Crazy Cat

What field office? Wife's case started exactly like that. She took the oath 5 months after filing.

Local offices differ.

Show your relative this. Both visas will take about 18 months from filing to interview. You are correct in your analysis. It will take a long time from K-1 to actual Green Card. Every couple has their own priorities, and each couple must decide which visa is better for their situation. K-1 More expensive than CR-1 Requires Adjustment of Status after marriage (expensive and requires a lot of paperwork) Spouse can not leave the US until she/he receives approved Advance Parole (approx 6-8 months) Spouse can not work until she/he receives EAD (approx 6-8 months) Some people have had problems with driver licenses, Social Security cards, leases, bank account during this period Spouse will not receive Green Card for many months after Adjustment of Status is filed. A K-1 might be a better choice when 18-21 year old children are immigrating also In some situations, marriage can affect certain Home country benefits, making a K-1 a better choice A denied K-1 is sent back to USCIS to expire K-1 entrant cannot file for citizenship until after having Green Card for 3 years. Once an I-129F has been approved, delaying the case is difficult to impossible if the need arises. CR-1/IR-1 Less expensive than K-1 No Adjustment of Status(I-485, I-131, I-765) required. Spouse can immediately travel outside the US Spouse is authorized to work immediately upon arrival. Spouse receives Social Security Card and Green Card within 2 or 3 weeks after entering the US Opening a bank account, getting a driver's license, etc. are very easily accomplished with GC, SS card, and passport. Spouse has legal permanent Resident status IMMEDIATELY upon entry to US. The clock for citizenship filing starts immediately upon entry to the US. A CR-1/IR-1 case can be delayed indefinitely at NVC if the need arises.

Sadly, the child will be F2A visa category.

Then adjustment of Status does not apply to any of them. The parents will do consular processing to receive IR-5 visas. After the parents arrive in the US, one of them can then petition for the child to immigrate from Portugal.

No. Parent petitions do not allow derivatives. One of the parents will have to petition the child after they become legal residents. The child cannot immigrate at the same time as both IR-5 cases.

Where are her parents right now?

You now get in line behind the other US citizens who have been waiting.

My thoughts exactly.

But for love, rather than just for immigration benefits, right?

"Don't give them more rope than they need. They can use it to hang you" - Crazy Cat, old man who has lived over 7 decades, 11/14/23 I think I'll copyright that.

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Make sure you include a copy of either the I-130 approval or I-130 receipt notice.

I-131, the advance parole document. Everything you filed in conjunction with the denied I-485 is now voided. That includes the advance parole application and the EAD application. You can refile. Once you submit a new, proper I-485, then you will be granted "authorized stay" until the new I-485 has been either approved or denied. You should do it asap. As I said, you should file a new I-485 package, a new I-131 package, and a new I-765 package...all with completely new supporting evidence.

Why do you think you need an attorney?

Refile ASAP with a complete I-485 package. Also refile the I-131 and I-765 packages. Don't hire an attorney.

If you answer the first 6 correctly, they can stop.

My wife thinks each of the questions popped up on the officer's computer screen before he asked them....so, it seems he did have something which randomly selected them. Maximum. They can stop at 6.

You derailed the thread. I am re-directing it back to the test and why one must know the answers to all 100 questions rather than what others were asked..

I would assume a prospective US citizen would want to learn a great deal about their country. It also required by law.

I guess you didn't read the 2nd half of my comment...Fine....

Wrong. Part of the test is language skills. You will read some English during your life, will you not? You will speak some English, will you not? You will need to write in English, will you not? You are going to vote, are you not? Don't you think it is important that new Americans know about the US Constitution, how the government is set up, what rights you have as an American? The citizenship test is not only a test. It is also a condensed method of education about the United States. You seem to think an immigrant should just be able to buy their citizenship status with no test. Frankly, I find that thought distasteful because it cheapens citizenship. The citizenship test means a great more than just fees paid to the government.

Wife's didn't require a signature. That was a few years ago.

90% chance it will go to the old address, imo. I would make arrangements for someone to pick it up there. But I would change address.