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Sometimes the file does not arrive in time for the interview. They probably are just waiting for it to arrive so that they can verify everything. Good luck!

Our oath cermony was held at another building (not USICS), but they had separate lines for those going through the ceremony and those there as guests. The guests were not required to show any kind of ID. I'm not sure if that would be the case for going to a USCIS building. Does your oath ceremony letter say anything about bringing guests? Also, at our ceremony there were children. It wasn't a very long ceremony, so it seemed to be fine. Congratulations to you!

For course of study you can put General education or college prep. If you finished high school (segundo grau) you can put that you received a diploma.

It seems like it is becoming more common. Maybe it just depends on the CO. A couple years ago, I had never heard of it happening. Good luck to you both!

I personally have no knowledge of this company, but it sounds fishy to me. Where did you find them? This site (VJ) has guides that will answer a lot of general questions and tons of members who know about the process. If you have questions specific to your case that can't be answered here, you can try contacting USCIS. I don't know how ustraveldocs would have access to your case file. When I had questions that related to the process at the embassy, I emailed the immigrant visa unit, and they answered me right away. There is also a lot of information available on the consulate website. Are you applying in Brasil or Hati? Your timeline says Hati, but your profile says Brasil.

Definitely make an Infopass. For ROC, we had an interview and were told to wait 3-4 weeks for an answer. No indication of problems, just the standard wait time. When we had our AOS interview, we got the approval email the same day, so after waiting for nearly 2 months with no answer on ROC, we were getting concerned. It appears that the file just sat on someone's desk until we made several phone calls and eventuallly an Infopass where we were told we were approved. It seems like that happens alot, but sometimes an Infopass can get things moving. Good luck!

By the way, I was concerned about calling and getting another interview too, but it was fine, and in the end we were really glad we did the Infopass. Sometimes the local offices get really overloaded and things don't get done when they say to expect them.

The people who work at the embassy speak both English and Portuguese.

Your husband will need to be interviewed in Brasil. Once the NVC part is completed, they will assign you an interview date. Hopefully things move quickly for you now! You've been waiting a long time!

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I remember very well feeling the same way. Our process took around 5 months to approval, and every minute was torture. Having applied and received a tourist visa to Brasil in one day, I had not idea when I started the process that it would take so long. (And our approval was actually pretty fast compared to others). While its true that focusing on other things will help you get through the waiting, sometimes it is impossible not to think about it. Hang in there--you will make it--and it will be so wonderful when you see that approval letter. VJ is a wonderful place to get support and share your good and bad moments. Hopefully an approval will come soon! Love is worth it!

Prayers for you and your family. So sorry for your difficulties!

I have a friend who is an immigration lawyer, and she said that USCIS does not bother with the cover letters and just throws them in the trash. As for the pictures, I think you already have enough evidence. If you try to send something now, it will be difficult to match up with your original petition. So, it sounds like you are making a good decision to just wait. If they want someting, they will send an RFE, and you can include the pictures at that time. Good luck with your process!

I also wanted to tell you that in CA, you can reply online. There should be a web address on your letter. Once you reply, in a matter of days, you will receive your excusal in the mail. If for some reason you don't receive a reply from them, you can take your original letter to the courthouse and explain that you are not a citizen.

Yes this is what i will do , and hopefully i will receive a letter excusing me from serving

did your husband send the original form ? or he kept the original form and sent the photocopy?

in the form there is bring entire form when you report ,

I believe that we did what others have suggested here and copied the form and then sent in the original. Shortly after submitting the form, we received a letter in the mail excusing my husband from jury duty.

I live in CA, and my husband received a jury summons before he became a citizen. We simply marked "Not a citizen" on the form and sent it back. Shortly after we received a letter excusing him from serving. If you do this and haven't heard back with a letter, you could always go down there and talk to someone, but I doubt that will be necessary. Every person I've known that had a valid reason for not being able to go in and returned the response from with that reason, received a letter excusing them.

My husband traveled alone and had a connection in Mexico. He spoke zero English. Everything went fine. At POE, the officer called me on my cell phone to verify a couple of things like that we would marry within 90 days. I gave him some simple translations in English and Portuguese that he could point to in order to communicate. Things like "I don't speak English" and "You can call my wife if you need more information." The officer was incredibly kind and helpful. It sounds like your husband will be fine since the forms will be in Spanish, and there should be an officer who speaks Spanish there. I am not familiar with the Philadelphia airport, but the times I have flown internationally, all of the airports were good about guiding people to customs. There was really no way to get lost as it is blocked in so that no one gets through without having their passport checked. I also made notes about the airport when I returned from visiting him and sent them to him so that he would recongize the signs and know how to proceed. If you are flying back early, you could also do that. (ie: take the escalator down to the baggage claim, etc.) Good luck and congratulations!

When my husband was first applying for his passport, I overheard the clerk talking with someone who had already submitted the application but was concerned about getting their passport back in time for a trip. The clerk was able to change something in the computer that changed the application to expedited. The applicant had to pay more money for the expedited process, but it seems like it would be worth it in your case. This is the only example that I have, but you could try going to the place where you applied to see what they can do. I have never heard of the package being returned on request of the applicant, but it can't hurt to ask. Good luck!

Have you already obtained the police certificates that are required- one from the state and one from federal? I believe what they are referring to as folhas penais would be copies of court records if any crimes were committed and how the process was handled. I do not know that for sure, but that is what makes sense to me. I think if you contact the police station in your area, they can probably tell you exactly what it means. Good luck!

We kept everything all the way from K1 initial filing up to citizenship approval. We still have copies of everything just in case something ever comes up. I doubt it will, but it gives me peace of mind. Also, I can advise others better when I look back on what I did.

I think they are referring to people who are applying for citizenship after 3 years of marriage and being a green card holder. From your timeline it looks like you have had your green card for 7 years already, so you should fill out the forms according to the 5 year rule. I'm not sure what to do about your Singapore address, but 7 months seems more like living there than taking a trip. Did you maintain a residence in the US during that time?

I'm not sure since we went through the K1 so we didn't have this issue, but we did register our marriage in Brasil. I remember that one of the things we had to do was to get a birth certificate of "segunda via". I believe that was the name. It was funny because my husband kept insisiting that there is no such thing, but when we went to the cartorio, sure enough they gave a "new" birth certificate. The difference is that the new one shows him as being married whereas the old one showed him as single. I would imagine that submitting the "new" birth certificate should be fine in your case. However, there are surely other people on VJ who have run into this and can advise you better. Good luck!

Edit: Does the marriage certificate look at all like the previous birth certificate?

Yeah! Congratulations!

You will most likely get a response soon. Do you have an account on USCIS so you can see any movement on your case? When we had our interview for ROC, it seemed like everything was fine, but after 2 months we still had not heard anything. We scheduled an Infopass and were able to find out that we had been approved a few days before. Soon after that the green card arrived. If you haven't heard from them within the 30 days they asked you to wait, you can schedule an Infopass too and get more information. It sounds like your interview went well--good luck!

Follow the link at the top of the page that says guides. It will tell you all of the forms you need and how to proceed with the process. If she enters the US on a K1 (fiance visa), be sure to get married within 90 days, and you can file the forms to adjust status (permanent residency) as soon as you have the marriage certificate in hand and gather all required documents. In our case, I prepared everything ahead of time and just waited to receive the marriage certificate in the mail. I then sent everything in about 3 weeks after we were married. My answer is a simplified version of what you do, but the guides are very helpful and will show you step by step what to prepare and when. Good luck!

The guides will tell you where to send your petition and documents. Currently it is the Dallas USCIS Lockbox. Nothing goes to the local office. You should send them all together in a single package. When I was preparing our package, I just went in the order of the documents listed on the guide. I also included a cover letter listing what was in my package. I did that more for my own benefit to be sure I hadn't forgotten anything. For proofs, I placed all of the emails together, copies of the photos together, etc. but I didn't use separate folders. Just make sure that as part of the proof you have evidence of having been together in the last 2 years prior to filing such as passport stamps, plane tickets, etc. Don't send a box of evidence. I would recommend that you put as much as you want in a manila envelope. They won't have time to go through so much proof anyways. They just want to see some evidence of a current relationship. As long as you enter the US on your K1 visa before it expires, you are fine as far as using the visa goes, but you need to make sure you marry within 90 days of entering. The K1 automatically expires the moment you enter the US, so once you are here, you need only marry within the 90 days. I recommend not getting too close to the 90 days because you never know when something might go wrong and delay you past the allowed timeframe. Good luck with your process!