File for citizenship with bare minimum docs or collect docs and file

[mam521 2,062]

15 hours ago, A110 said:

Not trying to be insensetive or anything but I don't think I'd have a problem with those questions as they can be studied passively and memorizing 100-120 questions like that is not something I fear, I can just spend like 15 minutes a day. Just not in the mood for collecting all the info, printing, organizing, etc. 

USCIS burnout is real.  

 

The upside is if you do apply and can get the combo interview, you're done.  Don't have to do it again, put the stuff in a box and don't look at it again.  Get your passport, live free.  

 

I did just above the minimum.  The required documents, DL for each of us to show we live together, mortgage agreement, recent car purchase agreement, health and car insurance docs, boarding passes for a very recent trip and zero issues.  For the most part, these are more "on the daily" type documents that are readily available and don't require super brain power to remember (unlike all the addresses I'd lived at from the age of 16 that I needed for my DS-260).   The N-400 isn't nearly as invasive, even based on marriage, than other parts of the process.  3 months, start to finish for me.  

 

[A110 96]

2 hours ago, mam521 said:

USCIS burnout is real.  

 

The upside is if you do apply and can get the combo interview, you're done.  Don't have to do it again, put the stuff in a box and don't look at it again.  Get your passport, live free.  

 

I did just above the minimum.  The required documents, DL for each of us to show we live together, mortgage agreement, recent car purchase agreement, health and car insurance docs, boarding passes for a very recent trip and zero issues.  For the most part, these are more "on the daily" type documents that are readily available and don't require super brain power to remember (unlike all the addresses I'd lived at from the age of 16 that I needed for my DS-260).   The N-400 isn't nearly as invasive, even based on marriage, than other parts of the process.  3 months, start to finish for me.  

 

Yeah, I may just submit DL, Lease as proof of joint residence, bank statements, tax returns and joint investment account and a recent international trip. Probably won't bother with the 401K, Mortgage stuff and photos on everything. I will provide enough to show we are happily married and co living but won't go over board this time. 

[mam521 2,062]

2 hours ago, A110 said:

Yeah, I may just submit DL, Lease as proof of joint residence, bank statements, tax returns and joint investment account and a recent international trip. Probably won't bother with the 401K, Mortgage stuff and photos on everything. I will provide enough to show we are happily married and co living but won't go over board this time. 

We didn't submit any photos.  Nadda.  No bank statements, either.  Other than the DL that needed scanned, everything else was available for download - the way I like it for simplicity sake.  

[SalishSea 17,819]

1 hour ago, mam521 said:

We didn't submit any photos.  Nadda.  No bank statements, either.  Other than the DL that needed scanned, everything else was available for download - the way I like it for simplicity sake.  

We’ve submitted NO photos for any part of the process thus far….1-129F, AOS and ROC.   No RFEs or delays.

[OldUser 6,635]

By the way, @A110 make sure to watch today's episode of Immigration Show on YouTube. First caller.

 

Somebody with pending I-751 filed for N-400. They got to combo interview. Because of small evidence (and past history), IO ran a stokes interview by separating couple. US citizen was scared into withdrawing I-751. 

 

It's unlikely this happens to you, but you need to have mental capacity to deal with immigration. I wouldn't take immigration lightly. Maybe waiting for I-751 to be approved without interview is a viable option if you're not in a rush to naturalize.

Edited November 2, 2023 by OldUser

[A110 96]

47 minutes ago, OldUser said:

By the way, @A110 make sure to watch today's episode of Immigration Show on YouTube. First caller.

 

Somebody with pending I-751 filed for N-400. They got to combo interview. Because of small evidence (and past history), IO ran a stokes interview by separating couple. US citizen was scared into withdrawing I-751. 

 

It's unlikely this happens to you, but you need to have mental capacity to deal with immigration. I wouldn't take immigration lightly. Maybe waiting for I-751 to be approved without interview is a viable option if you're not in a rush to naturalize.

Valid point. I will probably start collecting stuff and submit a pile of quality documents. Maybe not today but a month later, thank you.

[Crazy Cat 41,836]

51 minutes ago, OldUser said:

Somebody with pending I-751 filed for N-400. They got to combo interview. Because of small evidence (and past history), IO ran a stokes interview by separating couple. US citizen was scared into withdrawing I-751. 

OUCH!!!!!!!  That is scary stuff right there.....  Our IO interviewed us together, then offered me the opportunity to stay for wife's N-400 interview (Wife didn't want me to stay...LOL)