US Immigration from Vietnam

Dear amazing Visajourney community,

Happy new year to you all!

My mom has a US green 10 year green card. She applied for I-131 Reentry Permit on 02.17.2023, and got her biometrics done on 03.21.2023. We haven't heard anything or received any reentry approval permit document from the USCIS since then.

She flew back to our home country, Vietnam in July 2023 and is living there since then.

Since I will give birth in the summer, my mom plans to come back to the US before my delivery to help me here.

Do you guys know if it is okay for her to come back to the US when she hasn't got her reentry approval? I heard it may take 2 years to get it. Which documents will she need to show the Home Land Security at the airport to get in the US? She only has her green card and the receipt of I-131 biometrics.

Thank you so much for your help!

Hi everyone,

My husband and I used to applied for K1 visa in 2015, I passed the immigration medical exam in my home country and had vaccination record. My K1 visa was approved but we didn't get married at that time until now. I entered the US with my B2 visa, we got married and I'm going to apply for AOS. My question is do I need to finish form I-693? I only have vaccination record because at I submitted my medical result at the US customs when I entered the US by my K1 visa.

Thank you!

So, one can file an N-400 for $640 + $85 or $725. My wife's daughter would get citizenship through Mom if mom's application goes through before she turns 18. So she will technically already have citizenship and can get a US passport. But, if I want a piece of paper that says she is a citizen I have to pay $1,170 for what she has technically already been granted. It's not the money, I can pay that. It's just the government charging another $1,170 for something already "granted". And, what are they actually doing to justify the expense? She's already granted citizenship and is eligible to apply for a passport the next day after mom's oath. It's not like they realistically are going to take it back.

If I waited on the filing (eligible to file now) for citizenship for a few months then it's likely her daughter would turn 18 before my wife gets citizenship. Then she would have to wait for the 5 year mark, file the "short form version" of the N-400 herself , pay $725, take her own civics test and oath and still get a Certificate of Citizenship. She's already waiting for ROC with mom right now to get a 10 year card. I assume if mom doesn't get her citizenship until after she turns 18 then they take only mom's green card and her daughter would keep hers until she would file under her own 5 year rule.

It doesn't make any sense to me.

We will be filing N-400 for my wife and her minor daughter this week. She is 17 now. As she is under 18 and will gain citizenship through her mom do we need to pay $640 + $85 for each of them or is it $640 + $85 + $85 for biometrics?

Also as she turns 18 next October can she "age out" of getting derivative citizenship if mom's oath isn't before her birthday or is locked in by the filing date? It may be tight depending on how long it takes for ROC and citizenship. We filed ROC back in January and we are filing N-400 the week after she was eligible under the 90 day early window. I'm really hoping to avoid having the daughter have to file separately under the 5 year rule.

Besides from the usual id, passport, etc. What do people usually bring? I'm very happy and nervous at the same time and don't want to mess anything up. We don't want to bring any more than what's needed. Cause I heard from most people that they don't even require much. But I noticed on the letter that we received that it says to bring tax transcripts, etc. Don't they already have this on file when we submitted all this stuff when we filed our AOS Packet (I-485, I-767, I-131)? I already included all those already. Why are they asking for it again?