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When I filed my N-400 the estimate showed 7 months. The case took 3.5 months. On day of my oath, it showed 3 weeks until decision. Unless you want to drive yourself crazy, you can ignore these estimates. They are not accurate at all. Anything under 12 months is OK. By that I mean not estimate, but you should not be worried until April 2026. If your case is not decided in April next year, then yes, it's time to worry.

I'd also suggest keeping track of all trips once she becomes LPR. Keep a spreadsheet with dates she enter and leaves the US plus any countries she visits and dates for those trips. This will be needed for N-400.

As you can see, estimates are inaccurate. He has nothing to worry about if he was too old. You can ignore it, especially if lawyer confirmed it.

Congratulations!

His you mean the house belonged to her ex? You cannot be sacked, she's not your employer. Divorce if you're not yet divorced. What if she opened credit cards or took loans in your name? There's no reason to be married to such person. You can live and renew your green card. She has no control over you or your immigration status.

You can actually do it with US passport now. I didn't have to show the certificate.

I naturalized a bit earlier this year. The checkbox on N-400 doesn't work! After waiting for over a month I went to SSA to update status. You need an appointment. Here's full story:

It doesn't matter. I applied for passport first, because I thought N-400 checkbox would automatically update SSA. But it didn't

I'm not 100% sure what information as you'll be presenting your naturalization certificate to update status. Either way, waiting for 10 days doesn't hurt. I did that a month later, after receiving passport and passport card. Good luck!

There's actually 4 possible scenarios: 1) 3 year rule with pending I-751 2) 3 year rule with previously approved / never needed I-751 3) 5 year rule with pending I-751 (yes, these cases exist) 4) 5 year rule without pending I-751 (either I-751 is approved or never needed)

Make sure to update SSA with your new citizenship status! Congratulations!

Congtatulations!

Smart You realize, B1/B2 are not guaranteed?

Absolutely. This is good evidence

Google it or ask ChatGPT to make you a template of affidavit of bonafide marriage for USCIS. Then you can customize it from neighbor's perspective and ask them to sign it. Ideally you want to notarize or include copy of person's ID to proof authenticity.

Oh man, this doesn't look good. Photos is the weakest evidence. You need to get creative. Did you take trips together? E.g flights and hotel reservations listing both names. Amazon household, shared wireless family plans, Costco membership or museum memberships. Affidavits from people who know you well (neighbors, friends, family etc)

You may need to explain why you don't have those. What all evidence do you have?

Yes, it's possible go get an officer who will be very strict on language requirement. However, you have a year to prepare. You can go through every single word on forms and civics test given it's one year. Could even go to English class / get a tutor to help studying for this if you can afford and don't have time to work with spouse.

What evidence are you planning to provide? N-400 under general provision doesn't require much

Here's recent update to USCIS policy manual. https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-6-part-b-chapter-4 If the initial filing does not contain sufficient evidence to demonstrate eligibility by the appropriate standard of proof, USCIS either issues a Request for Evidence (RFE), issues a Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID), schedules an interview, or denies the petition depending on the facts and law. For instance, USCIS has discretion to deny a petition without issuing an RFE or NOID if there is no statutory basis for approval or for failure to submit initial required evidence.[2] However, USCIS must provide the petitioner with sufficient detail of any derogatory information that is unknown to the petitioner when USCIS intends to take adverse action on a family-based petition (through a NOID, RFE, or interview). This is mostly for AOS, but I'm sure N-400 is somewhat affected too. You can decide what you want to do.

It's nothing special. Recently, USCIS updated wording for status "Care is being actively reviewed" with "Case is still being processed". It doesn't mean anything.

Crossing from Mexico has few options not available when travelling from Europe. It may be possible to fly to Mexico / Canada and cross by land. But the best course of action is to get the GC.

Not in my experience. Airline agents needed to see both expired GC and extension letter. This is the situation OP is in, travel on unexpired GC is different.

How did you check in online with extension letter? I had trips as conditional LPR few years back. Completing online check in with United was impossible unless you had valid GC. At that point, GC was expired, and online check in didn't recognize extension letter. I had to see agent. Agree, CBP isn't much of a problem, especially with GE.

Yes, green card is necessary. Airline won't allow you to board the plane without it.