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26 minutes ago, SteveInBostonI130 said:

They will have to submit separate applications.  To my knowledge, there is no derivative or group tourist visas.

 

EDIT:  They should apply as soon as possible.  In many places the wait for a tourist visa is up to a year or more.  In Ukraine it is about 8 months - luckily our nephew applied in November 2021 and was able to snag an interview in May 2022 - 7 months.

Thank you so much!

13 minutes ago, millefleur said:

Each adult must apply individually, even if they plan to travel together. Each applicant's situation is judged individually and unfortunately there's not 3rd party add on or "accompaniment" visa for visitors.

Thank you!

Hello,

I want my mom and my sister to visit me here in the US just for a month this Fall, please help me with some of my questions:

Should they apply separately for a tourist visa?

Or is it possible that my mom be the main applicant and my sister will be her 3rd party? My mom is a senior citizen and would need someone to accompany her. 

TIA 

Pros:

NOT having to deal with immigration paperwork every 10 yrs or so 

NOT having to pay yet another fee for the renewal of GC in essence its more cost efficient 

They also said SS benefits changes when you become a citizen (that’s what I remembered during my oath taking)

Cons:

You’d lose your citizenship if dual is not permitted 

On 4/16/2021 at 2:33 PM, Soccer.Player said:

Not yet its 3rd week and still nothing .one of my friend  had interview after me and got same decision  but after 2 weeks he got oath letter 

I'm rooting for you! hopefully, you'll hear from them soon!  

On 4/16/2021 at 5:08 PM, Joe Kano said:

Do I as the US husband need to go to the interview? Is it required or suggested? We have been very lucky to date, My wife did her initial K1 Interview in Philippines and I attended that one. But her 2 year and 10 year Greencard she didn't have to do an interview.

 

 

based on the notice to appear for an interview the only party allowed to get in is the applicant. interpreters need to be available on the phone.my husband waited for me inside the car

My notice said 2 hours too but I was done and about of the building in less than 20 mins. 
Good luck!

How soon is your interview? Im asking coz I was in a similar situation before my interview. I couldn’t find the original of my marriage certificate but I was able to order a copy online and I got in two days. 

Take whatever paperwork you have as evidence of marital union. In terms of properties, My understanding is it should be both under your names if you are to present these dox. If that’s not available Im pretty sure that you have other are dox available on your end as proof of marital union.

When I was interviewed yday, I brought everything that I can including holiday cards mailed to both of us but the officer didn’t even asked for it. But it is always better to over prepare than go for an interview under prepared.

Good luck!

6 hours ago, Soccer.Player said:

Congratulations  👏

Thank you! Did you hear back from USCIS about your case yet?

My Immigration is officially done!!!

My N400 experience was both exciting and nerve wracking!

The goal to ensure that your paperwork is sufficient down to the studying the citizenship material was taxing but was ALL worth it!

I had my citizenship interview today at the Milwaukee, WI field office. My application was under the 3 yr rule. 

I arrived 1:15pm per instruction from the appointment letter. Check in procedure was smooth and organize. I was called exactly 130pm. The IO asked for my DL,GC and Passport. He started with the Civics test and answered all of the questions. Reading and Writing tests were completed without any issue. He went over my form and just asked me a few questions. He asked if I was working and replied that I work as a CSA at a utility company. He said it must be a tough job. He asked if I get yelled a lot? We ended up chatting about the nature of my job coz I told him that we respond to emergencies and outages too.

I informed him that I need to change my response for group membership coz I said no yet Im a member of a labor union, he said not to worry about it and then handed me the results form after having me sign a few documents!

I was out after 10 minutes! He didn’t even ask for any of my documents!

Later on, my case was updated to advising me of my oath of ceremony scheduled!

I WOULD HAVE NOT MADE IT WITHOUT THE HELP OF EVERYONE HERE IN VJ! 

Thank you for your generosity and for sharing your experiences and knowledge! 

God bless you all and more power!

Hello,

I have an upcoming interview for N400 and couldn’t find my passport. 
After looking through all of my files, I found a copy of the bio page though.

Will that suffice? What should I do?

Please help. TIA

a sigh of relief! i appreciate your response. thank you very much!

6 minutes ago, Mike E said:

I am surprised you didn’t get an RFE.  
 

While it is likely you will be asked about this at your interview, just in case the IO overlooks it, it is critical you point out your mistake  at the interview.  
 

Otherwise you risk delays in your case.  I wouldn’t even rule out denaturalization down the road depending how insane society gets.   I mean they are canceling Dr Seuss, Lincoln, and Grant now.  
 

 

Im surprised myself. Im not sure if this is glitch coz when filing online, it wont even let you go through if your miss a question. 
Thank you for your response.

Hi, 

I need your help/thoughts about my situation.

I filed online for N400 last October, got a notice to appear for an interview this April 15. As I was reviewing the snapshot of my application I just realized that I didn’t answer Q13 which was asking about Nazi government. I couldn’t imagine how I could have missed this coz when filing online, it would have not gone through if I skipped a question and besides I wasn’t born yet on those years mentioned in the question.

Will this pose as a problem during my interview? Or could this possibly be a reason for a denial?

Please help.

2 hours ago, .yana said:

No. Calling them proved useless in general.

I’m letting this lie as like you said - it wouldn’t have gone through without the necessary documentation.

did you just recently filed too?

1 minute ago, .yana said:

From what I understand - several VJ users (myself included) have the same issue, and it is a mere system glitch/error.

so what did you do? did you attempt to call them? I dont think the application would go through if it was incomplete

i am obviously freaking out now

I have received the notice saying that they've received the application BUT what's alarming is I don't see the files that I have uploaded in the documents tab - what does this mean? Did I lose all of my uploaded documents? I don't think my application will go through had I lost it.

please help!

Just now, HRQX said:

Full middle name is the correct answer for N-400.

Thank you!

In my GC, I only the initial of my middle name but when I filled out the form , I entered my complete middle name - will that be a concern? im afraid to go back coz I might lose my attachments. Please help me! 

Please I need your help.

N400 was asking about children, I have one and so I said yes.

Towards the end of the form where you submit evidence, I was asked to upload birth certificate of my step daughter? Should I just upload it or should I change my response to the children question 

1 hour ago, NEW CITIZEN said:

Let me be blunt:

 

Are you willing to kill the enemy of the US in a war???

Yes

1 hour ago, ThaOne said:

I had not experienced that, but try to check the below possible fixes:

- whichever browser you used (i.e firefox, chrome, internet explorer, MS Edge...) try another one

- make sure each file you upload isn't too big. For instance if you scanned many documents in one big file, it may be too big. Consider making multiple documents of smaller sizes.

 

I hope that helps.

I was using I/E. I think I uploaded too many, I dont know. I will try it again later. Thank you 

Hi, 

Last night, I started filling out the N400 form. 
I came across a problem when ALL of my files were deleted after uploading. It’s good that the system is giving 30 days to finish an application before its discarded. 
I was wondering if anyone has experienced the files being deleted while still in the process of completing the form? How did you go about it? I haven’t logged back in since I work full time and will work on it this weekend. 
Any suggestions/tips is very much appreciated.

Thank you everyone for all of your help.

Any tip on how to go about this? Im filing for N400 online and its so slow.

still have tons of documents to upload. Im using internet explorer