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Not guaranteed either, unfortunately.

Thank you. I just see the posts every week people not knowing whether USCIS used their money order or not. That's good to know. Do all issuers provide this service? Additional point for personal checks - sometimes USCIS stamps / writes case number on the back of it as they cash it, so you get a picture in the banking app before you get text / mail etc with case number.

I would not spend much time thinking about countries as a whole since it's not something you can control. Instead, practice with her, short truthful answers. Spend time more talking about each other so she knows and remembers what you do, where you live, your marital past, how you met etc etc

It's all an estimate anyways. It's pretty useless for majority of people because of huge inaccuracies.

Why do you only have 2 year extension? USCIS been sending 48 month letters for newly filed and pending cases for a while now.

Why money order? Have money (more than required) in the account and use personal check. That way you know when USCIS processes payment. Not possible to track with money order.

Money order is not trackable. A good old personal check is superior as you know when USCIS cashes it

Just come to the US ASAP. If she has a valid GC, there's 90% chance she can just come through. No need to explain anything to anybody unless asked. Then she can stay in the US until she naturalizes. She can file N-400 4 years and 1 day after coming back. Good luck!

Atlanta takes about 19 months for 80% of cases as of today

Depending where your field office is, it can take a bit long. For example, SF takes about 19 months for most cases. On the positive side, if you get 10 year GC instead of 2 year conditional, you won't have to go through removal of conditions which itself can take 2-2.5 years easily. See processing times here: https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times//home

It depends whether she wants to change name now (good opportunity) or at N-400 stage (good opportunity). She has to put maiden name in other names used whenever she decides to use married name on immigration forms. Putting married name will result in GC issued in married name. Putting maiden name will result in GC issued in maiden name. Getting GC in married name means names won't match on her foreign passport and GC, meaning she either has to: - Get passport replaced with married name OR - Carry marriage certificate whenever travelling internationally to explain difference between name in passport and GC

Congratulations on getting approved! Yes, USCIS tough, and it should be always taken seriously. Immigration has a lot of small but important nuances. Couldn't agree more. They're a government agency, not a friend, who seek to deny not approve cases, unless you give them all forms and evidence to prove otherwise. I disagree with this statement. I filed I-485 with a good, competent lawyer, and I'm glad I did. No RFEs, no issues, relatively fast approval and total cost of under 5K including filing fees back in 2019/2020. Otherwise, I'm not sure how many mistakes I would have made. Agree with this. Immigrant should be proactive. Also recommend signing up for USPS Informed Delivery. Also recommend not moving while any USCIS petitions are pending, because moving creates a lot of potential for mail to get lost.

That's true. On today's Jim Hacking show I also heard about some unbelievable timeline. Somebody got message "card being produced" a day after filing I-90 !

If she has approved EAD, she's fine. She probably needs to file US taxes if she's already considered a US tax resident.

There's no maximum wait as far as I know.

As far as I know, N600 must be filed inside the US.

They must ask Yes and No questions.

Well, my understanding is renewal requires processing outside of the US VS extension is done on US soil. I think that's a very important distinction in your case. I based my answers on that assumption.

I'm not very familiar with O-1 but I suspect what OP actually meant is extension not renewal. From my limited research, O-1 status can be extended without leaving the US. I do not see a problem here. OP can have AOS and O-1 extension going at the same time because of O-1's dual intent. ~ Not a legal advice ~

0. Do not use word "visa" when talking to anybody about green card (GC), especially when you talk to police, officials or USCIS. You're a permanent resident and do not need a visa to enter US. 1. File a police report 2. File I-90 3. You can get an I-551 stamp in passport by arranging Infopass when you have I-90 receipt 4. No problem naturalizing even if you don't have a physical GC 5. Call all the banks and lock the cards, report them stolen. 6. Do not leave the US until you have a replacement GC or valid I-551 stamp. Or, if you naturalize, without US passport.

Do it now. No advantage in waiting.

My datapoint may be old (AOS in 2019-2020) but I put "To be determined" or something like this instead of concrete dates. I got AP + EAD combo. However, I heard nowadays many people never receive AP even if they filed for it. I wonder if it is to do with certain government agencies processing influx of other immigrants through southern border and don't have the capacity to do other types of cases.

He should be able to request the certificate? Yes, it might be an issue. As part of application, you need to prove citizenship of grandparent.

- Do you have to leave the US in order to renew it? (I suspect yes) - Do you have a Advance Parole (I-131)? (I suspect no) Verdict: you cannot leave the US without abandoning AOS. If you abandon it, you'll have to refile and pay all the fees again. I'd think you'll be allowed to do it if you're in valid O-1 status at the time. Let's see if anybody has a first hand experience, but it's a very narrow criteria and not a everyday situation, so it may be quiet for a while. Sometimes with immigration you cannot have it all and you have to prioritize, unfortunately.

Have you filed I-765 and I-131 with I-485? If you believe your marriage is strong, you can just work off EAD based on AOS. Even if you lose status, it will be forgiven. You cannot leave the US without Advance Parole (I-131), because you'd abandon AOS. Unless you have an urgent reason to do, I'd just wait for GC.