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Maybe the mail is the paper notification for the missing 1 medical document? Please do let us know after you receive it.

That "Smith" name on the K1 application may be a red flag to the USCIS case officer. Be prepared to have an explanation and evidence for a K1 RFE or at the K1 interview. I don't advocate lying.

That "Davis" name on the K1 application may be a red flag to the USCIS case officer. Be prepared to have an explanation and evidence for a K1 RFE or at the K1 interview. I don't advocate lying.

The international plane ticket is booked with the passport name, which seems to be your Philippines name (or US maiden name). Your SSN name can be updated with the marriage certificate name. I don't know if others have tried to book international flight tickets in the USCIS/green card/AP marriage name but with the foreign passport maiden name? In either case, yes, the Philippines spouse needs to travel with a marriage certificate to link the maiden to the marriage name. So if I understand your situation correctly, you are still married to your ex-husband in the Philippines, your Philippines passport name will not be updated to your US marriage name unless you divorce or null your Philippines marriage and submit a new ROM with your new US marriage. Because you may have a perpetual name difference between your Philippines passport and your USCIS name, you may have to wait till US naturalization to get the US passport in your marriage name.

@maryaaaaaaaaaaa Check out our Timeline or Profile->Immigration Info->Our Story for our sequence of processing https://www.visajourney.com/profile/386517-eatbulaga/ I recommend getting the SSN as soon as possible after US entry with your I-94 and before the marriage. Your SSN name will match your passport and I-94. After marriage, I recommend going back to the SS Office to update your name change with your marriage certificate before sending in your AOS. If you use the I-485 option to update your marriage name, it may take a while, and put you in limbo with a lot of important name updates to show co-mingling like joint bank accounts, joint tax filing, utility account names, etc. After the SSN marriage name update, file your AOS with your marriage name. Best to update to your marriage name as soon as possible.

@maryaaaaaaaaaaa So were you married previously in the US to a US citizen and divorced in the US? If you were married in the US, did you not have an SSN in the previous marriage? If you had a previous SSN, you just need to update your name after your marriage to your new marriage name with your new marriage certificate?

@jg121783 Yes, you are correct about your wife's path to dual citizenship. She will need to repatriate with the Philippines Embassy. Assuming the Chicago consulate is her jurisdiction, you can check when the Chicago Outreach is scheduled near you to save a trip to Chicago. https://www.chicagopcg.com/outreach.html Does your 17-year old already have the US passport? If yes, then you can check with the consulate if that and his original Philippines passport are enough to repatriate. As for the 11-month and 7-year old Report of Birth, your wife can tell them she didn't know about the requirement. She as the Philippines citizen applies for Report of Birth, not the US citizen. Your wife may need to answer why she wants Philippines citizenship for your 11-month and 7-year old since the filing is delayed. The consulate will want proof and the calculation that your 11-month and 7-year old were born when your wife was still a Philippines citizen. Some of the benefits of dual citizenship are land ownership in the Philippines, no visa travel to the Philippines with the Philippines passport, etc. Without dual citizenships, your children can not claim Philippines citizenship for their children (or your grandchildren). Also, foreigners can inherit land from Philippines citizens in the Philippines or foreigers can bequeath/will land to Philippines citizens, but foreigners can NOT inherit or bequeath/will properties to foreigners. So you and your children as non-Philippines citizens, can inherit property from your Philippines wife, but without Philippines citizenship, you or your children can not bequeath/will the Philippines land to non-Philippines citizen.

Received the USCIS account notification: Reminder to File Form I-751.

@Edward and Jaycel Our ROM was with the LA consulate. The procedure is very similar. You now have to wait about 6 months before you can order your ROM with PSA.

@KoreaninHawaii Check out our Immigration Info->Our Story for our detailed chronological timeline https://www.visajourney.com/profile/386517-eatbulaga/

I believe before DHS can not revoke visas, and only the courts can? But the recent Supreme Court ruling allows DHS, of which USCIS and CBP are part of, to revoke visas. https://youtu.be/FJClOkn92VA?si=MAejAi7n7GjCSQXe So if I understand this correctly before, CBP can deny visa entry but can not take away your visa and those denied entry can appeal to the courts? But now, CBP can deny entry AND take away the visa at POE? Is that the correct interpretation?

The cost of applying for I-485 is now increased by the I-693 civil surgeon fee.

@SalishSea @OldUser @top_secret @ghostinthemachine Given Trump's plan to deport the illegals seems to increase the risk level for all. I guess carrying around the extension letter and expired green card in a Ziploc bag may be the way to go?

It seems a bit inconvenient carrying the extension letter and expired GC around all the time?

Permanent Residents are supposed to carry their green cards around in case they need to show proof of legal status. What about I-751 petitioners? Do they need to carry around both the NOA1 letter and the expired green card? With all the news about how Trump will be deporting illegals, even legal PRs may need to show proof at some random point. How are ROC petitioners planning to show proof for such checks?

Did you file a Philippines Report Of Marriage? If no, then you just need to prove the divorce where you were married (UK?). If yes, then your marriage is registered with the PSA, and you need to show divorce or marriage annulment in the Philippines.

I think the 3-year period starts with your "Resident Since:" date on the green card.

@Crazy Cat @SteveInBostonI130 For I-751 and N-400, don't applicants need to list of dates of travel outside the country anyway? By default subsequent re-entry are known to USCIS anyway?

https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/alerts/uscis-updates-guidance-on-lawful-admission-for-permanent-residence-requirement-for-naturalization How is this different than from before? Since we are K1 to AOS to ROC to N-400, do we just include the I-94 as proof of lawful admission?

Not filing taxes is a crime, regardless if you are citizen or gc holder or retired or ex-military or you owe anything or not, etc. I would download past forms and back file just to clear the record. You lose maybe two afternoons doing the paperwork. But since you are retired, you should have the time. Having a clear record moving forward with the government is never a bad thing.

@ritac23 @grant2 Waiting till Jan 2025 to file the I-751.

Is there a question? Can you provide the exact wordings from the RFE?

Login to your IRS account online and download your last 3 years of tax return transcripts. If you have the recent bank transaction showing IRS payment, that might help.

1. You received the W8BEN because your bank has a record of you being a foreigner from your green card or foreign passport. W-8BEN is for claiming exemption from interest payment withholding similar to the W-8 for US citizens. By NOT filling out and proving foreign exemption, the bank withholds and report a percentage (in your case, 24%) to the IRS and sends you the 1099-INT around January-February for you to include as part of your tax return filing by April 15. For all practical purposes, if you don't expect a lot of interest payment from the bank, you can ignore the W-8BEN. The bank interest payment is part of your of earnings which you include in your tax return filing every year. I posted our experience with the W-8BEN at https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/790033-w-8ben-for-k1-to-aos-filer/ 2. You only get a negative record with the IRS if you don't file your tax return every year as a green card holder or US citizen. Others have posted USCIS and IRS rarely communicate. But for naturalization purposes, best to have a consistent record of IRS tax filing every year.

@ToNhi Not Ho Chi Minh. And not sure what you are asking? Be glad for your smooth approval. Congratulations on your K1. But you still have long processes ahead of you: US entry, AOS, etc., of which any number of things can happen if you lose focus or not prepared for the details. As the football coaches say, focus on your next play.