You are getting married and then having a ceremonial service later? If so forget about ceremonial thingy. Keep it simple.
SSN you apply for asap after entry.
California I think gives new residents 10 days on the foreign licenses.
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As a general rule the sooner you file to adjust the better, EAD and AP hang on it, I seem to remember it can take some time to get you Marriage Certificate.
Same issue in the UK, the amusing thing I remember visiting the US is being asked if I was a member of the Nazi party, and now.........
Why would there need to be a route, they are surrounded by fellow adherants.
We seem to have gone full circle.
All I know is that a well qualified Joint Sponsor is the most certain route.
Otherwise you are dependent on the discretion of the Consulate, I have seen people use current income and qualify and have seen people who have qualified recently have problems.
If you can not find a JS that leaves you with one option.
Protesters rally in Peru against decree classifying seven gender identities as “mental illness”
Sexual diversity activists have protested in Peru’s capital in front of the health ministry to demand that the government repeal a decree that characterizes seven gender identities, including transgenderism, as “mental illnesses.”
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/protesters-rally-peru-decree-classifying-gender-identities-mental-110356415
I thought Dylan is in Peru?
FYI I had to go through the process of getting a US DL, certainly that is the common route.
My guess is the issue arises with the I 140, it does not really make much sense.