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Hello, The expiration date on our NOA2 is 26Dec2024. We are needing to conduct the medical and interview at the US embassy in Manila in late January 2025 so to give me the petitioner time to fly to Manila to be with my fianc due to her needing my help in navigation everything in Manila. She is unable to do it on her own. The case was updated to 'Ready' on 7Nov2024. Neither me nor my fianc have received any communication from NVC nor the US embassy in Manila. I submitted public inquiry to both NVC and the embassy inquiring about having not received any notification. The NVC just told me that they had sent the K1 petition to the US embassy and did not address not having sent me a FTP email notification. I sent the inquiery to the US Embassy in Manila about two weeks ago and finally received this response:

At this time I have submitted the DS-160 and paid the visa fee on usatraveldocs. It sound like from the response from the embassy that I can go ahead and schedule the interview after the NOA2 expiration/validity date. At this it does not appear that the US embassy in Manila has opened any appointments yet for January.

My questions are : If the embassy does not open any January dates prior to my NOA2 expiring and I end up having to schedule the interview after the NOA2 expiries, will that cause a problem? Could someone who has experience and knowledge on this topic provide some feedback?

Thank you very much!

Hi everyone. We are in the process of filing for Citizenship (form N-400).

On page 9 of the form #22.a. "Are you a person born as a male who lived in the United States at any time between your 18th and 26th birthdays? (Do not select "Yes" if you were a lawful nonimmigrant for all of that time period.)

then the box has either Yes or No as the option

I am confused by "lawful nonimmigrant"

My husband came on a K1 fiance visa and has his current green card. He came when he was 25 years old.

I think that maybe I should be marking YES to 22.a.

Then: 22.b: If you answered "Yes," to iten 22.a., did you register for the Selective Service?

We were told by a lawyer that when he signed his K1 visa application it stated in a box near the signature something that acknowledged he would automatically be signed up for the selective service. BUT then on 22.c. it wants provided information about your registration and asked for date registered and selective service number

Any advice on how to proceed with this part would be greatly appreciated

THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!

So if there working on NOV 5TH for example, I can email them right. since my application was sent before. They state I"f your petition was approved before the dates NVC is working on" thaat means if my application was sent 7 weeks ago it was approved before the date there working on correct.

Also why have they not received it if that is the case.

Hi folks, here is our situation. my wife had been waiting for her I-751 for about 2 years in July 2024. Many people suggested her apply for N400 while waiting for I-751. We submitted her N400 package online in July 2024 using her expired green card and the 4-year extension letter. Last week, her I-751 was approved and we received her new 10-year green card. Do we need to upload the I-751 approval letter and new green card to her N400 package online? Is it required? If we do so, will it expedite her N400 processing?