Scandi

There's no hurry to change your name on the card. Personally I waited with changing my name with SSA until I had my greencard in hand, that way I could both update my status and my name in one visit.

Looks good, that should be plenty enough to get approved. And like OldUser said, use a check instead of credit card. Too many issues reported here on VJ with card payments.

There's no reason to do that, it doesn't matter one bit. If it mattered there would've been a specific field to add that info.

Fill it out like OldUser said. It doesn't matter at all, no need to add an explanation. If they have questions about it they will ask at the interview, and correct it if needed. I had several things the IO corrected that she felt was better suited than what I had filled out. No biggie at all.

To share with friends and relatives who might be having a hard time now after the election. ❤️

I filed under the 3-year rule and had already uploaded everything online (I uploaded new evidence almost every month my case was pending). So at the interview, all the IO wanted to see was my driver license, two of my three passports, my greencard and the latest tax return (we had just filed our taxes a few days prior so there wasn't a transcript available yet, so I brought the entire tax return since it was too many pages to upload). The interview was only a bunch of small talk, 10 civics questions and the reading/writing test. It was on a child's level (stuff kids learn in school at a very young age), very easy. The small talk is where they actually see how good/bad your English is, how much you understand of what they are saying/asking, if you can follow the conversation and give proper answers etc.

Yup, those are the exact instructions, just checked mine. Doesn't say anywhere that it has to be done in front of an immigration officer or anybody else. If OP is still on the fence, s/he can bring two copies of the form. One that is already filled out and signed, and one that is blank in case they want it redone in front of them. At my office they were happy that everything was already filled out, signed and dated - made things go much smoother and faster.

I signed it at home the day before (but with the date of the oath). If anything changes you can just print a new copy from your online account.

It is very important to point things out like you're explaining it to a 5 year old. After getting one of my forms rejected, I used post-its on a few documents to explain things in simple, short ways to try to avoid any issues. I even printed out the document from USCIS' website that showed I was correct (highlighted the sentences that were of importance).

It's the easiest part of the entire immigration journey. Just sign up and file your N-400 online, then start practicing the civics questions so you know the answers to all the 100 questions. Start the application today, so you know what it looks like and what they want you to upload. You have 30 days to work on your application, if you need more time you just change something little in the application and you get an additional 30 days - you can keep doing this until you're ready to submit. A super easy, very straight-forward process. https://www.uscis.gov/n-400

The US IGNORES other citizenships (the US doesn't force you to get rid of them), meaning when you take the oath the US will only see you as a US citizen and nothing else. You can still keep all of your other citizenships, but to the US only the American citizenship exists. Millions of us are dual citizens. Children born in the US can absolutely have dual citizenship as well. For example, a child born in the US to a US citizen and and a Swedish citizen is automatically both an American citizen and Swedish citizen from birth.

Doesn't matter. They may ask about it, but you got your AOS and ROC processed correctly through the marriage to your husband (if you were in fact still in a bonafide martial union living together by the time the ROC was approved, cheating or not), and you're filing the N-400 under the 5 year rule (not based on the marriage).

You won't be denied citizenship because you had sex with someone other than your husband.

If you and your husband were still married and living together as a married couple by the time your ROC was approved (ie you got your 10 year greencard on the correct grounds), I don't see any issues. You can file for citizenship when you become eligible under the 5 year rule, waiting won't change your past timeline anyway.

House, Senate AND White House. 🤩 And popular vote!

Always like that here in Los Angeles. Even the damn Dodgers couldn't win without idiots burning buses and destroying other stuff. And blowing off their own hands with fireworks. 🙄 This is the first election I'm allowed to vote in and I voted Trump on Halloween. My first and last chance to vote for the man.

Not an issue at all, and they have your other mailings registered in their system too, even if they got rejected. So they can also see that you have "filed" twice before. 45 days isn't that bad these days, many wait for over 2 months, or even 3, to hear anything back (acceptance or rejection) when they mail a petition. Always pay with a check if you have the possibility (I prefer personal checks, but cashier/bank checks work fine too of course). Way too many people have issues with rejected payments (and therefore rejected petitions) because their banks think it's a fraudulent transaction and denies it.

Nobody has ever said that an engagement ceremony WILL result in a K-1 denial.

Yes others have had the same experience, it's not quite as uncommon as you may think.

Loose papers in a regular folder organizer. They often want to scan documents, so having them in a binder will just take longer to bring things out, no need for that. I used a regular organizer with a small label on each section so I could easily find the documents asked for. The IO ended up scanning a few into their system. I had brought paper copies of everything but she preferred to scan, didn't want any copies.

My husband sponsored me and he has always been self-employed. It was zero issues, actually easier than being employed by someone else, since all we needed were tax return transcripts (no pay stubs, no bank statements, no letter from employer etc). Super easy.

Nevermind, I understood it as if it was international travel. She can travel with the foreign passport within the country. Always bring the receipt notice for the i-485, just in case.

I wouldn't bother with affidavits at all. They don't mean much, as anybody can lie. Focus on the heavy evidence and skip the less useful stuff.

I was under the impression that the majority of us K-1ers did the court house thing. 😆 For AOS you need a document proving your are legally married. Whether you ate cake and drank champagne after having a ceremony on the beach - or just stood in front of a county clerk without cake/champagne/beach - matters none whatsoever. And no, wedding pictures aren't required either. We don't have any, never did.

How nice to have two greencards, that way you can carry one and still have another safely at home to use if you lose the first one. Those cards are expensive.