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Since we are all sort of guessing here, the fact that you sent this information unsolicited to the consulate prior to the interview may have resulted in the early 221G. I agree with @jan22, this appears to be the consulate letting you know of the importance of bringing relationship evidence to the interview, and the CO will review it at that time. Good Luck!

Totally up to you. As to the issues that may come along with changing ones family name after marriage, they are in no way insurmountable. My wife choose to take my family name, GC, EAD, and US passport in her new name, Russian passport in her maiden name, wasn't a big deal and my wife traveled at least two a year back to Russia.

We just renewed, no interview required. Back when we first applied, we went to the Blue Water Bridge for the interview. To get to the CBP office we got to go through a secret entrance reminiscent of Maxwell Smart.

Apply for Global Entry which requires an in person interview with CBP. It might help you understand what the issue is.

Cadillac Lyriq.

Driving an EV right now for a week, yep, very quick acceleration, but at least the one I have does have some quirks. I need to find a touch screen icon to open the glove box, the seat adjustment controls are on the door, and almost impossible to see. I also drove a Tesla about 6 months ago, and really do not like their putting everything on their touchscreen.

Probably best to put this here. There is a problem the former congressional staffer's logic. If most members in congress are happy with keeping these zombie programs alive, then re-authorize them, don't pass the buck. Might of the Living Feds: 1,500+ Cash-Sucking 'Zombies' The Legal Services Corp. now stands as America’s oldest “Zombie” program, but it’s far from unique. At a time when the Trump administration is moving aggressively to scale back government, including eliminating the entire Education Department, it’s sobering to note that 1,503 agencies or programs live on despite expired authorizations, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Another 155 will expire on Sept. 30. The Zombies, nearly half of which have been officially dead for more than a decade, persist in a budgetary netherworld. In a deep dive last year, CBO analysts were able to find dollar amounts for 491 of the programs, with total expenditures of $516 billion. They don’t know how much funding the other programs received. The total federal budget in 2024 was $6.8 trillion, meaning expired Zombie programs take up at least 8% of the budget, and likely much more. “A lot of programs don’t get reauthorized because Congress is okay with how they’re operating,” said Josh Huder, former congressional staffer now at the Georgetown University Government Affairs Institute. “They continue to get annual appropriations because most members think they’re worthwhile.” https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2025/03/25/might_of_the_living_feds_1099569.html?mc_cid=c88c296ade&mc_eid=0622ebfa37

Another way that the Dems/Left are using to defund/shut-down police? German police ‘forced to abort missions’ as their electric cars ‘drain too fast’ German police officers have become unhappy about the electric police cars forced on them by the government. Ralf Kusterer, deputy leader of German Police Trade Union (Deutsche Polizeigewerkschaft, DPolG), told tabloid Bild on March 20 the new cars’ batteries empty much too fast to use efficiently as per by law enforcers’ needs. According to the union leader, some police missions had to be aborted as the cars lost power even when charged overnight at the police station. https://brusselssignal.eu/2025/03/german-police-forced-to-abort-missions-as-their-electric-cars-drain-too-fast/

Been there.

Costco also just announced they were getting rid of their Kirkland brand soy milk. The Daily Mail reported via headline, as is their habit, it as if this was the most popular product there, but the story read it is being discontinued due to lack of demand, and that non-Kirkland branded soy milk will be available occasionally. As to the check-out at Costco, that is the one thing I cannot complain about relative to the locations I frequent. Even around the Holidays when the self checkout line is all the way back to the deli area, I still get out in 10-15 minutes after I get in line. Also, our locations do open quite a few cashier operated lanes especially when busy.

Lot's of mock naturalization interviews on YouTube. I also quizzed my wife on civic questions repeatedly/ Good Luck!

A Number, a.k.a. Alien Registration Number, it is the 9 digit number found on the GC. Circling back to the move mentioned in your OP, did you move to a new USCIS district?

Sounds like Costco is opening 25 or so new locations within the U.S. this year. We are lucky where we live as we have 2 within 10 miles, and another 3-4 within 25 miles. My wife and I road trip occasionally to other Costcos just to see the differences. I think some folks join mostly for fuel, although that is not very convenient if they are an hour away.

We have an H-Mart locally, and some of their offerings are sourced from China, Korea and Japan. We also have a smaller Vietnamese market not far from us, and it has a good selection of rice noodles, and other Vietnamese groceries. The big issue is produce which is much harder to source from the home countries.

Yes, they will need the case number to set up a myUSCIS account. They should allow an option to use the A number.

It is kind of like what @Boiler mentioned, is there a reason to worry due to some actions that may be questioned? If no, which I assume is the case with the OP, there is no need to worry regardless of the media hype.

Even with a paper application (my wife filed via paper) you can set up an online account so you get NOAs, and other communications while the process is occurring. Good Luck!

Did you check their online accounts? Often NOAs are posted in the Documents section.

Please provide a link to the story you are referencing. My point is this happens all the time, but it only gets notice by the leftist MSM when a Republican, and especially Trump is in the WH. The fact that USCIS found this person inadmissible to AOS via INA 245 means USCIS thought it was something worth referring to ICE.

Not trying to speak for @Crazy Cat's wife, but I have talked with quite a few Chinese, and Korean colleagues living in the US, and the number one complaint is the taste is different as the source of the ingredients is different. I have noticed a similar difference in my travels for instance kimchi in Korea is so much better tasting than kimchi one can get here (tolerable, but less tasty, and also much less variety).

Personally, if I did not have a Costco relatively close by, I would most likely not get a membership. Yes, they do ship things, but not everything.

That Boston mayor is a real winner.

I am curious if they will actually delete the data as this might be the only asset they have worth buying.

Interesting to see the I751 processing time coming down. There could be a few factors, lower workload as most people are coming as IR1s due to longer I130 processing times, or also AOS taking longer. I wonder if USCIS will go back to a 12 or 24 month extension letter.

It is not necessary IMO, but you can if you want. Good Luck!