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Did you do anything proactive to get it?

That's normal. Can take few weeks for check to be cashed. 4-6 weeks to receive notice in the mail.

I think since you filed with divorce waiver it may take a bit longer for your case. I think 18 months is the minimum anybody should be ready for nowadays.

Only list trips since he became LPR

No, only GC is not sufficient. You need to bring your current and any expired passports you have, all EADs, Green Cards in posessession. Also bring state ID / DL. Marriage / divorce certificates, children's birth certificates (all listed on N-400). Any paperworks for convictions / fines if applicable. Bring the originals to the interview.

Yes, there is a difference. Free tax return transcripts downloadable from IRS website prove IRS got your information and acknowleged it. Usually it's shorter too, only few pages VS entire 1040s.

Why aren't you applying on 5 year rule as most of LPRs do? The bar is lower compared to 3 year rule. You need to send information for the past 5 years: tax return transcripts, trips outside of the US, addresses and employment.

Seems like you did everything right. Confirmation for I-865 can take 4-6 weeks. Just like any notice from USCIS.

A U.S. citizen living overseas and earning less than the foreign earned income exclusion amount should still file a U.S. tax return. Even if your income is below the exclusion threshold (which is $112,000 for 2023), the IRS requires U.S. citizens and resident aliens to report their worldwide income. This requirement applies regardless of where you live or where your income is earned.If your foreign earned income is below the exclusion amount, you may not owe any U.S. taxes, but you must still file Form 1040 and Form 2555 to claim the foreign earned income exclusion. Additionally, filing a return can help you establish a record of your earnings and protect your rights to social security benefits or other future claims.It's also important to note that there may be other filing requirements, such as reporting foreign bank and financial accounts (FBAR) if you have accounts that exceeded certain thresholds at any point during the year.

I don't think you ever lived together based on that?

I don't think you can sponsor your brother in law or sister's kids. Clearly they're going to be over 21 when visa would become availble. Your sister would sponsor them after coming to the US and becoming a resident / citizen. It's so far in the future we don't even know if the laws would change then.

Many people's name change over the course of life for various reasons. For example, if your fiance was married before, her current legal name could have been of her ex husband. When you fill the forms for visas and immigration, there's often a question about current name and any names used in the past. She'd have to list her name at birth in the "other names used" field. I was also born in country X, lived for a while in country Y as a child and country Z as an adult. I was coming to the US from country Z. My birth certificate was from country X even though I'm not a citizen of that country don't even speak their language! Wasn't an issue in my case. Let's hear from others and their opinions.

She was born in Spain, hence Spanish birth certificate should be provided. It was also the first birth certificate ever issued to the child. I know some countries in that region of the world issue birth certificates based on parent's nationality, but it is super confusing. Essentially, USCIS tries to determine the person's origin. As they were born in Span, Spanish older birth certificate should be provided. I may be wrong, but in the eyes of USCIS that is the valid birth certificare that was generated shortly after child's birth. Not a certificate from some other country generated at some point. I bet, the moment US official hears / learns she was born in Spain, they'd expect to see Spanish certificate and would be very confused by Czech one, without father etc. ~ This is not a legal advice ~ P.S. I'm curious to learn what is the place of birth on Czech certificate.

The only real problem I see if she loses the passport on this trip or Uganda officials mess up her passport (put stamp on US visa, damage passport accidentally etc). That's all. Other than that I don't think Uganda is in the same list as Cuba, Iran, Syria et al.

If you have L2, you'd have to apply for EAD, e.g. pay the fees and wait for several months to get authorization. To come to the US on tourist visa, you'd have yo apply for it and prove strong ties to France. If you apply, you won't be able to get ESTA any time soon. I would not try changing status from B2 to L2 in the US. Not only you can get hit with misrepresentation accusation, but it's an easy way to overstay as change may take a year or so with only 6 months stay allowed on visitor visa. L2 can be denied if the person interviewing you will determine you got married for the purposes of obtaining visa. I'm sure it's not the case but it can be perceived like this.

https://www.uscis.gov/g-1055

It's also required to establish that LPR lives with a US citizen in a marital union and the marriage is bonafide when approving N-400 under 3 year rule. And yes, ROC does already verify that, so does the AOS interview or the one at the embassy. It's a multi step verification.

If applying under 3 year rule - yes. And absolute must if you have I-751 pending still.

Not odd at all. Drivers licenses should have matching addresses. This is the basics. Bringing jointly filed tax return transcripts, statements from all joint banking accounts is a must with pending I-751. Just because in many cases people don't get asked for those doesn't mean they shouldn't be taken to the interview.

Did you call the number?

I just Googled, for Russia passport should be valid 6 months beyond visa validity. E.g. should have at least 3 years and 6 months at time of granting visa in OP's case. I vote for new passport with both hands OR getting a short visit visa in the interim.

I see what you mean. I would have liked this plan more if they're getting a short one time visit visa in it. But since passport expires soon AND they want a 3 year visa, it can make sense just to get it all done in a new passport. Not sure if country they're going to would issue a 3 year visa in passport with 1 year of validity, that also may be a requirement depending on the rules of that country.

I like the ambition! If the laws don't change in the future, the kid will be eligible considering they were born a US citizen.

Who told you this? Somebody from USCIS over the phone? They give the most incompetent responses to get you off the line. Read VJ, we're always happy to help!

This part I don't understand. To have a valid passport, it must be renewed?