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I filed single from Vietnam (stayed there during COVID) and then filed an amended return when we got to the US and she got her SSN. Got a refund due to extra standard deduction for being married.

still looks like ne benefit for K1.

Not directed specifically at the OP, but why is it we see people always seem to need to urgently travel right after citizenship oath? Seems like there is a thread like this every week.

I think he was thinking it was a good piece of evidence of a bona-fide marriage and wanted to include it. I understand where he was going on this and his asking of delaying only a month to include this evidence. I also agree with everyone else to move forward as early as possible with the filing.

When 50% of the US citizen population can get 6 of 10 right they can make it harder.

I sure hope not. I don't want to see Cackles-in-Chief for even a few months. If anyone says that no one is worse than Biden they need to look at the second in command.

If the stepchild's father is on the child's birth certificate you will probably need the written permission from the bio father to take the child out of the country.

Congrats!

I have never seen anyone on the VIetnam board overthink something as much as you are. There are tons of non-Vietnamese Americans that have had successful K1 applications without an engagement party. Probaly more than those that have for fear of it being viewed as a wedding ceremony and having to re-file as a CR-1. Being Vietnamess American you are already in a better position than most non-Vietnamese American couples as far as the consulate goes. Just relax and let your fiance go to the interview. Better yet if you can attend with her. It's going to be fine.

True. It's just time waiting at that point. Good luck with her move!

Congrats! LOL, been a long haul? It has barely started for you! In another 4 years after marriage, removal of conditions and citizenship application you can say it's been a long haul.😀 We just filed my wife's citizenship application January 2.

This seems obvious but I wanted to check. My wife has submitted I-751 and just recently submitted N-400. If we are granted a combo interview does her 17 year old daughter that immigrated with her need to attend the I-751 interview as well?

Yes, you did send it all. What I just did was send additional information since the I-751 filing like a birth certificate for my son, current real estate tax statement on our house as we have no loan, current health insurance cards showing all of us listed. I was only going to send quarterly bank statements since the I-751 but since I already had the previous two years in PDF from the I_751 filing I went ahead and sent three years' worth as it wasn't any inconvenience to simply upload them.

Did you click on the tab marked Documents? That is where ours were. We did get hard copy letters in the mail yesterday, one for the receipt and one showing biometrics were reused. I did look online yesterday and both documents were there as PDF as well under that tab. On the home page they told me they estimated 6 months to completion. I understand that is just an estimate but that would work perfectly for us. Her daughter turns 18 in October so we should be well safe to get both citizenship before then. Wife has been diligently studying for the civics for an hour or two each night. I keep telling her that we have PLENTY of time but she just keeps doing it. Her spoken conversationa English is pretty good but reading and writing are lacking so she's taking this on as a social improvement as well. Lots of new words that aren't conversational English.

Submitted January 2

So, one can file an N-400 for $640 + $85 or $725. My wife's daughter would get citizenship through Mom if mom's application goes through before she turns 18. So she will technically already have citizenship and can get a US passport. But, if I want a piece of paper that says she is a citizen I have to pay $1,170 for what she has technically already been granted. It's not the money, I can pay that. It's just the government charging another $1,170 for something already "granted". And, what are they actually doing to justify the expense? She's already granted citizenship and is eligible to apply for a passport the next day after mom's oath. It's not like they realistically are going to take it back. If I waited on the filing (eligible to file now) for citizenship for a few months then it's likely her daughter would turn 18 before my wife gets citizenship. Then she would have to wait for the 5 year mark, file the "short form version" of the N-400 herself , pay $725, take her own civics test and oath and still get a Certificate of Citizenship. She's already waiting for ROC with mom right now to get a 10 year card. I assume if mom doesn't get her citizenship until after she turns 18 then they take only mom's green card and her daughter would keep hers until she would file under her own 5 year rule. It doesn't make any sense to me.

I am going to be meeting my girlfriends' parents for the first time when I visit Vietnam again next week. I would like to bring a gift for her mother from the USA. For her father she was able to make a good suggestion for me for a good quality pair of sunglasses for riding motorbike as the quality she can buy for him in Vietnam is not as good. For her mother she has not been able to make a suggestion for a gift. Her father is 72 and her mother is 66 so I would like any ideas of possible gifts for her mother that maybe is something that is only available in the US or is not easily available in Vietnam. Also suggestions that would be age appropriate and also appropriate for meeting for the first time. Gift in the $80-$100 USD range. Any ideas would be most welcome.