US Immigration from Vietnam

Hi everyone, my wife and I will be visiting family members in south Texas. We will be driving through an internal border patrol checkpoint. My wife s green card expired and her i 751 is still pending. She has a 24 months extension letter from USCIS.

Will we face any issue at the internal checkpoint or should I delay this visit until we have the 10 year green card?

Hi, my wife has a 10 year green card. Her mom and dad want to come visit for 2 months. They have no interest in living in the US. How difficult is it for them to get a tourist visa?

Hello, I have a question about the 3 year rule timeline. So I arrived in the US in Nov 2019, but due to pandemic, paperwork got delayed for a year and I didn t get my 2yr GC til 2021. I ve submitted my I-751 to remove condition already. I m wondering if I can submit N-400 now while waiting so they can do the joint interview. I have all the paperwork ready (since I prepared for the I-751) and met all the requirements. Because technically I ve been in the US for more than 3 years, but if according to the date on my GC then it s not 3 years yet so I m not sure if I can do that

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What is your current legal name?
Your current legal name is the name on your birth certificate, unless it changed after birth by a legal action such as marriage or court order. Do not provide any nicknames here.

This question seems like it should be straight forward, but I wanted to check on something:

If your birth certificate doesn't match the name on your green card, which name should you use?

My wife is Vietnamese, and has four names. On her Vietnamese passport, her name is listed in reverse order: Surname MiddleTwo MiddleOne First

But on her green card, her name is listed as MiddleTwo M Surname. (The M is an abbreviation of MiddleOne.)

So I am guessing we should just do what the question says and enter in the birth certificate name.

Given Name: First

Middle Name: MiddleTwo MiddleOne (or should it be MiddleOne MiddleTwo)?

Family Name: Surname

But since in the USA, her legal name is actually now MiddleTwo M Surname, will there be an issue here?

Legal name meaning it's the name on her green card, her SSN, et al, and as such her bank accounts, her employers, her tax records all have this name.

I think I know the answer.: Just fill it out based on the birth certificate and USCIS deals with this often enough that it shouldn't be an issue.

Just looking for confirmation to proceed with confidence.

Hello all,

My wife and I are submitting a I-485 for my mother-in-law after having a change of plans while she visited, and since she does not plan to work(we will be supporting her and filing affidavits of support with the I-485) or leave the country until her petition is completed, we are wondering if we can skip the I-765 and I-131 entirely. She will not be working, and the I-131 seems to require upcoming travel plan info of which we have none. Is it an issue if we do not submit these with the I-485?

We also previously submitted a I-130 for her, and the receipt notice said "The beneficiaries of a petition must wait until a visa number is available before they can take the next step to apply for an immigrant visa or adjustment of status to lawful permanent residence." However we would like to submit the I-485 as soon as possible so we can extend her stay in the US until the petition is completed, as her current B2 visa only allows her to stay until mid-May. Maybe this is referring to an applicant that is outside the US currently, and does not apply for our situation? Is it an issue to submit the I-485 now?

EDIT: Just found on page 22 of the I-485 instructions "Immediate relatives do not have to wait until Form I-130 is approved to file Form I-485. You may file your Form I-485 together with your Form I-130, while Form I-130 is pending, or after your Form I-130 is approved" So I have my answer to that part of my question. Editing in the answer instead of removing that part in case it can help anyone else!

Thanks in advance for the help!