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Thanks, I just realized that I did a mistake at the beginning, there is two options.
1. I am at least 18 years of age and have been a lawful permanent resident of the United States for at least 3 years. In addition, I have been married to and living with a U.S. citizen spouse for the last 3 years, and my spouse has been a U.S. citizen for the last 3 years at the time I filed my Form N-400.
2. I am at least 18 years of age, I am a lawful permanent resident of the United States, and I am the spouse of a U.S. citizen and my U.S. citizen spouse is regularly engaged in specified employment abroad.

Keep us posted—thanks!

Keep us posted—thanks!

.........Naturalization Approved!
 
IO did not ask any questions about previous marriage; he was a brand new hire at the Cranbury office and seemed to have made his decision about whether I'd be approved or not (in my favor) before we even began.
 
I was sworn in, took the reading/writing/civics test, and we went over my N400 (confirmed my name/birthday/address, and my height "because that's what we'll be putting in your certificate"). He did confirm that I was divorced, but didn't ask any further questions about my ex or the relationship. Got on to the "eligibility questions" (ie. Have never been involved in genocide or terrorism; am in support of the constitution of the Unites States, etc.)
 
Did not ask for originals of any supporting documents, tax returns, or anything else.
 
Ultimately lawyer wasn't really necessary in the room for my case since it seemed that the decision was made before meeting the IO. Lawyer did  have a lot of intel about the Cranbury office and inner workings of USCIS, though! He was on laughing/joking/friendly terms with every clerk/manager/security guard who wasn't a new hire, as the majority of staff at this office were transferred from Newark and they'd all known eachother for decades. This meant that having him by my side at least made the check-in process very pleasant -- which lightened the mood and evaporated my stress lol.
 
No regrets in hiring the lawyer, really nice guy who clearly has good relationships with USCIS staff and knowing I was in good hands JIC was worth it.
 
Time to celebrate!

Adding my time line for N-400.
I have been here 7 years, with no travel at all. Original petitioner and I have divorced. He left me 6 months after we arrived here
 
Anyhoo:
Filed 6/3/23 online Detroit office.
Reused biometrics.
Interview 7/27/23 - Passed (very boring case file. Not even a parking ticket. Worked all 7 years etc.)
Waiting on oath ceremony. I was told sometime in September or October.

My husband passed the interview!!
We had thought it would take about 20 minutes once called back, but it actually took over an hour. The letter does say to allow up to 2 hours.
His appointment was scheduled at 2pm, the officer was running 25 minutes behind. Once started the civics questions were super fast, but then the officer had several questions about the application and my husband’s immigration history. It was very confusing for the officer to understand. Back story: my husband was illegal as a minor, returned to Brazil as a minor, never deported, never pretended to be a citizen. His father has since naturalized but never sponsored his son. The officer asked if he had a copy of his father’s naturalization certificate (we do not since it wasn’t related to any of our applications). We had submitted a letter explaining all of this in all our prior files so why it came up in the interview I don’t really understand, but whatever. 
Our finances were also scrutinized. My job confuses people. I travel for work and our taxes are complicated. But our permanent address and tax home is Wisconsin. 
It’s a good thing I sent him in with ALL our original documents going back to K1. 

I don’t remember if I ever posted that our ROC was approved about 3 weeks prior, so this was not a combo interview. 

Glad it’s over. Hoping to get our oath date soon!! 

No idea how to edit my original post but I want to apologize for the misunderstanding because I accidentally typed that I lost my US passport. I don't have a US passport. The passport that I lost is the foreign passport that had the US visa on it which I used to enter the US.

It's not a US passport. It's the foreign passport from my country of origin and it has the visa that I used to enter the US 21 years ago. The naturalization interview letter says to bring original documents that were used to enter the US, so the visa that I entered the US with would be such a document.

Again, you only need one of the above acceptable responses. 

My words of advise is to simply relax. I know that this might be asking a lot but if you can it will help immensly. Most IO's are human and understand the pressure that you have been under just to make it this far. Being from Australia my IO said that he believed that I would have only 'minor problems' with the language and that therefore the language test would not take place. He then went on to ask the ten questions - I remember the last one distinctly. He asked me to describe the geological structure of the pre-Cambrian period Californian coastline. When I replied, " I don't believe that question is on the list' his reply was, "No its not and you have passed......congratulations' 

The text of the policy manual, the CFR and the INA have always read ambiguously to me. I'm sure it's clear to a jurist/immigration lawyer who knows how this is applied in reality. Here's what they say:
 
INA 316(a):
 
 
8 CFR 316.2(a)(5):
 
 
USCIS policy manual:
 
 
It sounds simple but the fact that it says "state or service district" is confusing to me. So practically speaking, let's use a state that has multiple service districts such as Pennsylvania, and let's say someone lives in Philadelphia and moves to Pittsburgh. Same state, different service district. Then they file for naturalization without waiting 3 months after moving. Are they OK because they stayed within the same state despite changing service districts, or are they not OK because they changed service districts despite staying in the same state?
 
Been debating this elsewhere so came here hoping for a clear answer. I always thought moving service districts (even within the same state) was grounds for a denial. Please don't speculate if you're not sure, although this is just a theoretical question for my own knowledge. Thanks!

Yes they do 🙂 I was just there yesterday and everyone who passed went straight to their oath ceremony that day. I scheduled mine for Friday 🙂

Hey folks - I wanted to share an update here so that anyone facing a similar problem knows how this worked in our specific case if facing a similar one in the future.
 
My husband was able to leave the country on his German passport, then successfully submit a passport application using form DS-11 with his Naturalization Certificate as proof of citizenship at the US Embassy in Berlin. He'll receive his passport at the German address we're staying at in about three weeks time.
 
As other users advise above, I'd encourage you all not to violate a federal statute, especially not if other options work for you. In our case, our Senator said "Can't help you," and there were no emergency or urgent passport appointments available anywhere in the US, even in Hawai'i before my husband and I needed to be in Germany to take care of his father. Still, if you have no other option, it is an option to leave on one passport and apply for your first full passport abroad as a naturalized citizen.
 
For anyone curious about more detail: The embassy was not thrilled with my husband when he first arrived to his passport application appointment and the first question he was asked was, "So why did you leave the US without a passport? This is not the way to do this." Upon explaining the situation, the case worker gruffly responded that, "Well this isn't a real passport we give you, it's an emergency one-use passport." My husband asked if a real one was possible since he was going to be in Germany taking care of his father for two months and the case worker's mood immediately changed. After that, it was no problem at all and the entire appointment took about ten minutes with a much nicer tone to the conversation. My takeaway is that the case workers do not like having to issue emergency passports to non-passport holders, but are more than willing to issue first passports to citizens outside of the country if they have time to wait for a passport. The case worker quite bluntly acknowledged that the passport situation in the States was absurd.
 
Hope this helps others in the future!

How long have you been an LPR? If 5 years (minus 90 days for early filing) then choose the 5-year option (less documents to submit, arguably faster approval). 

Um... I'm not sure what that means too. "You have not" - is there a typo perhaps?
 
Fingers crossed your application will progress soon!

It’s determined by the time you finish your interview. If the officer approves your case before 2:30, yes it’s same day oath. It’s done in a large group with people approved weeks before. 

Annnnnd now my interview at this location has been cancelled! Maybe they still don't have all the things in place that they need to operate... if anyone else gets scheduled or de-scheduled here please leave a comment!

Found the answer to my own question: Seems that Cranbury is a new USCIS location that'll be opening for the first time in July (according to a local immigration attorney).
 
Still curious to hear if anyone else gets booked for this location!

According to some folks on Reddit who passed their interviews this or last month, you still can have a same-day oath if you choose to and if there's enough time. For a reference, this was posted 5 days ago: 
 
 

Just received a phone call from a very friendly USCIS officer saying my oath ceremony was scheduled for this Friday and they don't have time to mail the letter. But it's uploaded on my online account. That was very nice of them. 

Just a small update that I had the family member log in to her USCIS online account and she found a PDF in the Documents section dated the same day as her online N-400 submission mentioning biometrics reuse. So while she never got the physical letter in the mail, it looks like I was worrying for nothing. It would be nice if the regular case tracking mentioned biometrics reuse but at least now we know. For reference, the online account says there is an estimated six months until case completion, but I guess everyone here says that that part is never accurate, right?

Does the diplomatic posting abroad comment refer to the U.S. State Department? Can anyone chime in if that is presumably "qualifying employment abroad" to count as not breaking U.S. residency?

Does the diplomatic posting abroad comment refer to the U.S. State Department? Can anyone chime in if that is presumably "qualifying employment abroad" to count as not breaking U.S. residency?

it can be combo card or it can be separated. the EAD will be in a card shape and the AP will be on a piece of paper. 
normally if his AP already on hand, the EAD will be just EAD and not combo
it supposed to be just 1 original AP letter
it doesnt matter really, once he got his AP in any form, he can travel outside US

When you omit THE critical detail (country of citizenship), no one can reasonably help you.