This is when you decide what is most important in your lives together. You find out where you can compromise and where you can't. Hopefully, the times where neither of you can compromise won't be over the same thing. Once the honeymoon is over, you will find that marriage is often hard work, especially at first. Only you will know if it is 'rewarding' enough work - and that is where you come face to face with 'how committed are you really to the relationship and to each other'. Your first year will be spent finding out. Hopefully there won't be any 'deal breakers'.
If you survive the first year, the second year does start to get better, and the third year even better again. You begin to find your space with each other and with your new life together. You have figured out what the 'small stuff' is and as they saying goes, you have learned not 'to sweat it'. (Hopefully).
So, I certainly don't want to be discouraging or anything like that . I just want to let you know that the wait and all of its problems do get forgotten when you are finally together -to be replaced with a whole new set of challenges. Like the waiting, though, if you are committed to each other, then it is all worth it, and you will find, when you have hit your stride together as a couple, the growing pains will also recede and life really is good .

Not a all... It's absolutely normal... Seriously ?

I know how you feel,
for me it was moving to the PH and missing the US...
and all I can say, what got me through, was opening my eyes to another world.
We are lucky. You know why? We get to see beyond the four walls of what God initially given us. And we are lucky enough to experience it.
What I learned from living in the PH for about 5 years is this:
1. The culture I grew in (in my case the city of NEW YORK) isn't the only culture that exist to man. There are beauties and wonders of the Philippine culture that i came to love. and there are aspects of it that i came to be annoyed with. I was able to understand, God gave me a chance to understand, that even if there are differences that we may never accept, there are moments when you feel alive with the enviornment around you, simply because you allowed yourself feel it.
2. I can adapt. I know that I'm stronger, stronger than most people. why? because I was able to adapt and live with a whole different culture. I was able to speak tagalog, eat from banana leaves, and prepared a bbq by sticking the fire to the uling.... hehe... But nonetheless, I become a stronger woman. If you felt like you can't control anything, know that you can control that. The strength that God gave you. Because each and everyday you have to build an once of that strength in order to be more than what you thought you could be.
3. I am more than what I appear to be. There were many aspects of myself that I lost when I moved to the PH. And i felt lost, insecure, unsure, weak, and vulnerable. And I was NEVER that person back in New York. I know how it feels to lose a part of yourself, and it scares up until now. But you know what? I learned so much about who I am. I fought that feeling to being scared. I stopped giving other people and fear the permission to make me feel inferior. I learned that I'm more that what NY has brought me up to be. And I'm sure where ever you are, it'll show you you're more than just the person reading this on VJ. You have the opportunity to redefine yourself. Make the wrong choices, right. Not that many people get that chance.
4. I learned how to breathe! Finally! I learned that no matter how bad or worse or sucky or shitty I'm feeling.... I learned how to STOP! and smell the roses. I learned how to look outside the box, have the most open mind, and accept the moments as they come. I learned that I can't control everything, and that it is always in God's hands.
5. Lastly, I learned that I GET TO CHOOSE HOW I FEEL. If I wanna be happy, okay. If I wanna be pissed off, okay. But I GET TO CHOOSE. and with that I saw that every moment that I pass by by being pissed and mad at the world, I lose another moment that can I can be happy. And I CHOOSE to make more memories of happiness than those of being pissed off...
So there you have it. I hope this helped you. I feel for you. And I'm sorry you have to feel that way. As for friends, what I learned is that the most genuine are the ones who are always there when you come back. You may not talk everyday, or hang out like you used to, but they are there. Same with family...
"Always together, and never apart. Maybe in distance but never in heart."
Goodluck.

I didn't expect I'd feel this way. It was all bright and sunny and blissful five months ago when I have my I do.
I left everything I loved for someone I love most. To build a life with him is worth letting go of the life I knew. To be his wife, to bring him good all the days of my life... That is now my calling. His wonderful-ness as a husband makes it a delight. The cost, on the other hand, is unexpectedly painful: death. Loss. Grief.
I used to have friends... Lots of them. Genuine friends. Now, they're miles away. Hardly any contact. Thoughts and feelings bottled up inside. I have only my husband to share my joys, tears, fears, disappointments, and victories... I feel like I'm depending on him too much for emotional support.. It's frustrating because I was very independent; I never felt like I needed anyone that much. Not anymore. At least for now.
I used to earn my own money, doing the job I enjoy. While I love being at home and obsessing on recipes and housekeeping and keeping myself pretty for my husband,I miss school. I miss being around kids. I miss talking to parents. I miss being a teacher... And being known to be excellent in such a field.
I used to go places whenever I want. On my own. Now, I can only go as far as my feet could take me. Got no driver's license yet. Public transport not an option. I'm limited to my husband's availability, which is whenever he has no work.
I feel like I lost myself. Many of the things I knew about myself seem to be gone. Try as I may to hold on to them, I could not. They're gone. Maybe they'll come back someday, but there's no point in waiting for something you're not sure will still return. The only thing I can do is to let go.
And embrace.
Embrace the new me. Whatever that would turn out to be.
Embrace my new life. I'm now the wife of the most wonderful, loving, patient man I know. I'm blessed to be called his girl.
Hurts for now. Dying dying. Dying to my old self. Like autumn leaves falling.
Spring will come. New beginnings. Soon.
After all that emo, I wonder... How many of you could relate to such?

Welcome to America.

UPDATE:
I just wanted to let you guys how everything went with my Advance Parole. I came back to the U.S. a few days ago. I had to explain what the AP card was to at least 5 airline employees - first in Bulgaria upon check-in - they were very friendly but just haven't seen that card I suppose, so the guy called his supervisor who has heard of it, but not seen it. It really helped that I had that little piece of paper which explains the combo card and which comes in the mail with it when you receive it. He read the explanation and had no problem with checking me in. Then in Switzerland - the first lady at Passport control before boarding the plane to the U.S. was very confused that I don't have a visa or a green card and why I was trying to board with some other card; she also tried to convince me to fill in an ESTA (my country is not in the visa waiver program). She was really nice though and trying to understand what it was that I had. I showed her the explanation letter too, she read it and seemed to be satisfied with it; then she called her supervisor too and she told her it was ok. So they gave me the OK to board the plane and sent me to get a boarding card at the US Airways desk. There, again, a confused employee. Explanation letter, again. Employee understood. I boarded the plane (Yay!!!) All in all, people were nice to me and it didn't take them a long time to resolve the issue, but it did make me a little nervous.
My POE was in Philadelphia. I went through the US citizens/Permanent residents line which was reaaally fast - the officer there was extremely nice and knew exactly what he was doing. He sent me to secondary processing and people there were very fast and professional, too. The whole thing took me around 10 min. It was great!
My advice is - when travelling with the combo card, bring that explanation letter that came in the mail with it. It really helped me. I also had the FAQ about the AP card from the USCIS website printed out just in case.
Good luck!

UPDATE:
I just wanted to let you guys how everything went with my Advance Parole. I came back to the U.S. a few days ago. I had to explain what the AP card was to at least 5 airline employees - first in Bulgaria upon check-in - they were very friendly but just haven't seen that card I suppose, so the guy called his supervisor who has heard of it, but not seen it. It really helped that I had that little piece of paper which explains the combo card and which comes in the mail with it when you receive it. He read the explanation and had no problem with checking me in. Then in Switzerland - the first lady at Passport control before boarding the plane to the U.S. was very confused that I don't have a visa or a green card and why I was trying to board with some other card; she also tried to convince me to fill in an ESTA (my country is not in the visa waiver program). She was really nice though and trying to understand what it was that I had. I showed her the explanation letter too, she read it and seemed to be satisfied with it; then she called her supervisor too and she told her it was ok. So they gave me the OK to board the plane and sent me to get a boarding card at the US Airways desk. There, again, a confused employee. Explanation letter, again. Employee understood. I boarded the plane (Yay!!!) All in all, people were nice to me and it didn't take them a long time to resolve the issue, but it did make me a little nervous.
My POE was in Philadelphia. I went through the US citizens/Permanent residents line which was reaaally fast - the officer there was extremely nice and knew exactly what he was doing. He sent me to secondary processing and people there were very fast and professional, too. The whole thing took me around 10 min. It was great!
My advice is - when travelling with the combo card, bring that explanation letter that came in the mail with it. It really helped me. I also had the FAQ about the AP card from the USCIS website printed out just in case.
Good luck!

Don't freak out. There is no reason to. I have not seen anyone who missed their flight due to this. People use this card every day. It will work out fine. I see people get scared about the ROC extension letter too, and on my recent international flight, the crew knew exactly what all the odd US papers and cards were.

So finally after 8 months my wife's green card arrives in the mail and USCIS has decided that she is a man. Her sex is listed as M.
She's leaving for Australia on business Monday so I'm going to send her with her EAD/AP card along with her Greencard. Hopefully they will let him, er uh...her re-enter when she gets back.

Get a job! It will surely boost your self-esteem. Don't just give up your marriage. When my hubby is in temper, I don't try to reason with him, I give him space, I would pray and keep myself busy reading, cleaning or take a walk then when hubby is in loving mood I would embrace him and start talking about what he just did, that I was upset but I understand. Try to put yourself in his shoes is a good tactic, so you would understand what and how it is from his perspective. Financial stress could put so much strain in marriage, maybe he is worried about your future, he is the man and must be a good provider of his family which is the best way of showing love- giving security. Apologize that you haven't been a help financially and tell him about your plans of stepping up by looking a job, involve him in the job hunting process so he knows you are serious about it. Marriage is not easy but it is the only possible lifetime career that a person could possibly have no matter how low our economy tank down. In my observation battered women are those that verbally fights back to non-stop. Open communication is good but refrain from talking if one is not thinking straight and is emotional. In marriage I learned "easy to forgive easy to forget" really works.

To you and anyone reading this - please don't make yourself so sick as to be throwing up. This process is stressful, but everything will be fine. You have already been approved for a K-1 visa so the AOS is administrative. Even if it weren't, as long as you have a real relationship you will be approved. I don't know how strongly I can stress this - but both of you will be fine and there is no need to be working yourselves into a tizzy. Please find to find a healthy way to cope, because this process is not worth all that stress. It will be fine. You are together and newly married. What could be sweeter?