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To be fair, some are naturally born US citizens raised in Spanish speaking families for example...

On latest N-400 form there's a checkbox allowing USCIS to automatically notify SSA about citizenship status change. The discussion is about that service

4. AFAIK most retirement accounts are not joint. Adding spouse as beneficiary helps for sure. And not just for immigration, in general it's good. What if you pass away etc. At least spouse will have easy access to funds. 7 - It's not something I'd do for immigration, but only if need it generally.

6 - no concern. What about medical insurance? This one is important. Especally good if both spouses covered.

9 - would you conceive just for I-751? I wouldn't 5 - Absolutely not

8 - not required, but won't hurt. I submitted for my I-751 10 - No impact

11 - No

3. As much evidence of financial comingling as possible. This is the most important evidence. I-751 instructions ask for evidence from start of marriage to date of filing

That's OK. Most of the time it's a system glitch and doesn't mean much. Keep an eye on it, sometimes it gets followed by RFE or approval. But I-130s cases get processed within 17 months, so 6 months is too early typically...

I'd say yes. Somebody organized the protest and asked people to join. Lawyer's input is highly recommended. I wouldn't do this case myself.

I'd recommend involving a lawyer at this point. I also wouldn't go to interview without a lawyer, this doesn't seem like a DIY case. You're looking at potential material misrepresentation and inadmissibility based on that. That's great, but USCIS still needs to know whether she was ever arrested, detained, charged etc. Even expunged records need to be disclosed to USCIS. I think she can write an affidavit explaining everything, if she doesn't and can't produce any papers. One more thing to note. Just because everything was OK for DS-160 and K-1 doesn't mean USCIS won't make it issue later during I-485, I-751 and N-400. There are known cases when only at N-400 USCIS would find issue and claim that Green Card was given in error. Each stage of immigration is chance for USCIS to review entire immigration history. So being open and upfront with USCIS is the key to securing trouble free future. It may mean immediate problems and waivers involved at this time around though.

Hi, sure thing! December 2024 paper filers stats as of 03/29/2025 @ 1:30 PM ET: Approved: 2804 Denied: 45 Fingerprints Scheduled: 258 Interview Cancelled: 201 Interview Scheduled: 9454 Pending: 4 Processing: 12170 Received: 13 ResponseToRFE: 72 RFE: 330 Terminated: 11 Withdrawal: 57 OathCeremonyNotice: 2101 OathCeremonyScheduled: 994 OathCeremonyReady: 7 OathCeremonyCancelled:13 Overall, there's quite a bit of movement in the last 2 weeks. Good luck to everybody still waiting. Your time will eventually come!

$750 is all you need to pay if your kids are included in form and removing conditions with you. Just file a new one, as current one will be rejected again.

Is wife applying for her Philippines citizenship to be reinstated?

Nah, don't be afraid of new world and its Z's ! 😃 Even American English spellchecker underlines "s" as a misspelling. I naturalized in a country they used British way of spelling, so all my prior docs and college work has "s". But I easily switched to "z" when coming here and it was the best decision ever 🤠 Z is a statement in a way What I struggle with personally is "do nut!" (or wait, "donut") VS doughnut. Color vs Colour. Aluminum vs Aluminium

I don't know how though... 1) After naturalizing you receive a folder with information. One paper in it is printout of things you need to do after becoming citizen, including updating status at SSA 2) USCIS person mentioned it during ceremony specifically 3) This website also tells to do it: https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship-resource-center/new-us-citizens But I guess after being told by 3 different sources to do it, some people still don't know. Sigh...

Yes you can. It's not a single entry doc. One or two years. Few times. After that your residency will be questioned. The most important question is... If there's travel ban for Pakistan imposed, can you afford to stay outside the US for a long time?

Congratulations ! Welcome to the club! Nice combos 😃 Now, to the final test... Question 101 of civics test. Is it naturalisation or naturalization? Joking of course 😃 Please stick around a little longer to help VJ folks who're yet to become citizens if you can

That's what happened in my case. I think at 2.5 months mark after filing? Need to check timeline, it happened so fast.

Is the 2 months trip a necessity? Why not naturalize, and then you can spend however much time you want outside the US? You may be called for biometrics and even for interview within 2 months of filling.

Hmm, I wish there were more sources for this information, and ideally statement from SSA on their website etc. Or at least CNN, Fox or other major network reporting it. So far only Popular.info reported this and MarketWatch.com quoting Popular. Essentially, one source which I'm not that familiar with or have trust... It's also unclear whether everybody whose applications were on file before March 19 would get processed or not. I will keep posted here. If it 4-8 weeks I don't receive replacement SS card, I'll go and update info in person. So allegedly SSA paused it not USCIS. But let's see if this is even true.

Pretty sure many people's tab are gone. If you search different forums you'll see people mentioning it. Not sure why it matters though. Good luck!

When? Do you have a link?

It doesn't matter much. This tab goes away all the time for various users. Meaning the IT system isn't stable. On the day of my oath it showed "3 weeks until decision" for me. Somebody else saw "7 months until decision" on I-765 when they got their EAD. I wish it was gone forever so people wouldn't have to worry about it.