beloved_dingo

Just so you know - we did not have to sign for my husband's green card. I think that is the usual experience, regardless of what USCIS says.

So I just checked the USCIS website, and the chat option is still there. It was in the top right corner. You may have to scroll down a little (past the header) to see the option.

Freeze your credit with all three bureaus (Experian, Equifax, & TransUnion). This is good practice for anyone because it helps prevent identity theft in general, but it's especially important in your situation.

Women like this and the so-called "pick up artist" type men should just date each other and see how it turns out.

This is actually a tactic to get people to quit so they can avoid severance/unemployment claims, etc. Common in the tech layoffs that have been going on.

This is already happening, at least to some extent. I follow a personal finance forum, and I'd say at least a couple of times a week this topic comes up (or is mentioned as part of the OP's overall financial situation). The "happy medium" seems to be when the stay at home parent can either work remotely at least part time to bring in some income, or have a side gig earning income while the other parent is home. In my office (over 200 people) there are maybe ~30 who have some kind of remote or hybrid flexibility built in to their schedule, but most of us are in-office 5 days a week. My manager would love to allow for more remote or hybrid work, but there is resistance from a couple C-Suite level folks, and some of the partnered attorneys. Most of the resistance is from people who think that being remote equates to being less productive, even though that is often not the case. There is also the issue that some things simply cannot be done remotely - we have to have a decent portion of people physically present in the office (legal field). My manager believes that eventually, we will be able to have some kind of hybrid rotating schedule. Personally, I do not want to be 100% remote, but I would love to have a hybrid schedule with 2 remote days per week.

I assume the date is wrong because July 7th was not a Monday. However, even if it was July 17th (which was a Monday)...That is before July 28th. So I am also confused.

If you are waiting until 85 days because of some "90 day rule" that you heard, it is a myth. Marry and file the package ASAP. Even if you have a wedding planned on day 85, there is nothing stopping you from going to a courthouse ASAP and getting legally married so you can file for AOS as quickly as possible, and still have the wedding celebration on the planned date.

I am in the process of preparing our ROC packet, which we will be filing next week (earliest date we can file is 10/31 so I am hoping to get it in the mail on Monday, 11/1). I figured I'd go ahead and start the November thread for anyone else who is in the same boat. As of right now, this is the list of evidence I am including in our packet: Letter from our bank stating the date my husband was added to the account (because our statements only show my name) All statements from that same bank account from the date we were married to present (shows direct deposits from both of our jobs and all marital bills paid from this account) Letter from Discover that shows we opened a joint savings account on July 28, 2020 All statements for that joint savings account Documentation that my husband is the beneficiary on my Roth IRA Our apartment leases from 2019, 2020, and 2021 (with both names) Water bills with both of our names Healthcare durable Power of Attorney for each of us, appointing the other Several official letters we have received with both names (such as IRS notices and the letters from the White House about stimulus checks) 2 verification of insurance letters from Progressive that show both of our names as drivers and lists both vehicles Emergency contact list from my work that shows my husband as my emergency contact Screenshot of our Verizon account that shows both names and phone numbers Membership agreement from Planet Fitness that I gifted my husband (shows his name as the member but my name and bank info for payment) Tax transcripts for 2019 and 2020 Documentation of 4 vacations we took in 2020 and 2021 8 photos of us ranging from Nov. 2019 to July 2021 Joint credit card statements from May 2019 to present Documentation that he is an authorized user on another credit card (his name isn't listed on the statements) Also we just refinanced his vehicle in both of our names so I will add that documentation in if I get it in hand before I send the packet off. I do have a couple of questions, if anyone has input. How many water bills should I include? I have every monthly bill from May 2020 through October 2021, except for 2. I don't know if I should throw them all in or not. As of now, I have not included some documentation that was provided in our AOS packet (or at the interview). Examples include photos that were already provided and documentation of trips already provided. For more context, we were married in May 2019 and our AOS interview was December 2019. If anyone has any other suggestions, feel free to let me know. And good luck to anyone that plans to file in November