US Immigration from Ukraine

Is a form I-134 helpful or required for the interview for a diversity visa?

My wife received notice that her interview has been scheduled for April 21, 2023. We filed her N-400 on January 5th of this year and, honestly, did not expect to get an interview date that quick. We were assuming she'd get an interview sometime in the late summer or even fall.

We have an overseas trip on May 4th.

I suppose one of few things can happen at the interview:

1) They approve and you wait for a scheduled oath ceremony date

2) They approve and you take your oath on the same day

3) They don't make a decision on the spot and you wait for for official approval and oath ceremony date

4) You get denied (if this happens, then my next question wouldn't be relevant)

Given that the interview date and our travel date are so close obtaining a new passport is not even an option.

I've read that people can let the IO know of their situation and request that the Oath Ceremony be scheduled for a date after they have returned from travel abroad.

Is that a common thing to do? Because you do not have to actually give up your green card until the Oath Ceremony, the assumption is that you can still travel abroad using your green card and extension letter as you would normally have done prior to the interview. Is that a safe assumption to make?

Thoughts?

If need be we could cancel/reschedule the trip but we'd rather not if we don't have to since there are a few variables that make the timing of our trip convenient.

My buddy, after years of prodding, is finally about to hit send on the I-130 for his globetrotting wife.

A couple of loose ends

I assume it is OK that her address is his address because, well, that is where her stuff is.

And I assume it is OK for him to submit while she is still in the USA.

TIA

My friends (USC/Ukrainian) have been married for 4ish years but never got around getting her a green card.

Now they are 100% ready to go - they promise. She obviously has a tourist visa.

Can he initiate the AOS whilst she pops over to see her father in Ireland for a bit?

She is closing in on 180 days on her current I91

Will there be a problem with her re-entering while an AOS is in process?

TIA

Hi everyone,

So kind of a weird situation with my wife and her trying to get an updated social security card with my last name on it. We got married in September 2022, applied for I-485, and she received her permanent resident card on February 2. We went into the social security office today with all necessary documents to get her name changed on her social security card from maiden name to my last name. The clerk at the office was going through the normal review routine, and when she went to pull up my wife's name in her system, she said that she couldn't find her name. My wife received her green card from USCIS, we have all the official documentation, but it didn't show up in the SSA system.

From here, the clerk copy scanned her green card, marriage license and a couple other documents we brought in. She gave us a document that states, "Before we can issue a Social Security number card, we must verify the document(s) you gave us to show your Alien status with the Federal, State, or local office in the United States that issued the document(s). This may take up to 4 weeks." I asked if this has happened before and she said yes (then why don't they fix the process...), but it's a gut punch to my wife who was ready to take her driver's test this week and begin applying for jobs.

Has anyone else ran into this problem before? Hoping it doesn't take a full 4 weeks and I'm not worried since she has an official permanent resident card. Just sucks that it's more waiting and we thought she would basically be all set after receiving the green card to get a job, car, open a bank acct, etc. Never a dull moment with government agencies!