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  1. OldUser
    Yes you did naturalize early, unfortunately. It may never be a problem. But it may become whenever you try sponsoring somebody else, or many years later when renewing passport or trying to get social security benefits. We just don't know for sure. The lawyers who said it's not an issue, did they put this in writing or was it only verbal affirmation?
  2. OldUser
    Employment in family business is pretty much unemployment in the eyes of many officials. And if you can't even produce paychecks that just confirms that perception.
  3. OldUser
    It happens. Online status is never fully accurate
  4. OldUser
    Ideally you should not travel for some time, say for another 6 months, and then only leave for a few weeks or a month. In general you should spend more time inside the US than outside. If you travel in June for 3-6 months again, that could get you in a trouble. The rules you should care about is continuous residence (no trips over 6 months), physical presence (more days in the US than outside). Every time you spend over 12+ months outside the US or have too many trips / long trips, your residency maybe questioned by CBP.
  5. OldUser
    USCIS won't take responsibility. Instead the person naturalized in error may get in huge trouble if tries to get a job or other benefit and presents as US citizen. Somewhere down the line, 10-20 years later etc, either SSA, DoS or USCIS may revisit their history and conclude they're not a US citizen. Then, if they apply for N-400 again, their claim to be a citizen will be seen as misrepresentation and potentially will mean they won't naturalize and can even lose their GC
  6. OldUser
    No, you should keep them. At least you should make digital copies and store in the cloud. You never know if USCIS / DoS will ask you to prove you got citizenship correctly in like 20 years from now.
  7. OldUser
    Nobody can predict for sure since every case is unique. Please keep us updated.
  8. OldUser
    That's what I did with Amex back in 2016. Looks like it's still available: https://www.americanexpress.com/us/customer-service/global-card-relationship/
  9. OldUser
    Probably. It doesn't hurt to pay SSA a visit either
  10. OldUser
    Show them what you got at the oath.
  11. OldUser
    I'll add more: it could be USCIS software that generates those RFEs not a human. The best of course of action is to always provide everything you can instead of hoping USCIS will take into account various rules and exceptions.
  12. OldUser
    Left hand doesn't always know what the right hand does. People get all sorts of things given / approved by USCIS in error. Just giving a warning since it's unusual for case to be pending this long unless there's issue with a case. Seems like you did your research. I'd file FOIA too. Good luck!
  13. OldUser
    Weird. I got restrictions removed from SS card 3-4 months into having conditional GC. I bet you can do it even now with valid I-551 stamp. Conditional permanent resident has pretty much the same rights as 10 year GC holder.
  14. OldUser
    Did you move since filing I-751? Online status is very unreliable. Some people get quietly denied due to not getting RFE in the mail after move. Their case status meanwhile doesn't reflect it.
  15. OldUser
    For I-9 verification you only need to show the valid DL and unrestricted social security card. If you were showing them GC and I-797 / stamps, it is the cause of the issue with them asking for it over and over.
  16. OldUser
    Yes
  17. OldUser
    I think you might have broken continuous residence for N-400. The safest bet is to file when you meet all the criteria. That would be 3 years after the September 30 2023 minus 90 days.
  18. OldUser
    People do it all the time. It may delay the naturalization by few weeks. The other thing I'd think about is how easy is it to change last name in your original country's passport. If name in US and your country's passport mismatch, it can be a little annoying.
  19. OldUser
    Just a piece of paper with a table in it as @Stein described:
  20. OldUser
    For relatively small transfers. I investigated that, for large sums there may be better options than Wise.
  21. OldUser
    Awesome. I hesitated doing this but seems like it should work!
  22. OldUser
    I used Wise for small amounts. It was great. Explore the commision for larger sums, compare to wire transfer. And always try smaller amounts first before transfering large lumpsum!
  23. OldUser
    4. Software such as TurboTax allows you to file taxes with minimal effort every year for about $100. It takes 2-3 hours before deadline, typically it's April 15. If you cannot file yourself, you can hire tax specialists who'd do it for you.
  24. OldUser
    3. Don't have personal experience with UK pension, but I think it's taxable in the US. You cannot easily move everything either.
  25. OldUser
    2. Not sure you can easily transfer money to the US without setting up bank account in the US in person.
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