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Those are two non immigrant visas. If you applied for non-immigrant visa after trying to get immigrant visa, then this suspicion would have had some grounds.

You're right #2 can be sponsored too.

The kid #3 and #4 needed their own I-130 petitions to get immigrant visas. #1 and #2 could not piggy back on this marriage and need to be sponsored separately. US citizen spouse needs to file two I-130s for child #3 and #4

Thank you for clarifying.

Essentially, USCIS does not believe this relationship. Sadly, coming to the US and marrying after overstaying is one red flag. Marrying somebody who is locked up, is another red flag. Never living with the person is yet another red flag. Is he ever going to be released? If not, that's also a major red flag. There's definititely suspicion from USCIS about geniuity of this marriage. Overcoming it may be very difficult... Are you originally from South Africa? There's certainly bias that comes with being from African continent, be it Egypt, Nigeria or other country. This is "death by thousand cuts" situation, unfortunately. Do you have a lawyer (sorry if I missed?) Good luck and keep us posted.

Good chances. You can apply 5 years from last week's entry date (safest approach). You can also try applying 4 year and 1 day after returning from last week's entry date. Essentially, treat your last week's entry to the US as start of US residency for the purposes of naturalization. If you file under 5 year rule, that last trip won't be even in the list of trips you have to provide. If you apply under 4 years and 1 day rule, you'll have to prove you maintained residency and ties to the US, which makes filing under 5 year rule easier choice.

I wouldn't think evidence would be needed. The timeline is clear, you were over 25 when you got GC

No, your I-751 might have been approved prior to combo interview. Still, treat it as a combo interview and be ready for I-751 interview just in case. Bring your spouse, marital evidence etc. Hopefully this means you'll only have N-400, but you never know.

Yes, this means your I-751 was approved. Funny enough, you may get another status in few hours / days saying your petition was approved. This is what exactly happened to me. I got message about card being produced before receiving the message my case was approved. Of course, in reality in happens in different order. If you have USPS Informed Delivery, you should be able to track GC few days earlier than tracking number would appear in USCIS status. Watch for mail titled "USCIS- Lees Summit Production Facility" in USPS Informed Delivery.

1) I assume you're talking about I-485. I am not aware of any forms named 1-485. 2) You should list addresses where you physically lived in the last 5 years. Mailing address in the US is irrelevant if you lived and were a tax resident of Canada. PO box in Canada is irrelevant as there was a physical place you owned or had lease at. List the actual place. Good luck!

Looks like you were on Jim Hacking's show. He rightfully advised to be ready for anything. Definitely take approval letter for I-751 if you have it / can print from online portal. Good luck!

Wife: From few weeks to few months. Did you pay the fee? Daughter: you can check here https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

Note the street address is only first line. It's not the full address. Are there any known abbreviations for that street name?

The more the better. "the E-2 visa investment amount cannot be marginal and must be projected to make an economic impact. The return on your investment can’t simply provide for yourself and family, it must make a meaningful contribution to the American economy. The economic impact usually measures changes in business revenue, business profits, personal wages, and/or jobs." From: https://www.immi-usa.com/e2-visa-investment-amount/ The expectations need to be realistic, hiring just 2 full-time minimum wage employees can cost anywhere from $35000 to $85000 a year depending on state. Factor in other expenses such as rent, bills, stock... If you said the investment was 250-500+ then I'd say you can be more confident of positive outcome.

Yes that's a plausable theory. USCIS often takes the easy route.

He won't be issued vaccine if he had virucella as a kid.

Are you at the beginning of your exploration of this visa route? Either way, E-2 would require substantial documentation and clear understanding of what you're doing. Interviews, like other non-immigrant visas can be very brief. So unless you have a strong application to begin with, you may be denied very quickly when you show up to the consular interview.

Ideally they should be the same. Current legal name should be used on all documents to avoid any discrepancies. Note my use of word "should" and not "must". Some countries though require names to match on foreign and their own passports, for example UK has so called "one name policy": https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/names-aligning-names-on-foreign-documents/names-aligning-names-on-foreign-documents-accessible I'm saying all this because we don't know OP's original nationality. Depending on the laws of their other country they may need to take some action (name change, re-establishing citizenship etc)

Each case is unique

Delay doesn't mean denial

It's probably early for OP's case to be approved. Most I-751s take close to 2 years.

6 days is normal. Did you overstay in the US during any of your prior visits?

@Mannydude22 ideally wife needs to update name in her other passport to match US passport.

This is the valid answer. People with multiple citizenships may need to travel with passports required by countries they're visiting.

You can wait for rejected packet and resend with personal check.