Fr8dog

You can get same day service if you can get an appointment. Getting the appointment used to be the hardest part but I think it's getting easier nowadays. there is an extra charge for it, but you'll have your passport in hours. (30 minutes in line for the appointment and then wait a few hours to come back and collect the passport). Great thing is they give back your certificate when they hand you your passport. I went to DC so parking was a pain but other then that it was pretty straight forward. You must have proof of travel plans (hotel reservation will do it) and you can only schedule max 10 days out. Traveling as a US citizen, you are required to enter and leave on your US passport. You will be let into the country without a passport but you get to spent time in secondary and are looking at potential fines if you do it intentionally.

by filing the N400 you basically suspend all other petitions you have pending. The N400 gets priority and you file is demanded by NBC. If your file (with current petition) is stuck somewhere it will effectively jar it loose. Files can be "stuck" in several locations and for all sorts of reasons.

Sure, Tier one people have the exact same info in front of them as you can get using the online accounts. They just give you the same information with some additional wording trying to make it sound more official. Tier two has slightly more info but good luck trying to get a hold of one of them. I have found the phone system to be an excellent option for scheduling appointments and that's it. Wait for the letter. That is your starting point.

Don't know the answer about original vs copy, but you could consider getting a "certified true copy" of the certificate (basically a notarized by USCIS copy). Those can be obtained at a field office but you have to make an appointment.

Without having the letter we can only speculate at this point. Could be the expedite, because the original is about to be approved. Could be both of them since the "system" finds you too close to an interview for the I-485. Could be you had an error in the application or even them hitting the wrong buttons.

Depends how quickly you get the corrections sent back to them. in theory it could be days. It's not like they completely throw your application to the back of the que. You don't want to know how many mistakes in forms are never spotted by both applicants and reviewers. And no this is not a red flag

I personally wouldn't mess with it. I seriously doubt it will be spotted before the package makes it to the embassy/consulate. Just mention/correct it during the interview. In theory it could lead to an RFE leading to a delay. But you can just as easily create a much larger delay by trying to get it corrected with the petition in transit between different desks

Yep, that's the thing. If it's tight to a receipt number correct/mention at start of interview. Otherwise you can redo the form (I'm pretty sure the site actually mentions something to that effect if you try to redo one.

It will be either missed or it will be spotted and potentially result in an RFE. If it's missed I suggest having it corrected at the interview.

If you already posses valid Schengen visa you can continue to use it. If you need a new one (or renew one) you can of course apply in the US but may want to do some checking as to what country would be the best route.

Check the letter, it states what you need to bring. Check the venue (if not the field office) it should tell you who you can bring. And my personal thought for all immigration related things, bring your own file with you just in case.

For those still confused or anxious. You travel on your new passport. Use the info from the new passport. The new passport is shown to everybody that needs to see a passport during your travel. The old passport with the complete, undamaged and still valid visa is used during check-in. (most if not all airline staff at check-in are familiar with this). And to the CBP officers at the US border. Your old passport is nothing more than a place where your valid visa lives.

Even when your I-751 is outside at the end of November and you file a request, they cannot do anything with it until your file and the N-400 application make their way through the NBC and back to your field office. Filing the request will most likely return a "still within normal time range" because you have the pending N-400. Just so you know.

This is sounding way too familiar for me. So here are my two cents. I-751 is stuck somewhere between the lock box you sent it to and the field office for whatever reason. (too many applications, hiding in a box somewhere, file fell of a desk. You get the picture). You then file the N-400. This is like hitting the emergency brake. The NBC demands your file to be sent to them immediately and everybody starts looking for it. ones it's found it gets sent to the them and you get put into the cue for the N-400. If the N-400 application is ready and complete your file gets send to your field office. The field office then puts you in line for the N-400 interview and starts working on the I-751 as well. if both applications are correct and ready around the same time, it's combo interview time. If one is done way before the other you get whatever interview is ready first and have to wait for the other. N-400 cannot get a final approval before the I-751 is approved and closed out. I had my I-751 jarred loose by filing the N-400. Had that interview way before the N-400. Than had the N-400 interview while the I-751 was still waiting on the final decision. Received a letter with the "recommending approval" of the N-400 while leaving the office after the N-400 interview. I received the approval notice for the I-751 shortly after that and then the approval notice for the N-400. When you filed your service request, did you do that for the 751 or the 400? The I-751 may be outside the window (no idea what the use for it nowadays) but is irrelevant as your N-400 trumps it. The clock for the N-400 window started the moment they received your N-400 application. I checked the site and it does. say June is outside, but 09/18/2024 is the first date that returns "within normal times" so that 9.5 is optimistic. You need to find out where your actual file is, I was able to have them look it up in their system for me during my info pass appointment for a 551 stamp. Your local congress person may be able to get some info for you.

And to complete the answer, the copies sent by the IRS are identical to the copies you can download and print.