US Immigration from Russia

Hmm, so is USCIS scrutinizing AOS's from NIVs more (not K1's)? Possibly. Hacking seems to think so.

My wife and I got married 3/3/23. She arrived in the U.S. in August of 2024. Her green card has an expiration of 8/17/2026. Should we wait until just before her GC expires to file the I-751? Or, since we've now been married 2 years, should we file it now?

It's been a bit quiet on this topic lately, and recent timelines aren't helpful since there aren't many of them in Warsaw within the last year.

We found out today, that it's nearly impossible to get a Schengen visa in the short time span from NVC informing us of our interview date, and the actual interview date (usually about a month and a half).

We spoke to a visa center today who said the absolute fastest it could take is about a month and three weeks to get the visa in hand to Spain (France is super backed up, the next appointment time at the consulate is early May, Hungary is super strict with their requirements, require the trip to be fully paid, and Italy takes 2-3 months). This also leaves almost no time for the medical exam.

Another thing, my husband has never had a Schengen visa, so maximum he could probably get is a 30 day visa being a first time applier. This gives us a potential window of 30 days to just guess when his interview will be, try to get the visa for that time frame and hope for the best? What other options could there be.

I would be so thankful to hear anyone else's stories and timelines, especially recent ones.

Anyone have any insight or can recommend me Visajourney users who had similar experiences post interview?

I'm wondering if there's any need to include the full tax return (~8 pages) or just the 1040 form, which is only 2 pages. The additional pages still show both of our names, but so does the main filing, the only thing the extra pages are for is EV credit, interest income, HSA statement...