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I suppose with the citizens vs naturalized or derived citizens. But, a birth certificate is a lot cheaper. SAVE exists, so if the authorized acceptance agent can verify your identity and take a copy of the original certificate, there's no real reason to provide the original for it to get lost/stolen/damaged. Those people should be or, perhaps, could be required to be notaries. No passport reps at mine or the kids' ceremonies. I think you're right about the post covid slim back. I had to get an expedited passport as I had travel within 2 weeks of the ceremony. I had to call DOS and they basically said you have to suck it up and go wherever we have Passport Office appointments. Luckily, they had one in Houston but I did have to waste 2 days of my life in the Passport Office. It was nice to have my certificate back in hand because I needed it to update my NEXUS (apparently my passport wasn't good enough?). The kids we did through the Post Office and the agent stapled my CoN. I was NOT happy. They weren't supposed to and that was reaffirmed at the kids' CoC ceremony. The USCIS agent and judge cringed when I told them that's what had happened. Technically, the certificate should be replaced because it's supposed to stay pristine, or so I'm told. That's a nope from me.

I found it intriguing. I think another challenge is wording. "Evidence of" and "proof of" are not the same thing. So you get a passport - the DOS says it's evidence of, not necessarily proof of citizenship. Is it a loophole for the government to get outta dodge? So strange. In general, it is interesting to me that there's still a lot of "manual steps" one must take after getting citizenship. It doesn't make sense that, if SAVE exists, that I have to go update my status with the SSA. My kids also have to be done separately. Same with my state DL - they use SAVE verification, so why do I have to turn up with these documents to update my status? Work authorization - same thing. Proving identity, sure but if the status is in the system....

At some point, most people find their status says "refused" at some point. This is while AP is taking place. It doesn't apply to only those that have received a 221(g). As for the social media - the applications have been asking for that information for a long time now. Many years. It seems to be investigated more thoroughly now though. The bigger issue is your fiancé is a dual national of 2 countries that are under additional scrutiny. The approval will likely come in time, but the AP checks will dig into the past as well as the present. If he was missing documents, then yes, it will come after those documents have been reviewed.

Congratulations and good luck with the move!

Food for thought - what about her coming to you? I can't verify, but it looks like typical spousal visas are 8-12 weeks for the UK. Courthouse wedding and apply. The US has non-existent maternity benefits and she'd have to go back to work pretty quickly. That's tough. You could still apply for a CR-1 for the US in the meantime.

Sooo worth the read...100%!!!

Oh, I believe it. I am just wondering what happened to the girls/how his plan was foiled. They haven't yet said how the parents were killed. But the girls - did he bail because someone came upon them or did the girls manage to run and find someone, despite the area being remote, to essentially save them? Not much mention of them. Maybe for the best, tbh. It's weird because he allegedly just got into a car and drove off.

You should search the forum and look for other threads with people from the same consulate and how long they've waited or are waiting. I don't recall how long it seems to be averaging for HK, but there has to be some people on here who know.

Those poor kids...I can't imagine the lifetime of sadness they'll experience. Not to be morbid or strange, but why target the parents and not the girls? Too many teachers turning up in the news with nefarious behaviors.

Nope, I read it before I had coffee. Wonder who missed that with the permanent resident application. It says he's been an LPR for 2 decades and the arrest was when he was a teenager. Technically shouldn't have been granted LPR, either.

In addition to what @appleblossom provided, there's probably a note on the NOA in small print (may need that magnifying glass again!) that lists what to bring. It may be on the back side of the page.

Congrats! You should update your timeline with all of your new info

Hello and welcome. Please fill out your timeline so others can best assist you. https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=490837 I haven't (yet) heard of anyone on the forum being given an NTA with the pending H1B and a valid I-94. Maybe others have.

@sushicookie please fill out your timeline: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=489106 It helps the community best answer your questions and helps with statistics.

No. You need to make a living somehow and the immigration process takes an extended period of time. That in mind, please fill out your timeline. https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=490399

Hello and welcome Thank you for filling out your profile. It definitely helps the community out and helps with more specific answers. I like your logic with the K and the F. Unfortunately, as with most things immigration related, it isn't that logical! Your profile says you had an RFE. What was it for?

I suppose, as per usual, there's 3 sides to every story. With the limited information, I'd guess someone picked the wrong guy so "they" had to find something. On the flip side, if it were that big of deal, who reviewed the original citizenship file and didn't look at the guy's records history? Realizing this is an extreme case, but it does make one question how secure naturalized citizenship really is. People are lead to believe it's the end of the road, but is it really?

Focus settings on the phones is genius. I have a short list who can bypass in DND mode. You should try it!

Food for thought, for those interested in reading. It's a couple of years old and is more pertaining to the fee of the N-600, but also talks about WHY one may like to fork over the bucks. The references are listed and there are a lot of footnotes accompanying the references. https://www.nyulawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/NYULawReview-Volume-95-Issue-4-Bedoya.pdf

If you want to be pedantic, the N-600 results in a CoC, not a CoN. There are some subtle differences between them. I also did not say that a minor who turns 18 isn't a valid USC. However, they do not have any physical proof of such status unless they have a VALID passport and in the event that is stolen, lost or unintentionally expired, they have to try and track down records from the DoS. How many people here actually find the DoS an easy, simple, fun group to deal with? If one has access to their parent's CoN, have at 'er. I'm not saying what's good for the goose is always what's good for the gander. What I am saying is individual proof, irrespective of what a parent does or does not do, may well be the best course of action to ensure a USC child has what they require. I'm in the weeds with this right now. I couldn't imagine having to send my kid my CoN to replace a passport, especially 20 years from now when she's off living her own life. $1385 to provide her with her own documentation that she can take wherever she goes in the world, independent of myself, was a good investment for our situation. Same for Kid2. Now they don't have to worry about where my CoN is and how it pertains to them, ever. They have their own CoC's and just get on with it. IIRC your kids have stayed in the US, correct? My oldest is unlikely to stay. That one's a global steward, just waiting to leave her mark. She may return later, but it won't be for a minute and it won't be under this administration.

For USPS, it's here: https://www.usps.com/manage/informed-delivery.htm Do you have your state driver's license and social security number? If you don't have those yet, I'd get them first. Then, you can reapply for your Canadian passport, making sure you request that the old one be returned to you. You will then have to carry both until you get your greencard or you can request an appointment to have an ADIT stamp affixed to your new passport, which will take the place of the endorsed MRIV in your expired passport. Fingers crossed you just get that plastic card sooner than later!

You're well aware once you turn 18, the parental derived citizenship is no more. Retaining and keeping a passport valid - most people try, lots of people fail. The number of people that are in a panic last minute because they didn't bother to check before booking travel astounds me. The number of people that don't keep digital copies of their documents also kinda makes me shake my head. The cost of the N-600 is ridiculous, full stop. It makes zero sense, considering the cost of the N-400. I 100% cannot argue with that. As for waiting until a kid turns 18 - an example of why we didn't wait was eligibility for certain university scholarships, tuition breaks and now, since Kid1 has chosen to go "home", not having to file for a reentry permit and it's associated cost, or worry about coming back during studies for a naturalization interview, for a swearing in ceremony and then rushing to get a passport so she could return to her studies. The difference in cost between the I-131 and the N-400 versus the N-600 would have been consumed and then some with all that stress and rigamarole.

The greencards are now said to be taking approximately 120 days. You can send an inquiry after that time. Mine took 180 or so days when I entered the US, so sometimes they do take forever. Your endorsed I-551 in your passport does serve as a temporary greencard for up to a year. Also, sign up for USPS Informed Delivery if you haven't already. I knew about our greencards being sent through the app before the tracking showed up in my online profile.

You should probably have received an interview letter already. If you just received this, maybe it came in the wrong order. Do you have an online account where you can check your notifications?

Please make sure that when you do get your N-400 interview, you request it to be a combo interview with your pending I-751. Your citizenship cannot be awarded until your conditions are removed. When you get your combo interview, make sure to take your spouse with you and prepare for both.