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IO probably didn't lie, he approved it, and depending on how long he was there, it may need reviewed by a more senior person. You may want to get a stamp if travel is in your future, but I would give it a month for a status update, or 3 weeks minimum. You will get the update if you signed up for text messages and email. When my wife and I did her AOS interview, by luck of the draw we got the Big cheese, head of office, numeral Uno according to the translator with us as he has seen everyone in the office, and very rarely does anyone interview with this guy. Same thing, 20 minute interview, said all is good, and you will have your green card in your mailbox in a week. I think he saw my expression of doubt with the card arriving in a week, but he reassured me it would. Sure enough, on the drive home, I got the approval notice, green card being produced notice all within 45 min of leaving the office. Green card was in the mailbox exactly 7 days later. So, I think it depends on who does the interview, and their level in the office as to if things have to be reviewed again after interview.

Well, you could just come out and say what you mean .....js... Looks to me like OP is wanting to qualify on assets alone.

I suppose you could qualify on assets alone, I believe they have to be 5 times poverty level, so around 130,000 in assets that can be liquefied rapidly if needed. A fat stack of cash for a decent amount on time in a bank account would work. Along with a couple recent paystubs at interview time to show current income, you should be fine.

Stepson arrived November 9th, 2022, green card in the mailbox 45 days after POE. Paid fee 2 days before arriving in the US, same day we picked up visa, cut it a little close on the whole thing, but got lucky in the end.

Here is the official memo from USCIS on military training... section 2339D(c)(1), which provides that “the term 'military-type training' includes training in means or methods that can cause death or serious bodily injury, destroy or damage property, or disrupt services to critical infrastructure, or training on the use, storage, production, or assembly of any explosive, firearm ...Feb 23, 2011 From people I have talked to, and personal experience I don't think that any basic firearm safety from your spouse or even if you take a CCW class, or firearms safety class is going to require you to mark yes in the box. They are looking for actual military serious weeks long training usually involved with some terrorist group. My wife has her CCW and has received training from me, and the classes she took in basic firearm safety. We have applied for the N400 back in November, and we didn't mark yes on that question. Since this has come up before, when we get our interview as long as everything goes well, and we don't have " The IO out to destroy people" I will ask about this. The few interviews we have had thru this process we have had mostly nice IO's, so if we get a good one, I will ask his opinion on it and report back.

Anyone smart enough to develop a covid vaccine in early 2020 would also be smart enough to stay out of the US, and just sell the formula to the highest bidder and moved on.

Fly out to Vegas, and I can have you all married with certificate in hand in less than an hour. No charge for VJ members. Message me if you have any questions.

Never knew they were lifetime. Mine was good for about 50 years, I still have the old voided one from when I moved to Nevada. Maybe mine was issued after the lifetime, or the 50 year is considered the lifetime one.

My wifes I-751 got approved without interview 19 days after filing the N400. So I agree with filing the N400 to kick start the I-751. Could be a fluke, but who knows.

Filed N400 November 18th of this year, received the I797 case received, and the reuse bio metrics all on the 19th of November, the next day. So far I have had much success with the online filings. Did an I-130 online, now the N400. So far I'm liking the online forms.

Anyone doing a CR-1 will definitely be waiting until the 2 year mark to enter. Unless the CR-1 processing times come down to like 6 months, then it may be worth the extra money to enter say 18 months earlier, but to save a few months maybe, forget it.

It varies. My one friend had her interview scheduled a month after filing ( Northern Montana). Filed my wifes N400 in November here in Vegas, and the vibe is 4-6 months from others locally I have talked to at some citizenship classes we have been to to study. So a good estimate would be 4-6 months. Check to see if there are some free citizenship classes you can take nearby. One of the Unions offers it for free here in Las Vegas,NV as part of the Citizen Project. Great way to get some study material, and good local information on timeline from filing to interview. Plus it helps with all the possible Local questions you will be asked such as Governor, representative for your address, etc. We have a change to the governor here taking effect tomorrow the 2nd, so the questions answer will be changing.

Were you using your Naturalization certificate for proof of citizenship? Or a US passport? I ask because my friend a CBP has said that using a Naturalization letter will almost always get you scrutinized. Best bet is to get the US passport ASAP, and you should have no issues. There have been some issues with the letters recently, I wasn't read in as to what the issue was, but just curious.

I find this interesting. I have a good friend in CBP and I will ask her about this. She works the lines as a CBP supervisor, and has been doing it for around 18 years. I haven't heard of this being country specific, but most of the time they can see your entry and exit records into the US over the last X number of years, and if they see a lot of entries, or a lot of days spent here in the US they will limit your visit. I have never gotten an exact formula as how they come up with how long they admit you for, but they will cut the time if they see a bunch of entries and believe you are spending too much time here. They only have access to US, Canada, and Mexico immigration records sharing due to agreements, but even that is limited. They can't see any overstays in other countries on their computer, but if you have an overstay stamp in your passport from when you exited that country they will see it. Overall they usually give 6 months as far as I know, but I will ask if that has changed recently and post back. There is no " Ranking" system per say, and each person is usually judged on their own merits and entries and exits.

You pay the fee online as soon as you have the visa in your passport and passport in hand. You get the payment instructions and the numbers you need on a page in the envelope with your passport. It is in US dollars, and you just pay the 220.00 with a credit card. It is done online, and takes only a few minutes.

Any issues next week, plan a quick trip to Vegas, I can have everything you need in under an hour. I have literally married people less than 1 hour after they entered the US, and they filed for their AOS that same day. They came thru Las Vegas,NV as point of entry, I picked them up at airport. drove to license Bureau to get their license, we are now at about 45 minutes after they cleared customs. went to the SSA office in town ( this took the most amount of time, about 1.5 hours, and even though they didn't live here, they were still able to use this SS office because it is a Federal Government office, so any SS office in the US can be used to apply for a SS card) Drove to Symphony park ( About 15 Min. from the SS office), performed a small ceremony with my wife as a witness. Drove to the clerks office ( 3 MIn from Symphony Park) recorded the marriage and they picked up some certified copies at the same time. went and had lunch downtown Las Vegas while they finished finalizing all the forms for the AOS. Were at the main post office downtown around 1:30 pm, and made the 2pm cut-off for next day delivery. By the time their AOS package arrived at the address, they were off on their Honeymoon. Everything done in half a day. I think they arrived home about 10 days later, and the SS card was actually in their mailbox already.

Yes, Medical exam is the same for all immigrant visas. Though, technically the K1 is just a glorified tourist visa, but medical requirements are the same.

The G-1145 is just for notification via Text message that your payment was processed, and case number assigned. I did my wifes N400 online on November, and have been getting all mailed notices, and all of the online and email notices without issue. I assume you filed the paper N400 as you used the G-1145. All your other steps sound good, and should get you a rescheduled interview. and as @Rocio0010 said, a letter to the local field office would definitely help because they have your case file there in house.

Way the weather is in Chicago, you will need the salt for the roads just to make it to the ceremony.

Not sure if you have dealt with health care in the US, but I would take that 3rd world health care 9 times out of 10 before the US. US healthcare ranks pretty low compared to other countries. Here is a recent quote from an independent study.... Unfortunately, despite far outspending the rest of the world, the U.S. doesn’t even come close to having the best health care system in the world.

You can come and go as you wish with the stamp. My stepson arrived on November 9th, same stamp ( FX2 category), but same thing I551 stamp. Same day we entered we traveled to Mexico and reentered a few days after with no issues. His green card just showed up last week, so it is taking about 45 days for the green card to arrive in the mail. You can wait for the green card( Not necessary), or leave today it you want. Obviously come back before December 12th 2023, or have someone mail you your green card when it arrives if you are going to be gone over 11 months. I would try to not be gone for more than 6 months to be on the safe side.

You should get a new card in the mail with your old SS number on it automatically I would think. My stepson came in November 9th on his Immigrant visa, and I went to the SS office with him to apply for his SS card, and they said there was already one issued in the system, and should have it in a week. He said its all automatic now when you enter on an Immigrant visa. Even if you have a number he said it will send you a card. Doubt you will get thru on the phone, but you can try. You could visit your local office and they will know if you have one processing or a new one on the way. I would wait a week or so before doing anything and see what happens. My stepson entered on the 9th of November, the card was issued on the 10th of November, and we had it in the mailbox on the 17th of November. Could have saved a trip to the office if I knew something automatically worked for once like it was supposed to. As a side note, and just for your info. we paid the fee before he entered, and his green card just arrived. took about 45 days for it to get to the house after entry. CBP said give it 3 months, then call, but amazingly it showed up in only 45 days or so.

Agree with this. If I had $5 dollars every time I had to spend $5 dollars greasing palms thru this process it would have been much cheaper. LOL

I would think you would want to avoid any sticky notes, as everything needs to be run thru a scanner, and sticky notes and scanners don't play well with each other( other members may have a different perspective, I didn't use any). Not having some of the boarding passes would be fine, if you include a list or page of your trips together, you could note the trips that you didn't have boarding passes for. Not a huge deal on the boarding passes, I worked really hard to keep all of mine, and it was a job. Had to always print them, didn't use the phone ( The easy way/ electronic, or I did both on some trips). I managed to keep them all, but don't think it played a big role in the overall scheme of things.

both my Root and State farm policies required her to be mentioned or included on the policy because she is in the same household, but she doesn't have a drivers license either, so it didn't cost anything to add her, but usually once you say your married to the auto insurance, they want to add your spouse. Didn't cost me any extra with geico, root, state farm or progressive thru all the different companies I used over the years.