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Unfortunately she is not a dual citizen, yet. But since I am also a Canadian citizen, I did simultaneously apply to sponsor her for Canadian permanent resident too after getting married as a backup plan, and she only recently received her PR. When I applied, they were approving cases within 6-8 months but then the processing time ballooned. So it would be another 2 years before she is a Canadian citizen.

My wife's I-130 got approved today, and she's a citizen of one of the 75 banned countries (Bangladesh). If I'm understanding this correctly, I shouldn't even bother with doing anything on CEAC once the case gets to NVC? At least until the ban is lifted; and only log in once in a while so that the case isn't cancelled (the trick people use to delay their visas basically) She currently resides in Canada near the border and has a B1/B2 visa, so if we have to wait a bit it's fine for us since we get to visit anyway.

Thanks for the clear reply! Makes sense. No would be more accurate than Unknown in my case then.

I'm filling out the I-130 for my wife and I'm confused on what to answer for this question: Reason being, my wife's mother had a petition filed by her USC sister. I have no idea what stage this petition this is at, and neither does my mother-in-law or her sister. Apparently it's been so long that they have no idea what they wrote and can't even find out where the form went. Maybe they filed on paper and they didn't keep a copy. In said petition, I was told "most likely" that my wife was included as a dependent. Again, no clear answer, but it makes no sense to petition for your sister and not include their kids if they are eligible. (Regardless it doesn't matter anymore since she aged out and also got married to me, so she doesn't qualify for that petition anyway.) Another thing is my wife has a B1/B2 that was approved and issued back in October 2024. For this visa, I ended up re-submitting her DS-160 a year later her original application because all of her information changed due to the marriage. On the DS-160, I answered that no, she did not have a petition submitted. If that "no" was a lie, I'd guess they would not issue the visa for misrepresentation unless they overlooked it. I'm leaning towards "No", but I'm not sure if I would be better off answering Unknown. Would answering as Unknown look bad on the application? Does it even matter? Or am I reading the question wrong? Thanks in advance for the insight.

Yep, fully aware. Just preparing all the documents to submit the I-130. Her job requires her to be in person and remote work isn't possible, so that shouldn't be an issue. I'm guessing it'll be less sketchy once I move in with her in Canada and I submit the I-130.

Hi all, I recently got married, and my wife has been living in Canada, in a border city. She needs a B2 visa to enter the US, since she is a citizen of a country that requires a B1/B2 to enter the US. She recently got this visa, so I'm somewhat paranoid at the moment, and don't really want to do anything to get it revoked. I am a US citizen, recently naturalized this year. I plan on moving in with my wife soon, but not yet (just personal and financial reasons). I have been frequently visiting her, 2-3 days per week mostly on weekends. I am also a citizen of Canada. Applying for CR-1 is in the plans, but I have not yet done so. I would like to cross with her into the US from time to time to visit. She doesn't have a car or a license yet, so I would be driving her back and forth, which isn't an issue for me. What are the chances of running into issues with CBP with this plan? As for me, I have been honest with CBP/CBSA so far. I always tell them that I was in Canada visiting my wife; No, I have not applied for benefits; She lives there and works there. So far this hasn't caused me any issues. Any insight will be appreciated!

Update on my dad, he ended up getting his interview on August 19. Not sure what the delay was.

So literally 2 hours after this post, I get an email notification saying my oath notice was mailed. Oath is going to be on July 8th, 3 weeks from now. Timeline: 03/17: Submitted N-400 online, immediately got receipt notice and biometrics reuse notice. 05/09: Interview notice sent for 06/18. 06/18: Interview passed, oath notice sent for 07/08.

Just did my interview today! My case was approved and now I'm waiting for my oath date. It was pretty simple. The security guards didn't let me until 15 minutes before my appointment time. Once I got in, I just completed the check-in process with the receptionist, who took my photo and fingerprints, and confirmed the appointment time in the letter. The officer came out to the waiting area and called me in right on time. First she made me swear that I will tell the truth and nothing but the truth while standing. Then after sitting down she started with the civics questions. I got asked 6 questions verbally, along with reading 1 sentence and writing 1 sentence on the iPad. Questions were straight from the study guide, nothing complicated. After the questions, she went through my application and ask some clarification questions, like do I go to Canada a lot, have I traveled within the past 5 years, etc. Followed up with do I understand the pledge of allegiance and do you agree/accept the constitution. This is also when I mentioned I had a traffic ticket. I just mentioned it to her and she didn't have any follow up questions. At the end of it, I was given an opportunity to ask questions but I didn't, I was ready to GTFO lol. Entire process took maybe like 30 minutes. Longest part of the process was driving to the field office.