US Immigration from Philippines

I completed my joint I-751 and N-400 (3-year rule) at the Federal Plaza in Manhattan this week. I arrived at around 8:05 a.m., and my interview was scheduled for 8:45 a.m. The security asked to see the interview letter and our government IDs. They asked us to wait in line outside the doors, but by 8:20, I went to the security stationed right outside the door and told him that our appointment was at 8:45. He made us go inside, and we had to go through the X-ray machines. They asked us to remove everything belts, jewelry, except our rings and shoes, unless you were wearing sneakers.
Afterwards, we went up to the 8th floor. We went to the window to provide the appointment letter and my green card. They stamped it and gave us our queue number. There were probably around 20-30 people in the waiting room. Honestly, I was surprised because there were only a few of us who had bags, and I assumed, like us, they brought extra documents for the interview. At 8:39, an officer called us to follow him inside.
When we got to the room, he asked for the stamped interview letter, state IDs, and my green card. He took my picture, and then my trouble started. The system won t accept my prints for some reason. He restarted his systems 3x, and after about 10-15 minutes, we finally got my fingerprint accepted by the system. Thankfully, I had a very nice officer, and he was joking with us while I kept on trying Purell, alcohol, and lotion to get my prints. He said I probably wash the dishes a lot. And I said my husband does the dishes as well, though! In a way, I think it was a great opportunity for the officer to see that we had a legitimate marriage.
After swearing us in, these are the questions I remember:
To Husband:
- What is your wife s full name
- Birth date
- When did you meet
- What are the names of her parents
- Have you ever met her parents? When and where?
- What is her job
- Where does she work
To me:
- Where are you from
- What s your address
- When and where did you meet your husband
- How many (step) kids do you have and their ages
- Do they live with you
- What is your husband s job and where does he work
Civics questions:
- Name one American Indian tribe
- Who did the US fight in WWII
- When was the Constitution written
- Name one branch of the government
- When do we celebrate Independence Day
Read and write:
Who lives at the White House?
The President lives at the White House.
By the way, my husband stayed in the room while I did the N-400 interview/ exam. After the reading and writing assessment, he congratulated me and told me that I passed, and told me that I will receive a letter when the oath-taking is scheduled. He walks us back to the waiting room and hands me the paper stating that I passed. It was all over by 9:10. When I got outside, I checked my emails, and I got the approval for I-751 around 8:55 AM and another email for N-400 at 9:16.
Thank you to everyone who helped me with my immigration journey. It helped me save lawyer fees, LOL. Good luck to everyone else, and I hope you have the same experience as I did!

Hi!

As the title states, will USCIS take more months to process our I130 if we married too quickly?

My wife and I met November 2023 and got married February 2024.

Do any of you have personal experiences?

Saipan specifically.. Since the chain is a US territory, I'm thinking it would be ok. We're looking for somewhere exotic to go to

and still stay in the US. American Samoa is another possibility. Guam is out. Too military.

Hi all,

I am unsure which forum to post this in so hopefully I chose the right one.

My wife just entered the US on her IR-1 visa from the Philippines a few days ago and I also moved fairly recently too and didn't update my address yet with immigration. On her DS-260 I had selected the option for her to get her social security number right away.

From what I understand the SSA is supposed to mail her ss card to her a few weeks after entering the US and at the point of entry an immigration officer asked my wife her current address and appeared to update it on the spot.

My questions are:

1). Would the address the immigration officer took from my wife be the one the SSA uses to mail her card to her?

Or

2). If that isn't the case then how do we update our current address quickly so it doesn't go to my old address.

Thank you so much!

So I have been doing a lot of research on what it would take to bring my wife's parents to the US and so far I think I have some answers but I also have some questions. What I know is we need to do an I-130 for both of her parents. What I'm wondering is how similar this process is to applying for a spousal visa like we did with my wife. I know we will need basic documents like my wife's naturalization certificate, parents marriage certificate and parents birth certificates (I'm assuming this one). Those are the things I know. Here are my questions:

What other documents that I didn't list will be needed?

Does my wife need to provide proof of income like I did when petitioning for her? If so are the income requirements the same?

What are the fees to file the I-130s? Can this be filed online?

What is the average processing time when filing for a parent? The same as a spousal visa? Slower? Faster?

My wife's brother is 17. If we file before he turns 18 (in December) can he be included with my wife's parents? How does that process work?

Will my wife's parents have to go for an interview? If so can they bring someone along to translate for them as they aren't fluent in English? If my wife's brother was included in the process he is fluent in English if he was allowed to attend the interview. Otherwise would they be allowed to have someone attend to translate for them?

Anyways that's all I have for now. Any help is greatly appreciated.