Chauncey

I find that excuse of theirs interesting because this was posted months ago saying they resumed diplomatic visa processing
 
https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/751769-russia-visa-center-resumes-some-visa-processing-in-new-york/

Nothing going on in Brazil...
Seems related to the ridiculous COVID-19 rates here. But other places seem just as bad and working more interviews than here (London). So... not sure.

If you deem that this is enough to delay, then I presume there is no rush for you guys. In that case you must go with your conscience. There really is no way to know. He has been reversing a few things but I have personally not heard he would be doing that, yet. If your spouse is also ready to wait 25 years, then you should wait and not go against your deep beliefs. But personally I would have just gotten this done now ASAP, and then either voted to make sure the right politicians are elected in the future, advocated for that change as a US citizen, brought it up to her senators or representative. Remember things that are bad can always get worse. Maybe for 4 years they will go in a (good) direction, and then maybe in 4 years they will get worse. 
You know how human nature is. People were satisfied with one guy who served 2 terms, then decided maybe it's time for a change and time to experiment something new. Well, we all saw how that experiment ended...
Final thought: If that is the only question bothering you I think there are 128 questions in total. So that's a 0.78% (it's actually not, but I am simplifying the statistics here) chance she gets that question.

If we decide to wait it certainly wouldn’t be for very long, maybe another month or so. There’s no way my wife wouldn’t want to be able to have a say in the 2022 midterms.

Do you object to only 1 question? If you can afford to make 1 wrong answer, then answer it the way you want if you get that question. I am actually glad that USCIS does not make us sing the national anthem and write the Pledge of Allegiance as our only oral and written tests.
 
Just apply and get this over with. This way you don't need to worry about the requirements for being an lpr. Also, we need more voters and a louder voice!

If the end goal is to become a citizen I’m not sure why you would wait just based on principle that you don’t like the new test. She would chose to not become a citizen because she doesn’t like the new wording? If she doesn’t want to become a citizen, which is completely fine, then don’t apply.
Like the PP mentioned by becoming a citizen she can make her voice heard and vote these guys out of office..

Or you could take the view that the sooner she gets her citizenship, the sooner she can vote to help implement what she sees as right. Is it worth potentially missing the midterm elections waiting for them to change the questions, for example?  

Oh God I hope they open sooner than that! Good luck to you my friend! I filed in July, I'm right behind you

I suspect political reasons for it having been slow more than political reasons for it speeding up... but politics aside, I’m just glad to see that things do appear to be speeding up and that it’s finally our time to hear some good news! We’ve all been waiting for so long. 

This isnt a political thread.

Approved !!! NOA1 June 16 , NOA2 January 26. Seems like theres a big wave of approvals going around !

Mine got approved too!
 
NOA1: June 9th, 2020
NOA2: January 27th, 2021
 
Excited for next steps.

God is really great!  My hands are vibrating nowwww!!  I'm still on the call now with my fiance and I was telling him this "  God make our case approved now" and I just checked the USCIS tracker and it's just came nowwww!  😭😭
Received date : 9th June 2020
Notice date : 15th June 2020
Noa2 : 27 January 2021

We were just approved! 
NOA1: June 16
NOA2: Jan 27
Good luck everyone! 

I can't believe my own eyes! Randomly checked the case tracker app and we were APPROVED!!!!!!! 
NOA1 (electronic): June 5
NOA1 paper: June 10
NOA2: January 27

Someone on the FB has NOA1 of June 4 and he received his approval

Thank you! I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that

See! I told you everything would be okay ☺️ now you are already almost three months into the waiting time of 6-8 months for NOA2!

Our NOA1 has arrived! I tried to update my timeline here and it errored out, saying that there could only be 8 weeks max between filing the I129F and receiving the NOA1. It's Oct 29-Jan 18 in my case. Not sure if that's something an admin can update so the timelines stay accurate.

The fees were not increased.....

Marriage, in itself, confers no immigration or visiting rights.  In fact, it can harm chances of a tourist visa........seems that your friend is misinformed.

It’s June now!!!

Right. And sorry I was kind of just talking not saying anything toward you :p. I just think old Joe needs to retire

You really think police in the US have time to track people down? 
And in saying that, it's checking on compliance with quarantine. So cops are going to risk seeing someone face to face who could risk their health? 

Its a whopping failure on the first world. They will keep locking down and when things go nuts, economic & financial collapse is inevitable. It is going to end very ugly.