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Why K-1 and not spousal visa? Yes, you can use their address, but you need to establish US domicile when case is with NVC.

Out of curiosity, could you please share the reason? - Typically US citizen can marry the immigrant overseas, in their country - If not possible, US citizen and immigrant can marry in third neutral country (not USA and not immigrant's country) - If this is also not possible, they can marry online (Utah marriage), then meet either in immigrant's country or third neutral country - If US citizen cannot fly due to health reasons, immigrant can come to Mexico to meet and US citizen can drive there - If immigrant cannot go anywhere due to health reasons, how are they going to move to the US and live together? After marrying, the spousal visa process is similar, but simpler than fiance case. File I-130, wait for approval, schedule interview, go to interview, get visa in passport and come to the US. After coming to the US, no lengthy and expensive adjustment is needed. If the money is the issue, then K-1 is also a unfortunate choice, as it is more expensive compared to CR-1 / IR-1. The only scenario when K-1 makes more sense is when there are minor kids on immigrant side who also want to come to the US. It's more expensive to file I-130s for all of them VS include them in I-129F and AOS packet.

Agreed, there's one lady who does a good job with these videos on YouTube, but I ain't going to promote it. It's easily searchable.

If it's about current political climate - everything is temporary. However, naturalizing in the US is a life long commitment.

But beware, with fee waiver, this can be a bit longer

Good luck!

Give it few days. It's either real or ghost update.

Yes, some got approved. But sorry, again, the moment consular officer sees your wife is pregnant or has a little child with husband in the US, the chances of approval will go down drastically. Plus, she cannot come to the US on tourist visa with plan to adjust, that would be fraud.

She won't be allowed on the plane at some point for medical reasons. Or she won't be allowed to board / enter the US on non-immigrant visa based on suspicion she's coming to give birth in the US. It's likely you'd have to plan visiting her overseas. And plan on petitioning your future child.

MyProgess showed 3 weeks until decision for N-400 on day of my oath. Originally, it's showed 7 months, but case took 3.5 months. I have a collection of users on VJ reporting MyProgress showing wrong estimate. Do you want me to post them here?

No surprise here. It's useless. You may see few months estimate on the day of your interview / oath.

4-8 weeks. Just like any other case filed on paper: I-751, I-485, I-130 etc.

3. Make sure to update your status with SSA. Checkbox on N-400 is ignored. My fresh experience: Also register to vote, it can be done online: https://vote.gov/ @Crazy Cat already mentioned passport. When applying for passport, I'd personally get large book. It's essentially same passport, just with more pages. This ensures you don't have to renew it as often due to running out of pages. Because it's same price, it was no brainer for me. Passport card is a nice ID, if you can pay extra. I keep it in my wallet all the time. a) It's additional proof of US citizenship in case if US passport or certificate is lost b) It's immediate proof of citizenship for ICE / CBP in current climate that's easier to carry that passport or certificate c) It doesn't have your address on it! So useful when hotels, hospitals, liquor stores, nightclub bouncers ask you for ID or make copies of it. This gives a bit more privacy. d) It can be used for land border crossings between US and Canada / Mexico and some cruises. e) Many states issue DLs / IDs that are valid for 5-8 years. Passport card is valid for 10 years.

2. Yes, bring all Green Cards, EADs, APs, reentry permits. Any ID cards issued by USCIS. They just want to collect them from you.

There's few advantages for filing on paper: - If you're requesting fee waiver - If you have non-standard answers that don't easily fit the boxes, don't pass validation or you cannot say Yes or No definitively

Keep us posted on your interview experience please

The reason they have multiple interviews throughout immigration is to check everything multiple times and avoid mistakes. Although rare, sometimes even prior decisions can be revisited and reversed. You'll probably be fine.

It is not good indeed. Very few get two interviews. @melissa.w I would hire an attorney if you can. Walking into second interview without one is risky!

Ok, since you have approved I-751 it may go easier. But still, don't get surprised if they want to ask more about that marriage and reasons for divorce. They shouldn't probe too much as you're filing independently, but they attempted to do at my interview, even though I'm married. Attorney stopped them from spiraling out. Make sure you have good answers and know the timeline. Good luck!

Speeding tickets, arrest, divorce from USC (how soon after getting GC?) I had none of these, and I still took a lawyer with me. I guess everybody's risk tolerance is different.

Couldn't agree more! I waited 20.5 months, your wife waited 44 months for ROC to be adjudicated. What's additional 2-3 days? Not worth the risk of filing too early.

Ok that's a relief.

5. I wouldn't expect same day ceremony in your case. It's not a squeky clean case and it may take time to adjudicate. Also, from what I know, any name change results in ceremony being held on different day. Do you have a lawyer representing you or are you going on your own? I'd be a bit hesitant to do this on my own with all of the potential issues with case.

2. You'd need divorce decree and current marriage certificate. I don't believe you'd need ex's naturalization certificate. The only overall wrinkle may be if ex got GC from marriage too. USCIS may dig a bit deeper on this

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