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Another option would be to attend the oath ceremony and during the check-in process explain the situation to the USCIS IO’s there requesting an ADIT stamp and 10 yr GC and withdraw your N400. You can also call for an ADIT stamp. Under the prior procedure, residents were required to call the USCIS Contact Center, request an InfoPass appointment, wait for that appointment to be scheduled, and then attend the appointment at the local USCIS Field Office to obtain the ADIT stamp in their passport. Due to delays at the Contact Center and limited InfoPass appointment availability, many residents were not able to get ADIT stamps in a timely manner. Under the new procedure, USCIS will mail temporary evidence of permanent residence to those who request it. In order to make a request, residents must follow these steps: Call the USCIS Contact Center at 800-375-5283. Verify their identity and address with the USCIS officer. The officer will determine if an in-person InfoPass appointment is needed or if USCIS can provide an ADIT stamp through the mail. An in-person appointment will be needed for those who urgently need an ADIT stamp, do not have a useable photo in the USCIS system (such as through prior biometrics collection), or in circumstances in which the USCIS officer cannot confirm the resident’s identity or address. For those who do not need an InfoPass appointment, the USCIS Field Office that has jurisdiction over the resident will receive the resident’s information and will issue a Form I-94 with an ADIT stamp, DHS seal, and printed photo of the resident and mail it to them at the address they provided. This document will be valid for up to one year. Only the following legal permanent residents can use this procedure: Legal permanent residents who do not have a green card (such as those who have been approved for residence and are waiting for their green card to be issued) Legal permanent residents with a Form I-90, I-751, or N-400 application pending and whose automatic extension (as listed on their receipt notice) has already expired https://somireddylaw.com/uscis-announces-new-procedures-for-obtaining-alien-documentation-identification-and-telecommunication-adit-stamp/

That is fine, naturalization is a personal decision. Sure, if you do not want to naturalize you should be able to send a letter to the local office address on your approval NOA. Good Luck!

Do you not want to naturalize now?

I agree with @Boiler might need to get with a lawyer. What does 221g white slip mean? The U.S. issues a white slip to a visa applicant when it falls under the complex category of section 221(g). This is usually because you did not provide enough or required evidence during your visa interview. Therefore, your case will require additional processing by USCIS based on the documentation and information that USCIS receives. https://www.immi-usa.com/221g/

What was the color of the 221G? https://www.path2usa.com/blog/all-about-221g/

Probably one of those things that needs to be fixed relative to the legal immigration laws. Why IRs do not include derivatives is beyond me, but family based F1, F2 (F2A/F2B), F3 and F4 do. We had a recent post where a couple had a child overseas that does not qualify for CRBA, so the USC has to file an I130 and attempt to expedite it so as to catch up with the IR1 and IR2s already issued. Another post where an LPR had petitioned for his wife (F2A) with a step-child then the LPR naturalized so the step-child will no longer be a derivative and reverts to F1 with an new I130 required. Overall, I am fine with family based categories having derivatives as we petitioned for my adult step-son when my wife naturalized (I could not petition for him as we married after he was 18) and that will include his wife and their children if they have them in the next 15+ years.

Yes, she will have to answer the question as to her current marital status. Based on your story it appears she is separated, but still legally married.

Yes, assuming the marriage creating the "step" relationship occurred prior to the child turning 18 a USC would need to provide a separate I130 for the step-child (IR2 classification). If one is an LPR with a step-child who was under 18 when the "step" relationship was created, no new I130 is needed as the step-child would be a derivative on the foreign spouses F2A visa eventually. Interesting scenario if an unmarried child under 21 who also has a child obviously under 21. If this were to occur with a USC petitioning you are correct, the grandchild would not be a derivative of an IR2 as IR visas does not allow for derivatives (family based F1, F3 and F4 do according to note 4). A similar situation could be a USC applying for a parent (IR5) where the parent has additional children (siblings of the USC) under 21 who are not in the US. As an LPR petitioning for an unmarried child under 21, their children, if they have any, would be derivatives.

Even if filing by paper, one can set up the online account and still get all the documents from USCIS. My wife filed by paper, and also set up a USCIS account and received all of the notices. That being said, if we had to do it again, we would go online especially now since it is more expensive.

Very good read especially if one is open minded. Fact-Checking Wind and Solar Claims: Climate Expert Makes Case for ‘Realism’ Part of the issue is that carbon dioxide, we’re told that it’s a magic climate control. No. That essentially, if you put more carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide into the atmosphere, temperatures go up, you get more hurricanes, more tornadoes, more droughts, more floods, more all of the bad stuff that people don’t want to see. And if we somehow kept carbon dioxide to a minimal level, somewhere between 350 parts per million to 286 parts per million, that life would be good. We wouldn’t have hurricanes, we wouldn’t have tornadoes. All these bad things would stop happening. Temperature would stop rising, the seas would stop rising, as [former President] Barack Obama said. And magic happens. And the problem is it’s not connected directly to carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is a bit player in all of this. So that I think is one of the take-home messages, is that carbon dioxide isn’t the climate control knob. For most of climate history, we’ve actually seen that air temperature leads and carbon dioxide follows. And that makes total sense because when air temperature goes up, water becomes warmer. There’s more outgassing of carbon dioxide. And so as your temperature of the oceans rise, carbon dioxide is given off by the oceans, the atmospheric concentrations increase. https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/04/03/fact-checking-wind-solar-claims-climate-expert-makes-case-realism/

How far along are you on the F2A for your spouse? It appears the I130 was filed in 2022, so still a good two years out by my math. I am wondering if an opt-out request of the automatic conversion to IR1 would be an option here to maintain your step-daughter as a derivative. Depends of course on your family priorities.

It is interesting how concerned the Western leaders are regarding Ukraine's borders that were drawn in 1991, but have little concern for Israel's borders.

I would think AOS would be the best course right now. Easier to deal with overall, and if they decide to go back to Ukraine at sometime in the future, they can give up their GCs via the I407. Good Luck!

You should be fine. There was a story of a member that submitted an online petition minutes or so after their 90 day window opened per the time zone they were in. Apparently the online system has some glitches relative to time zones and dating that caused issues and the member did not hear about it until the interview. The recommendation is to wait 2-3 days after the window opens to submit just to be safe as even though this member eventually got it straightened out, it was a big headache. You should be fine with a 3-4 day buffer.

Apologies, you should be fine relative to the 3 month rule for USCIS districts. As to what address you should put on the AR-11, I would use your in-laws. Good Luck!

You insinuate that you already filed the N400, so it seems you may run afoul of this requirement. Is the new home in the same USCIS district as the home you are selling? In addition, applicants are required to show they have resided for at least three months immediately preceding the filing of Form N-400 in the USCIS district or state where the applicant claims to have residency https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/continuous-residence-and-physical-presence-requirements-for-naturalization

I agree, new I130’s, one for each parent and fees for both. There is no need to do anything with the previous petition. Good Luck!

That is interesting, I hadn’t seen that new difference and obviously USCIS is trying to drive folks to file online.

My cousins recently completed naturalization through Detroit, filed in late November 2023, oath ceremony with a name change Feb 22, 2024, and Detroit’s posted processing time for the N400 is showing 8 months. There are a lot of stories of N400’s being processed quite quickly as it seems (I have no direct knowledge) that USCIS is prioritizing these petitions.

N400 processing is governed by your local office. As to filing online vs paper, I have not seen any definitive data showing one is demonstrably faster than the other. That being said, online filing is more convenient for most folks and also most likely for USCIS, but make sure you do not submit an online petition around the time your filing window opens if filing during a 90 day period. Good Luck!

Were you married to the mother before your step-daughter turned 18?

Apparently the jury did not buy her defense. Jimmy Carter was right, mail-in voting is the worst kind of voting, and it is no wonder that the Democrats fight so hard for it. Easy to cheat especially if the Democrats can get rid of all those pesky ID requirements, hard to get caught, gives a reason for over-extending the count so those doing the counting can decide who should win, just what the elite Democrat needs to stay in power. I know Democrats are lazy, so they cannot be bothered to actually vote in person on a specific day like just about every other country on the planet does.

Here are the requirements. Also, this part was news to me. In 2023, the Refugee Council USA reported that Michigan was ranked 4th with refugees, behind California, Texas, and New York. Eligibility and Immigration Status A beneficiary must have an eligible immigration status as defined by the Office of Refugee Resettlement which includes: Refugees Asylees Special Immigration Visa (SIV) Victims of Human Trafficking Cuban and Haitian entrants Afghan Nationals, and Ukrainian Humanitarian Parolees. Other immigration statuses include individuals who arrived under the Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan (CHNV) program; individuals who arrived under the Family Reunification Parole Process for El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Colombia, individuals with a pending asylum application, and other immigrant individuals on a case-by-case scenario. https://www.michigan.gov/ogm/services/newcomer-rental-subsidy

This did seem familiar. Did you file the I407?