US Immigration from Ireland

Hi there! I received my Advanced Parole EAD and travel permit November 28th 2019 after filing in June 2019. My husband's sister (both are USC) co-signed his petition since his tax return for 2018 did not put his earnings above the required amount to support me. He is a bartender and at the time received all his income (tips) in cash. His sister co-signed and the EAD was successful and now the only thing to wait for is our interview. His current employer taxes his income fully and that is reflected on our most recent joint tax return. I have also been paying into Unemployment insurance (UI) since I came to the US on a J1 graduate work visa in January 2018. I am also a bartender and due to COVID-19, we are both unemployed since March 13th. My husband is claiming his unemployment insurance since April. I applied in mid April and received notice of my claim being approved today May 18th.

Background info aside,

1. Is it a problem for me to be claiming UI even if I am no longer receiving benefits at the time of my interview and the only reason that I claimed it was as a result of the pandemic?

2. Is it potentially damaging to my sister in law for me and/or my husband to be claiming since she is meant to be our financial sponsor?

3. Am I actually entitled to UI if I am being financially sponsored?

TLDR; as a EAD holder waiting on my interview for GC, should I avoid claiming unemployment in case it causes a problem for my application?

Any advice would be really appreciated! Thank you in advance!

My 90 filing window opens in a few days so pulling together all my documents.

I am filling in section on trips outside the USA in last 5 years.

As spouse of USC I have only been LPR for 3 yrs and applying based on that criteria.

Do I still need to put in 5 yrs of periods outside USA? When I would have been living in my home country for the other 2 years.

Has anyone got anything from the Vegas office for a oath ceremony date ?

Has anyone applied for a US passport since March 18th 2020 ?

If so have you received anything yet ?

The site shows everything has been suspended and a passport will take several months to get at this point .

I called and was told they have a small crew in working on passports, but I m not very hopeful.

I also tried to get a date for when normal operations would resume , they didn t give a date .

Hi everyone,

I am applying for citizenship independently from my spouse (five years in US) and we filed for divorce in December and we are still waiting for it to go through (a six month wait in California). Since we are not divorced yet I assume I put that I am still married on the application and by the time I am called to the interview I can show the examiner the documentation of the finalized divorce? (This would be better since my ex says she received no written evidence that we applied for it and the day she submitted the application).

Thanks for your help!