Fr8dog

it's not fun. a lot of stupid requirements. But that's what the Dutch are known for.

Congrats, now the fun of maintaining your Dutch nationality begins.

You should already have an exact copy of everything you ever sent in to them. Bring that and of course anything new you haven't sent to them

This could be something as simple as them having to change your status in the system from married to divorced. Legal gun ownership is not a reason to delay.

You only have 1 file. And you have 2 petitions. It is very well possible that both petitions are in your file already. Depending on local office you may or may not get a combo interview. Never hurts to prep for the N400 al you really need extra is to study the 100 questions for the N400.

I filed online, supplied the bare minimum required documents to file the n400 and brought the rest with me to the interview. I was not asked for any documents at the interview

About that weaponstrainingthingie,

I had "no" marked on my N400 and the CO changed it to "yes". This was solely based on the fact that I had a VA carry permit at the time and you are required to shoot 10 rounds of with an instructor. That was considered "weapons training"

Do some research on what is and is not permitted with a "concealed" permit. Federal and State rules are not mutual exclusive nd you could be in violation of rules without realizing it. I can not leave my neighborhood without passing withing 300ft of a school. And there is one "public" road that makes me cross the blue line of a federal installation twice.

Also be prepared for waiting longer on the "all clear" when the FLL checks get run. Non residents take a while longer most of the time (mine was 12 hours instead of the 5 minutes)

I had the ROC interview as I did not have an AOS one.

Bring all your stuff (new and old). I found the whole thing to pretty easy, it was more a conversation than a real interview. We did not have co-mingling finances, or photos and it was all fine (we still don't have those). They can see pretty quickly if you are a real couple or not.

Weird. if I look at the timelines on this forum, it looks like they have been doing administrative ceremonies in the field office straight after the interview for some time now. somebody had one yesterday. Sounds like somebody is not paying attention or something else is going on. Maybe time to get you congressman involved. (or the DHS ombudsman as stated above).

Calling the USCIS does nothing for you, the field office needs to do something and you cannot get a hold of them.

You got a name change pending? Name change oaths are done by a circuit judge, not the USCIS. If your state has shutdown its courts you have to wait on them to open again. Also some states really want to do the ceremonies themselves and demand to do them all (Virginia is one of those states)

I seriously doubt they will have any questions about your previous marriage. Your current martial status is printed on the certificate so that's why they need the divorce decree.
Having said that, bring everything for the very reason you stated. "In case they ask for it".
Stuff goes missing all the time and it's so much easier to supply it right there at the interview than to have to sent it in later. They most likely will not ask too many questions, but they can go every step if they feel like it.

I was, we were making payments at the time and I wasn't even aware of that. It was not brought up at the interview. They asked if I filed taxes for those 3 years and that was it.

As stated above, find another one or escalate. Personally I would mention they are setting themselves up for a nice lawsuit. Discrimination based on national origin is still a thing in this country. They are not allowed to make up there own rules on these things. There is proof of legal presence and that is it. Time to put your foot down.

They do not need your visa number to import your goods. They may want it to get your stuff screened as "known-cargo" this is not an import thing but a security thing. Cargo from "unknown shippers" requires more paperwork and and screening. Both fall under DHS/CBP.

Your husband can import it under his name as the form clearly states "I or my family"

It is legal for an employer to ask you. It is also legal for you to refuse. There is a huge legal difference between showing and copying. There is no need for them to retain a copy of these documents. The only exception could be the drivers license.  No copies of any of them are required for any background check. Usually it is uneducated HR overreaching combined with people fearing of not getting the job.

On 2/26/2021 at 11:06 AM, Bug&Bug said:

Now the serious question: Coffee.

How do I get actual coffee? This thing they call coffee is undrinkable. Any brands that will sell european or asian style ground coffee?

Yep, that one and bread. Both are horrible around here.

Coffee can be greatly improved by actually using a decent amount of it versus the amount they use for the brown tinted warm water. But more importantly. use non-chlorinated water.  Also I found www.enjoybettercoffee.com about 3 minutes ago they have my brand for only slightly higher price than I used to buy it.

Bread is a ongoing struggle, even the "artisan" garbage is nowhere near what I'm used to

Trying to find the reason behind these things is about as easy as trying to explain the taste of the color green to a 3-year old.

Great to know that this did work. I'm planning to get both of them as well. However, a citizen is not required to proof legal presence. That is one of the many great things about being a citizen. Most of my (US born) friends don't even have a passport.

As stated above, you are required to leave the country on your US passport, so there is that. Leaving on your old passport does get recorded through the PNR data sent by the airline after departure. Most embassies/consulates do provide passport services for US citizens abroad and my bet is that you will be able to obtain one there. I'm assuming that you will most likely run into a "stern talk" at the embassy if anything at all. During your re-entry into the US, you may or may not be asked about it. It depends on how deep the IO wants to dig and if the systems even flags your previous departure.
But again, following the letter of the law you should not leave the country without one to begin with.

Short answer:
Everything!

Longer answer:
Everything you have ever filed with them or could be requested during your interview

My most complete answer:

I hope you made copies of all packages you have sent to the USCIS since the beginning of your journey. Bring those.
Anything that you have an original for but have filed a photocopy. Bring the originals (and the copies)
Any co-mingling evidence that has not yet been submitted (again if you don't want to hand over the original, bring a copy as well)
copies of tax transcripts.

Any other documents specifically asked for in the interview letter that do not fall under the above 4 categories.

If your file got transferred correctly you are bringing a lot of paper that you don't need. But if even one item fell out of your file during transfer, they can add it right there and it saves you an RFE for something you already submitted.
My file had been slightly mishandled so my ROC evidence never made it into the file when I sent in the application (that was an RFE during processing). The wife's divorce degree got lost (that was spotted by the IO and corrected at the interview) and my original I-129 entry envelope went AWOL for 5 years. (It was either not put back during my AOS of was never put in after my arrival) and it did not meet up with my file until a week before my N400 interview.

I would change it myself (as a matter of fact that is what I did).

I had most of them with me apart from the wife's passport, birth certificate, divorce decree and some more things. I had copies of those though but was never asked about any of them.

I would not reschedule. (but you weren't planning on that anyway)

I would suggest to prep for the N400 just in case. It's the USCIS who knows what they decide on when you walk in for your appointment.

I had a photocopy of the wife's passport, just in case, but it was never asked for.

On 1/5/2021 at 11:04 PM, MrsBlan said:

...............The immigration officer told me that she was waiting for my complete file to be shipped to her office .................

I think that this is your actual problem. 👆

They cannot proceed until they have your file and it is all complete. Time to start contacting them, it's very likely one person is waiting on the file while another person assumes it has been sent. Neither one of them will look into it until someone else tells them to.

Could also be they lost your file, parts are missing or it's stored in a wrong location, regardless you need to start shaking the tree and see what falls down

We got to toss our documents in a cardboard box, that nobody really looked a,t and than we got a check mark. Unless you threw nothing in the box than they would ask why and still would give you a check mark. So not strict at all.