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1. Oath ceremony applies to US citizenship, and not to GC. I'm confused. 2. What exact errors are you seeing? It's not uncommon for GC to take 6 months to arrive. Also, did you change US addresses since you applied for GC? 3. You don't have to wait for arrival of SS card. Fill out the SS-5 form, take it to the SSA office and get a SS card. You have a stamp in the passport proving your status.

@America1 did you change addresses? Either way I'd rather go to the interview than reschedule. Rescheduling can get the case delayed or stuck in limbo. If you need to come there a day before and stay at a local hotel - you may as well do it.

Great to know what all WoM is capable of! Thank you

Isn't mandamus to force a decision? @mindthegap doesn't seem to have an issue getting a decision. Can it help getting a favorable decision though?

It hasn't been a year. Most cases take close to 2 years nowadays to get approved.

Oh man I'm sorry to hear this... Do you have any avenues to stay other than I-751?

I hope you're sending more than one of each, ideally covering the entire period of your marriage!

Don't do it. Reasons: 1) If the child starts crying one of you may be asked to leave the room, automatically converting your interview into stokes interview. 2) The interviewer may be annoyed with the child / generally doesn't like kids which can change their mood affecting the interview. 3) You may lose focus because of the child present and answer things incorrectly.

Don't do it. Reasons: 1) If the child starts crying one of you may be asked to leave the room, automatically converting your interview into stokes interview. 2) The interviewer may be annoyed with the child / generally doesn't like kids which can change their mood affecting the interview. 3) You may lose focus because of the child present and answer things incorrectly.

I-130 belongs to you as a petitioner, so should be added under your account. Access code arrives by mail, separately to case receipt I-797

G-1145 sometimes works, sometimes doesn't. Was the check cashed?

Of course you have to list all or your children. Be prepared to answer questions about WAVA and circumstances around the birth of this child.

I'm not a CBP. Usually it's their discretion, so hard for me to tell. Use common sense. One can bring up to $10000 in the US without declaring it. Would $100 be enough for 2 months? Probably not. Would $9999 be enough? Surely. Can you go lower? Probably. How low? Depends on your comfort and abilities.

1. Yes, it can affect it. But it's been 9 years so it will affect your application less hopefully. 2. The reasons you want to visit the US, your current job, the I-130 petition and what happened. 3. You should answer yes, because it's truth.

A B1/B2 visitor should have: - Strong ties to their back country - Enough finances to cover the trip in the US Otherwise they may be denied entry to the US. Sponsorship by others does not work for visitor visas as far as I know.

How long is your wife going to be away? If it's not too long, then why not apply after returning to the US? It will make things easier. Nobody can say for sure how long it will take for sure. Biometrics may or may not be reused. If not reused, she can be called for an appointment any time from a month after submitting or much much later in the process. Look at the processing times for N-400 in your local field office here - https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/ Also monitor the forum, sometimes people post their timelines for specific office which may give you a clue, but it's never guaranteed.

Awesome, I'm glad you see it as a possible option 😊 Absolutely. When you marry somebody officially anywhere in the world, this marriage is legal in the US too. You don't have to marry in the US. You'd have to get the official marriage certificate from that country though to go through US immigration. And yes, you can file I-130 as soon as you marry. Then, when it's approved, your future wife would file DS-260 to get actual immigrant visa in her passport. This is not true. You don't have to be married for 2 years to file for CR-1. If she enters the US on CR-1 before your 2 year anniversary, she would get a conditional green card and would have to file I-751 in 1 year 9 months. But all this time she would have permanent resident privileges to work, travel. This time as conditional resident would also contribute to her eligibility to apply for US citizenship in the figure, whereas time spent adjusting status on K-1 would not be counted. Of course, you guys can decide what's right for both of you, I just think K-1 is pretty expensive and restrictive in grand scheme of things.

When you do a K-1 you gotta be ready for marriage. It's not a store where you can buy something and return if you don't like it. You'd only have 90 days to get married when she enters. To me, it doesn't make much sense to keep the fiancé in a volatile state of uncertain future. Plus she won't be able to work for a while or travel outside during AOS which can put pressure on a new marriage. Either way, F-1 is not going to pose any issues with K-1. If I had a magic wand, I'd vote for CR-1 route so your wife would have GC (and thus ability to work and travel) as soon as she enters the US.

I don't think this would be the case. But why do you want to use inferior visa? CR-1 is so much better, cheaper and takes faster in end to receive the GC. If you're a US citizen, you don't have to wait if she doesn't need to leave the US. You can marry, apply for AOS and she won't need to go for consular processing.

What was the downside of including all? I see none, other than $10-20 to print them?

Well, if they only have consulates in a few large cities, what else can they offer for in person application? I know Russians suffered a lot few years back when only one consulate was left open in the US and they had to renew their passports in person. So few options is not bad at all.

The point of withdrawing is having clean immigration history. Two I-130s can confuse USCIS. There's no expedite for petitioners' mistakes.

It's normal. I had I-751 and the cases around mine were delayed for 2 months compared to other cases submitted on other weeks.

You cannot guess for USCIS / DHS why they're asking this or that question. The question doesn't ask about unlawful status or anything like this. I vote for answering "yes" too. Otherwise this may bite her as misrepresentation in the future.

Without information in profile, original message or other threads it's hard to guess where you're from. With exception for Canada / EU, most visitors require visa so I made an assumption. Overstay is an overstay, as @SalishSea says. Overstay AND lack of ties is pretty hard to overcome but you can try. 4 months in between visits is way too short also, even if overstay and lack of ties wasn't a factor. I give it 95% chance of denial if you try coming now.