NorthByNorthwest

It is very common for any broad-scope FOIA request to have information redacted, that by itself is not cause for any concern. It can be credit card numbers used to pay for travel, names of assigned agents working on your file, etc etc. As others have suggested, stick to being completely truthful and you should not need to worry. If there was a serious issue you would not even make it to the naturalization interview stage.

Just make sure you factor in getting a US passport immediately after taking the oath or you'll find that there's actually more trouble traveling, not less, since you can't reenter the US without a US passport after becoming a citizen.

It will depend on the workload at your local office + background check turnaround time. Expect delays if there's a government shutdown... I take it you filed under the 5-year rule and not the 3-year one? For me it took almost 4 months to the day from application to interview+oath, at the time of application the estimate was also around 7 months. This was also with reused biometrics.

Without knowing what evidence you provided - just having a job offer back in the US isn't really enough for DCF - friends that went through that process were all on temporary assignment and were able to show that their current employer needed them back in the US ASAP, none were in the eikaiwa business. It will also be a factor how long you've been in Japan to determine if you (still) have a US domicile. Denied DCF should not be a blocker for visiting on ESTA, does she already have one? Round-trip tickets and anything showing that both of you have strong ties to Japan will be helpful.

Typically NVC only gets involved after USCIS has approved the petition. If the I-130 was approved in October 2010 that is bad news from a CSPA perspective as the petition was only pending for about 22 months, so that's what you get to subtract from the age on the day a visa becomes available. F4 priority dates for India have only advanced 18 months in the past 5 years, so at this point it is highly unlikely that a visa will be available before aging out.

I just wrote "Business trips as required" with the rest blank, no issues.

Accounts are deleted after a certain period of inactivity + the current authentication system was not in use back in 2014. No big deal - just create a new account.

Yes, you need to wait until you've lived three months in your current state/district: Applicants are required to show they have resided for at least three months immediately preceding the filing of Form N-400 in the USCIS district or state where the applicant claims to have residency (See 8 CFR §316.2(a)(5) & §319.1(a)(5)).

How and when did you get your green card?

No issues, even if she got the visa in the old passport and later renewed her passport she could still travel to the US with the two passports together as long as the page with the still valid visa in the old passport is intact.

You should be fine then, this has worked a bit differently over time. Since you can see the other notices as well as the PDF of the application there is no need to do anything. This would only have been an issue if you filed N-400 on paper for whatever reason.

Note that you will not see the actual notices in the online portal unless you have verified your identity for the account.

Since F2A was current in February/March 2023 and only in April started retrogressing it looks to me like your brother got lucky and should be locked in at CSPA age 20 since you filed for the visa immediately.

I agree, but I'll revise my earlier comment - OP most certainly did overstay but probably did not accrue unlawful presence unless so determined by an immigration judge. Regardless, since he's outside the US, the chances of getting a new F-1 visa would be slim.

D/S means Duration of Status, and it just means that you were in lawful status as long as your I-20 was valid. If your I-20 was expired you did indeed accrue unlawful presence and find it very difficult to get a new visa.

Is the official copy stamped? Within EU the multilingual copies do not require stamps to be recognized in another EU country, but for use outside EU you may need an officially stamped/signed copy.

If I were in your shoes I'd just respond to the RFE with a signed affidavit stating pretty much everything you mentioned in this thread, noting in the very first sentence that you've never been married, that the CoN is a typo that you are trying to get fixed - that's pretty much all you can do within the RFE timeline. Whether that will be good enough is a different question, but if you don't respond the petition will be denied anyway, so you have nothing to lose here. Unfortunately this will likely add time to your process no matter what you do...

Note that FOIA requests can take anything from weeks to months, so you may not get anything useful from there in time for your RFE deadline.

Not uncommon - the clinic that does the health exam can perform antibody tests to determine what vaccinations you've had in the past. Alternatively, in most cases there's no harm in having an extra dose of a vaccine.

If you live close to a passport agency office that is plenty of time - with proof of travel within 2 weeks you can get a passport in a day or two.

I wouldn't worry about it - focus on your your health issues and just make sure you don't stay away so long as to jeopardize your LPR status. In Sweden I would not be able to get any kind of planned healthcare without paying for it since I no longer a resident, only emergency care is free for citizens regardless of residence status. Does Poland offer more? In any case, the only tangible benefits of citizenship is being allowed to vote, opening up federal jobs as well as various jobs that for security reasons require citizenship + of course being able to stay in other countries indefinitely. As long as you maintain your LPR status you can always naturalize later even if the continuous residence counter is reset. Best of luck to both of you!

Multiple absences of less than 6 months can definitely be considered breaking the residence requirement - in your case that seems likely. Naturalization is in general the easiest step of the immigration process, but they do scrutinize the presence requirement since that's a fundamental aspect of the application. An officer may also review whether an applicant with multiple absences of less than 6 months each will be able to satisfy the continuous residence requirement. In some of these cases, an applicant may not be able to establish that his or her principal actual dwelling place is in the United States or establish residence within the United States for the statutorily required period of time.

If they follow the process you should get a full 8 year license though there have been stories of people getting a temporary license if the staff input things incorrectly. In some states it makes sense to stick with shorter validity DLs since when you become a citizen you can get an EDL that can be used at land border crossings. I don't think Texas has that option though, so better to get the longest validity they will give you.

This will vary by state and the person actually handling the application, but the REAL ID act specifically notes that a conditional permanent resident does not need to be issued a temporary driver's license. I would go while the 2-year GC is still valid, staff should run SAVE verification which will return lawful status with indefinite period of stay.

Right - this was in case OP goes the AOS route. You can only have tax dependents that are US residents.