US Immigration from Costa Rica

Good Morning,

My first post here, I'm wondering, if, when my fiancee gets her interview date, I can visit her in her country and accompany her during the interview.

I'm in the military, and a fellow servicemember from Honduras told me he actually went into the interview with his wife and kids to get their visas. He even pre-bought plane tickets for them, before he knew the results of the interview.

Little background (you can probably see it already in the timeline): My Fiancee is from Costa Rica, we got our NOA1 on 19 Nov 2021, and have heard nothing since.

The Processing times have been going up as the months progress (15.5 months now, was 13.5 months August last year, and around 12 months a few months before)

Anyways, to me, it seems like a good sign to the interviewer if they actually see us together in person.

The only tricky part will be scheduling the leave on a moments notice when we get the interview date (and plane tickets, etc.).

Thanks in advance for your assistance!

My Fiance's K1 visa was finally approved. Do we need to buy her a round trip ticket to go from Costa Rica to the US even though she will obviously be staying to get married?

Hi everyone,

My husband will have his oath ceremony soon, and we will be applying for his passport shortly after that. His foreign passport does not include his middle name. His green card has his middle initial only. I was reading the thread about which passport to use when travelling, and it has occured to me that it would probably be beneficial if the name on both passports match exactly so that his flight reservation will match his passport exactly, no matter which one he travels with.

I am wondering if anyone here has left their middle name off of the U.S. passport application. I have read online that a middle initial is acceptable instead of the full middle name, but I am wondering if the middle name is strictly necessary. If anyone has first-hand experience on this topic, I would appreciate it. Thanks in advance!

The n-400 filing instructions say you have "lived within the state or USCIS district where you claim residence for at least 3 months prior to filing." But the instructions ALSO state you can file up to three months early. Are they saying physical presence or just residence? What if we want to travel outside the USA and "early file" the n-400 right after we get back? We will meet all of the requirements but I am not sure I understand this one?

Maybe I'm paranoid but just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

I filed for removal of conditions a year ago and did the Biometrics in December 2021. My case still says 'Case received' which isn't a big deal except I noticed that people who applied for N-400 after me has had their biometrics waived and already were assigned to a location. Many times automatically from the online portal.

I called USCIS to ask and they say they can see the Biometrics on their side but there is nothing I can do to have them update it on the portal. The agent I spoke to also said she sees I am in the queue to be scheduled for another Biometrics. I suspect there is a disjoint between systems and because my status isn't updated for the I-175 it is affecting my N-400 which is giving an approximate completion time of 16 months and is assigned to NBC, not a local location.

Anyone else knows how to trigger the update on USCIS side or have been in similar position? Did you do two Biometrics?