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Happy anniversary you guys 🤗 anyone of you heard anything?

Afaik this would not qualify under 319b unless you can provide adequate proof that your spouse's employment abroad is scheduled for at least a year or longer (IIRC the burden of proof is on you and not USCIS). Regs also stipulate that you are supposed to join your spouse abroad imminently, but it sounds like you are permanently settled in WA? Never heard of anyone on TDY orders going down this route to be honest. People applying under 319b are typically accompanying spouses on PCS orders. I think you'd be hard pressed to find any IO approving such a petition for you under these circumstances.

Couldn't pay me to carry the extension letter around. Hell, I barely carry my actual (now expired) GC with me unless I know I will drive in a specific direction from where we now live as there are check points. I have copies of both extension letter and GC on my phone too for good measure. It's never been an issue.

falls deine GC und dein reisepass underschiedliche namen haben dann braeuchtest du auch noch irgendwas was den name change abdeckt (z. b. marriage cert). ansonsten brauchst du nichts weiter fuer gewoehnlich. re: schalter - das ist sehr abhaengig vom flughafen leider. manchmal haufen die LPRs mit den USC zusammen, mal gibts einen extra schalter fuer LPRs, mal wird man mit den touris/non-citizens gehauft. falls die beschilderung nicht klar ist dann frag einfach jemanden - oft stehen da ja leute rum die anweisen.

I'm aware of the I-751 processing times and aware of the British vs American English - I simply prefer the s vs the z as that's what I'm used to. Not sure what either has to do with my post or hypothetical questions quite honestly.

Thought I'd check in on our little thread... anyone with any updates? Been absolute crickets for me since January. Since we're fast approaching a year of waiting at this point it naturally poses the question of whether to apply for naturalisation or not. Since Germany did away with the huge bureaucratic hurdles to keep citizenship earlier this year, I have been umming and ahhing about filing next year. The thought of never having to deal with USCIS is quite lovely, but having to deal with the IRS for the rest of my life certainly isn't 😅 still not quite sure what to do at this point c.10 weeks out from potential early filing so if anyone has any interesting reading on the topic please do share.

I would not consider going to Cuba until you are at minimum a citizen if that is your final goal in terms of immigration. Travelling on any of the usual waivers will likely lead to longer background checks for any future USCIS petitions, Global Entry, government jobs etc from my research.

When you get your social go to a local credit union and open your own bank account and a secured card that can graduate to an unsecured credit card a few months down the line. It'll give you access to your own money, helps establish a credit score in the US with time and can be used as proof of address when you need it. In terms of credit/charge cards - if you had a relationship with Amex in the UK you can use that to open a card here in the US right away even with no prior credit history (I did that second to the bank account and secured card a couple years ago and it worked perfectly). In terms of DL - make use of the official document checker to see what you need and what would be accepted. https://realid.ilsos.gov/checklist.html

Oh gott der spass steht mir naechstes jahr auch noch bevor... mein reisepass laeuft ende august 2025 ab und ich werde mich wohl nach weihnachten irgendwann auch drum kuemmern muessen. blutdruck geht direkt hoch wenn ich nur dran denke 🫠

Yup...

It was actually someone else's GC (or EAD maybe?) so that was all very annoying and anticlimactic...

Ummmm... so I have letter from "USCIS- LEES SUMMIT PRODUCTION FACILITY" coming on Monday 👀 I'm so confused. There hasn't been any update/upload/anything on my account whatsoever.

But where was it processed? Phoenix is just the lockbox location

Jel! And congrats! Assume your case was processed at the NBC? Probably the fastest approvals I've seen recently so just curious where it came from

Hi everyone, I figured there might be some people who are also in the process of putting their package together already ahead of the holidays. Hopefully it’ll be smooth sailing for all of us. Please share any timelines, thoughts, prayers… as we navigate this extremely joyous process. 😅 ————— Our 90 day window opens 01/19/2024 and plan is to have everything ready to go before this weekend, so we will only need to add latest bills/statements in January and print out some pictures pretty much. We are planning on mailing the whole thing out the very day the window opens. We'll be moving states at the end of February so I'm kinda anxious about receiving all the important letters from USCIS in those 6 weeks ahead of us leaving here. 🙃 Out of curiosity, is there anyone who’s travelled somewhat extensively in the last two years? How have you organised (or are planning on organising) evidence in relation to this - i. e. boarding passes, hotel resis, booking confirmations etc. pp. We have 17 trips we took together since getting married so really it is quite a lot. Still going back and forth on this as we’re not trying to overwhelm USCIS with potentially unnecessary information. Looking forward to getting this out of the way though honestly. It’s going to be a busy few months for us in between USCIS stuff, a last little on-island holiday, shipping all our belongings and cars, some extended hotel stays and a 15hr journey with a very hyper kitten.