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Urgent: 1) Go to SSA office tomorrow (while 2 year GC is valid), file form SS-5 for replacement SS card without restrictions on it. The restrictions is wording "Valid for work only with DHS authorization". You'll have to show GC and ID to SSA personnel. If you don't have restrictions on your SS card, see the step 3. 2) In few weeks you will receive unrestricted SS card. 3) Assuming you have state ID or DL card that's valid, all you need to show employer is valid DL and unrestricted social security card for I-9 verification. Employer by law cannot demand to see your GC. List B and list C documents are enough to verify your work eligibility. List B document in your case is state ID or DL. List C document is unrestricted SS card. More info: https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents Do not ever use GC for anything other than: 1) travelling into the US (airlines, CBP) 2) getting new / replacing ID / DL at DMV / BMV / DSP or whatever agency issues DL in your state 3) Banks when getting a mortgage / loan etc. This will save you a lot of stress. Good luck!

I don't think there's any overdoing with USCIS. Overprepared = prepared.

Being lectured or put in secondary is not the risk I was referring to. The risk of application decided not in somebody's favor while the one is overseas IS the risk I was referring to. USCIS may deny the case (sometimes without RFE / intend to deny) whether correctly or wrongfully while somebody is on AP overseas. I don't believe AP would allow the entry if underlying petition (I-485) is denied. Essentially it "dies" with denied I-485. Others can correct me.

I'd argue that you need to always build the strongest case possible. If it requires 2 inches of evidence - so be it. If it requires less - great. In my observation, people who bring thick files don't get asked much and their evidence often is not looked at. But folks who bring two pieces of paper or nothing with them get asked a lot of questions and / or issued RFEs. Strong evidence is an insurance that costs a little more to print. If one can afford - in my opinion is totally worth it One should be ready for everything, including stokes as you mentioned. Because you were prepared your interview went smooth. But if one takes it easy - that's when one gets hard times by IO.

I believe yes, some places allow it.

No you won't get denied. You can get passport first, it's totally fine. The benefit of doing SSA first is you don't leave certificate with them. But with passport, you won't have certificate back for some time, meaning you cannot get unrestricted SS card in that time.

You can download SS-5, fill it and bring it with you to SSA to save time. I'm not sure if it can be done online. When I removed restrictions on mine, SSA wasn't open and I did everything online / by post. I had to mail my actual GC to them!!! I'd think if it's still allowed, you'd me mailing naturalization certificate. I wouldn't personally take the risk. I had no choice during COVID, but now I'd walk there in person. No it wasn't mandatory. But it allowed you to only show SS card and DL to employers and not GC (plus any extension letters)

I see, I knew DMV / BMV. Now I know of DPS 😃

SSA - YES. What's DPS? Could have removed it when you got GC. But now can do it in one visit: update status to US citizen and file SS-5 for new SS card without restriction. After oath of course.

Advance parole cannot be filed before adjustment of status. Expedite request is never guaranteed. There's no official timeline for expedited requests. You can see estimated processing times for AP here https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/

There's always a risk travelling on AP. Ideally, one should not travel unless it's an emergency. I think somebody on VJ posted experience being lectured by CBP saying it should only be used for emergency when they're trying to enter the US. For the travel dates and destinations, one can always put "To be determined"

Deliver the news when you have passport with visa in hand. Nothing is certain until then. Good luck!

Yes if eligible

Agreed, but submitting one page of a bill may trigger RFE. I wouldn't submit this evidence unless there was no other evidence.

In my case tax return transcript was available 3-4 weeks after filing taxes. Maybe worth waiting?

No problem from USA side. No problem from Spain, but you need to confirm with a lawyer in Spain or at least research government websites in Spanish.

Agreed, @Juan Hernandez are you married? K-1 is for fiance not wife

Where were you going and where were you transiting? US LPRs can visit and transit through Canada without visa. But if destination required visa for Indian citizens and didn't give any entry to US LPRs then yes, no way without visa.

If you check paper version, you skip some questions if not applying under 3 year rule based on marriage to US citizen. Everything seems correct:

I think they may be right, the deadline for Real ID requirement got pushed too many times by now.

Unlikely, but if happens it can be challenged too due to USCIS not following their process. In my limited experience of dealing with USCIS, their adjudicators get softer no harsher with lawyer involved in the case.

Or @igoyougoduke's method of self-filing for ~$400

I see. In this instance BMV emlpoyees were correct. Looks like you need to get the passport replaced and it will solve a few problems at once.

I checked the doc you shared. BMV should have taken I-797 for proof of legal presence and EAD for full legal name and date of birth. They cannot use GC as it is expired and checklist says unexpired GC. So the issue is proving you are who you say you are, that's probably why the asked for a foreign passport to confirm personal details (that's another item from the list) They were wrong to decline your EAD, did you bring it with you? IMHO foreign birth certicate is not in the list, so probably won't be accepted.

Do not panic. BMV / DMV employees are largely incompetent. However, can you paste link to checklist for real id? Does it ask for valid ID? 1) Go to BMV again, with printed checklist from their website and all required documents 2) Talk to an employee (try a different person and not the one who turned your request down) 3) If you end up getting turned down again - ask for their manager. Show all docs and explain how you're eligible 4) If manager doesn't help - go to BMV in neighboring town / city and try steps 1-3 there. You also gotta think about the long term plan. Somehow you gotta save the money and renew your passport. Otherwise you cannot leave the US in case of emergency back in country of origin.