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Yes to camera, no to file access. I don’t have anything on my work phone anyway, but it did need camera access to take a picture.

Put it on my work phone. Actually installed it upon landing while transiting to the immigration arrivals hall.

I agree with @S2N, it depends on the airport. On a recent flight from London to Wash. DC (Dulles), the app allowed us to breeze right through immigration in a dedicated line for the app where no one was waiting, so we were able to make a 1 hr connection easily. In Detroit, the lines are usually not too long even when 3-4 flights arrive around the same time, and I did not see a dedicated app line.

To add to the Global Entry suggestion, she also should look into the the Global Entry app. Last time I entered the US I used the GE App and was asked no questions. Not sure it is the same for a visitor coming on ESTA, but who knows.

My only suggestion is she may want to rethink the 60 here, 60 out plan. As mentioned, that may raise flags on the 2nd or 3rd entry. Maybe lengthen the stay outside to like 90 days, or shorten the subsequent trips, or something like that. Honestly, it is natural for a parent to want to keep an eye on their children particularly when they are moving a couple of thousand miles away, so I doubt she will have much problem. Good Luck!

A fine upstanding illegal alien. Woman Charged With Staging Hoax Immigration “Kidnapping,” Blaming ICE Agents “Video surveillance – including video of Calderon leaving the Jack in the Box parking lot and getting into a nearby sedan – as well as telephone records demonstrate Calderon fabricated the entire story,” the DOJ states. https://www.yahoo.com/news/woman-charged-staging-hoax-immigration-154656116.html

Shouldn't be an issue staying with in-laws. The main thing she wants to avoid is mentioning or referencing anything that could be considered work. Visiting her children and staying at the in-laws for a month or two should not be an issue. Good Luck!

Be as relaxed as you can be. Bring some photos of you together with your now spouse. I know when my wife and I had her AOS interview, the IO enjoyed looking at the wedding photos. Be honest, and answer the questions from the IO. Good Luck!

@carmel34 laid out your options for a return to the US assuming you are looking to do it permanently. As to turning in your GC (I assume your date was wrong in your post) via the I407, this will not complicate a new I130 petition from your wife. Good Luck!

Moved to the What Visa Do I Need forum.

U-Visa fraud, who would have figured. Indian-origin Subway owner arrested over US visa fraud, fake robberies According to a federal indictment, Patel paid police officials in small Central Louisiana towns as much as $5,000 for each fabricated report of an armed robbery. These reports falsely identified Indian immigrants, most of whom had no ties to the area, as victims of these crimes, enabling them to apply for the coveted visas. Once the visas were approved, Patel was reimbursed by the immigrants or their intermediaries. Patel's clients either contacted him directly or through intermediaries to be listed as “victims”. In return for thousands of dollars in payments, Patel arranged for fabricated police reports and signed I-918B certification forms from his law enforcement co-conspirators. https://www.business-standard.com/immigration/subway-owner-chandrakant-patel-arrested-us-visa-fraud-scheme-fake-robbery-125071800605_1.html

Hmm, MI does this as well, or at least something similar (clipped corner), but usually they staple a temporary DL to the ID to use until the new one arrives as they can't keep you waiting to drive with a valid DL until the new one arrives. That being said, I agree, best to wait to apply for the new DL until after the passport application to avoid any issues. Good Luck!

What is interesting is during my entire adult life as a natural born USC, I have only been called for jury duty once, and the case was settled, so I was dismissed the night before I was supposed to show up at the courthouse. My wife has been called twice already since becoming a USC in 2018, but so far no actual case came up for her pool. In Michigan the SoS is able to handle it, so naturalizing citizens just have to fill out a form at the oath ceremony, and then hand it in after they take the oath. That naturalizing citizens are instructed multiple times to turn it (the signed form) in after taking the oath avoids the potential of anyone being accused of claiming to be a USC prior to actually taking the oath.

No downside. I am a bit surprised there were not voting registration folks at your oath ceremony. I know when my wife naturalized back in 2018, and when my niece and nephew naturalized in early 2024, they registered at their respective oath ceremonies. Anyway, feel free to use the services of the Secretary of State.

Corrections can be made when the petition reaches the consulate phase and the DS260 is filled out. Good Luck!

I agree with @Boiler, this is a long trip. I would probably forgo a side trip to Canada particularly in the PNW. With your sibling being here 6 months, CBP up there might scrutinize her a bit more relative to how she can be off work for so long. There was a high profile case where someone was denied entry due to working on a B2 visa. Good Luck!

The requirement is just the most recent tax year, but they can ask for additional, but that usually happens at an interview. Good Luck!

Thought this was interesting. I particularly like how the parties on the Right are described as or implied of being far right whack jobs, but the extreme Left groups like the Green, Socialists, Communists, etc. are implied to be reasonable. Sure, I know this is a Politico article, so that explains a lot, but when will people actually see the Greens, Socialists, Communists are just as extreme as anyone on the Right. The far right’s climate power grab The reversal comes at a delicate time for Europe’s green agenda, which has faced intense pushback not only from the far right but also from the center-right European People’s Party, the political family of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The Patriots’ move has backed conservatives into a corner. The EPP has been reluctant to endorse the 2040 target, and was prepared to reject a motion initiated by the Greens to fast-track parliamentary talks on the goal. Now, however, that motion represents the best shot centrist forces have to curb the far right’s influence. That’s leaving the EPP with a fateful choice: Either throw its weight behind a fast-tracked target alongside the Greens, Socialists and Democrats, and other centrists — or side with the far right and risk dealing a death blow to von der Leyen’s fragile majority. https://www.politico.eu/article/the-far-right-climate-power-grab-green-deal-climate-neutrality/

Yes, the tax return transcript. Also, if you submitted separate W2 copies, you may also want to include copies of your actual returns. USCIS and consulates are easily confused, and since the IRS transcripts contain all the W2 information, when they also see W2 copies, they sometimes asl for the copies of the returns that go with the W2(s). I know, it sounds idiotic, but bureaucracies can be very idiotic.

Yes, in general, USCIS and/or consulates prefer IRS Tax Return Transcripts. Good Luck!

You appear to be eligible to file under the 3 yr rule based on a VAWA filing of an I751. My only concern would be if the I751 is approved with the VAWA. Good Luck! https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/when-vawa-green-card-holders-can-apply-us-citizenship-naturalization.html

Moved to the U.S. Citizenship General Discussion section.

So in reading the instructions for the I864A, if using the beneficiary's continued income to combine with the petitioner's I864 the beneficiary needs to fill out the I864A. I do not see any exemption for if the beneficiary does not have dependents. Beyond that, I agree with @OldUser, even with the two incomes, it is a borderline case, so I would look to have a joint sponsor lined up in case the consulate or NVC requests one. Good Luck!

Will the income of the beneficiary (intending immigrant) continue after immigrating to the US? If so, I believe the beneficiary still needs to complete an I864A. Good Luck!

I am in the camp of file a new I751 ASAP. Sure the notices have scary words, and if @mindthegap weighs in they can help explain that. Sure the current group in the WH is more focused on immigration things, but as already mentioned, only an IJ can take away your GC, and if you have a new I751 in place it will be hard to justify doing that. Good Luck!