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Hmm, apparently Starmer is more interested in the end of Ramadan than his own mother. Anyway, Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers in or from the UK.

My wife looked into it, and at least in the case of Russia, they did not accept a marriage certificate as a legal name change document, and it appears Ukraine may be the same. My wife decided to just not change anything as it would involve a lot of legwork such as changing her internal ID along with everything tied to that. It has not become an issue and my wife has traveled many times with her married name on her GC, and now US Passport, and her maiden name on her Russian passport. If you want to see it through, you have two options that I know of. Applying for a legal name change through a U.S. court (not sure if you can do this remotely since you are now living in Europe), or awaiting for naturalization if you eventually plan to do that and conduct a legal name change through the N400 process. Good Luck!

Hmm, does California have the money? California high-speed rail project needs $7 billion by next summer California's embattled high-speed rail project will soon need at least $7 billion in order to move forward. During a budget hearing focused on transportation in the State Assembly on Wednesday, Helen Kerstein with the California Legislative Analyst's Office told lawmakers the project faces a $7 billion budget gap and the funds need to be secured by next June. If not, Kerstein said it will create yet another delay for plans to finish the project's first segment between Merced and Bakersfield. "There is no specific plan to meet that roughly $7 billion gap, we also think there is some risk that gap could grow," Kerstein said. "This isn't a way out in the future funding gap. This is a pretty immediate funding gap." https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/california-high-speed-rail-project-needs-7-billion-by-next-summer/ar-AA1BS4ko?ocid=BingNewsVerp

If she is fine, why are you continuing with the leftist/MSM playbook of stoking the fear? USCIS screws up all the time sending RFE’s for evidence already provided, and the text of those RFEs can be just as scary. I get it, Trump is bad, he is Hitler, or worse just like the Democrat gaslighting and their MSM allies tell us every day. You know the difference between Trump and the most recent former Presidents? Trump is actually doing what he said he would do instead of just making campaign promises he had no intention of keeping. He said he would deal with the criminal illegal aliens, you know, the gangs taking over areas, and he is. Now the Dems find themselves defending those gang members. Trump also said he was fine with legal immigration, so why would he backtrack on that considering he has not backtracked on anything else? Whatever, I still say if one is in legal status, and are not a criminal like Kahlil, you do understand taking over a building and keeping the staff there (mostly custodians) from leaving is kidnapping right, they will be fine. You are doing everything right with your cases, and regardless of anyone’s feeling toward the CAA process, it is legal until Congress says otherwise. So good like with those cases.

And in the case of a spousal visa, the LPR status begins upon entry in the U.S. with a valid spousal visa (CR1/IR1). If a foreign spouse is issued a CR1 after the interview because the marriage is less than two years old, but enters the U.S. with that visa after the second wedding anniversary, they will get a 10 yr GC.

Shouldn’t except possibly more scrutiny by CBP.

You need to read the letter. She is fine.

You need to reread the third paragraph. Yes, she received this letter because the great big bureaucracy built by the establishment doesn’t know its right hand from its left. This letter only applies to those that have not obtained legal status through other means i.e. CAA.

I don't really know for certain, but the fact that your foreign passport shows similar naming, I doubt it.

Up to you.

I would put your middle name in the other names used section based on your story. You can discuss it with the IO when you have your interview if there area any questions, and you will have the chance to update the N400 at that time and change it to a name change application if needed. Good Luck!

Not to worry, all will be powered by the sun and wind.

A little more on this rising Democrat star. Maybe they were following the lead of the Lincoln Project.

In that case you need to submit the expedite request to NVC (see below). I agree, the consulate appears to think you are asking for DCF which is not the case, but since they have not received your case yet, they really cannot respond to your request. Once NVC sends your case to the consulate, you need to send another expedite request to them. Good Luck! To request an expedite, please submit a scanned letter (or statement) to NVCExpedite@state.gov from a physician (or medical facility). The letter must include the physician’s (or medical facility’s) contact information and declare a life-or-death medical emergency exists.

When you say expedited, are you attempting DCF?

In quite a few cases they do not need to look for excuses. There is a reason all those Yes/No questions are asked on immigration forms. I could argue that it is the left wing MSM that promoting fear due to their opposition to anything Trump (could be classified as a chronic case of TDS). People that are law abiding (holding hostages like Khalil and his group did are not law abiding), are fine regardless of the fear being stoked by the elite establishment types and their media allies.

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.