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Once she enters on K-1 and marries she'll have to adjust in the US. Otherwise, if she leaves, she'll have to go through consular process for 2 years, and you'll have to file I-130 for that. And you'll have to file I-130 for each child too. There's no guarantees on reentry permit. Some people never see it despite paying for it. And GC can take a year. A cleaner approach is: - Marry somewhere in third neutral country - File 3 x I-130s - Wait for 2 years to reunite Another option is Utah online marriage, but you'll have to meet each other in person and consumate marriage for visa to be issued. Again, 3 x I-130s will be required with Utah marriage. I-129F allows listing minor unmarried children in same petition as for their mother. But everybody will have to adjust status and be in the US for that

It's all random stuff. Some users see it, some don't. And the timeline isn't accurate anyway. Most likely USCIS releases this feature to subset to accounts to test out, without considering case is active or decided. It's known as canary deployment. From Google: "Canary deployment is a software deployment technique where a new feature or version is released to a small subset of users in production prior to releasing to a larger subset or all users. It’s also sometimes called a phased rollout or incremental release. By design, it reduces risk, only exposing new features to defined subsets of users and gradually ramping up from there. "

Haha nice one!!! That's what I should have done 😃

Just proves this feature is useless. Why do you care for a closed case?

No

Were you, petitioner, invited to the interview at the embassy in the letter? Because usually only beneficiary goes to interview when going through consular route. And as one online lawyer says, nothing ever good happens when petitioner goes to the consular interview together with beneficiary

By the way, I'm not sure if still the case, all student visa interviews were paused few days ago: https://www.newsweek.com/us-student-visa-pause-interview-2077963 If you're spending some time overseas it may be OK. If you wanted to return immediately, this pause could be another issue.

Sadly, not a unique situation for I-751. Did you apply for naturalization?

Sadly, as @JeanneAdil said, this no longer works. I naturalized earlier this year. Checked these boxes on N-400. My status was never updated, so I had go to SSA in person. Here's my experience: https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/830870-updating-citizenship-status-with-ssa-in-2025/ US passport is another option instead of certificate of naturalization.

No

Sadly it happens from time to time. Maybe weather, maybe ceremony got overbooked, maybe officer conducting it got sick, or there's high priority tasks requiring postponing the ceremony. Hang in there!

Here's example. - Alice enters USA on 01/01/2020 on CR-1 visa after 1.5 years of living separately from spouse Bob, because he's in the US, she's back in France getting visa. - Alice is a resident since 01/01/2020 - Alice's 3 year anniverary as LPR is on 01/01/2023 - Alice files based on 3 year rule, marriage to US citizen. She also uses 90 day early filing window, so N-400 is filed on 10/03/2022. - N-400 is denied due to not meeting marital union requirement. Yes, she's married for over 3 years. But marital union counts as 3 years from 01/01/2020 and there is no early filing window for that. At time of filing you must live together, physically for 3+ years. - If Alice filed on 01/01/2023 or later, she would have been approved

If you're very certain it will be denied as is, you can withdraw petition and not wait for denial. On the other hand, you can roll the dice. I cannot give 100% it will be denied.

Good luck!

1) Tax return trascripts prove good moral character and support answer "No" to question "Since you became a lawful permanent resident, have you called yourself a "nonresident alien" on a Federal, state, or local tax return or decided not to file a tax return because you considered yourself to be a nonresident? " 2) They also confirm continuous residence It takes less than 5 minutes to download them for free from IRS website and upload with form. It's a low effort and there is no harm in providing them. On VJ I read from people applying under 5 year rule being asked for transcripts at the interview. It's just one way to take reasons away that would cause USCIS slow down processing, request evidence or put applicant in uncomfortable position at the interview.

Combined I-751 and N-400

Printed in all 10 available languages so airline agent cannot use "I can't speak language X" excuse 😈 Ideally in font size 72 Jokes aside, I carried it with me (in English) when travelling

Tax return transcripts can upload in Additional Evidence section of N-400. I did that. Now I'm a citizen. If you don't upload, you may be asked for them at interview. Uploading them streamlines the case in my opinion.

Just like with stock market, where past performance doesn't guarantee future returns, prior approvals / acceptance by USCIS doesn't guarantee prior decisions wouldn't be reviewed. The reason USCIS has multiple petitions required along the way and multiple interviews, is to catch fraud and its own errors. Any prior decision by USCIS technically can be revisited and overturned at next stage of immigration process. Again, I don't doubt your prior cases were adjudicated correctly. Just saying, anything can be scrutinized, even if it was OK in the past. Do I think you'll have issues? Probably not. Maybe 5% chance of them asking for additional proof of US citizenship. Good luck!

Not sure this is an improvement though

Passport is issued by Deparment of State (DOS). Certificate of citizenship is issued by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The burden of proof is typically on petitioner, even if data is in USCIS system, which it may not be, because the kid never applied for N-600. Some people got passports erroneously (you can google news) and were denied passport renewal decades later after having passport for most of their adult life. USCIS may (not saying they will) need to establish fact the spouse was US citizen for 3+ years. I know, passport is 5+ years, but it doesn't say exact date somebody became a citizen unlike certificate of citizenship. Not saying this will be a problem for sure, but there's small possibility.

I-693 can only be done by civil surgeon.

It was never useful, but thanks for the heads up! I guess USCIS got overwhelmed by worrying filers asking why their case is taking longer than predicted etc.

There was no rejection, there was a denial. Those are different things. The typical route is to reapply, if mistake on petitioner's side.

Nobody can stop filing the case. Whether it's approved is a separate question. Based on prior discussion, suggested filing date is in July. Today is June 4.