Scandi

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.

Same, I sent every single bank statement from both our regular checking account and our savings accounts. Also statements from our money markets and joint credit cards etc. The financial statements were probably more than half of the entire pile. I was not going to leave anything out, I sent absolutely everything - there is NO penalty in doing so, so don't let other deter you. The only thing I didn't make a big deal of sending was photos and other more secondary stuff, I just sent a few of each. It was the evidence of co-mingling of finances and co-habitation that was very heavy in my i-751 filing. My package was almost 3" thick as well. I have seen others with A LOT larger packages than mine, I'd say mine was average (YES I'm still talking about a pile of documents, no other packages!! 😂).

So nothing much changed then, they scanned my documents back in 2020 and they still do.

My pile was a little less than 3" thick, I used many XL paperclips and then put everything inside a polybag to keep it together a bit better (and protected against fluids/water/whatever), and then into a USPS priority box. Worked out fine, no issues. I also used sticky tabs that I placed at the bottom of pages (I believe I had 10 or 12 tabs separating the different subjects). The tabs were still on the documents when I went for my N-400 interview, so clearly they didn't need to remove them in order to scan them.

No with other companies, and to my knowledge there weren't any "retries" in those instances either. The payment must have gone through as soon as I replied "yes" because the confirmation email arrived just half a minute later in almost all the cases.

After you reply "yes", give it some time. I have had this happen before and in many cases the payment went through after I approved it (by replying "yes" to the text). Also when it comes to USCIS, always pay with a check (personal or bank) or money order.

It is perfectly normal that a marriage license turns into a marriage certificate - some states don't have two different documents, the license just turns into a certificate once married (once married, the marriage info on the document is filled out, ie date of the ceremony etc) YES, send another copy of the license certificate together with the explanation the clerk gave you.

If the 2 year greencard expires in May 2025, then you are nowhere near being able to file your N-400. Instead, you need to file the i-751 (ROC), you can forget about citizenship for now as you still have a long way to go before you're eligible to file for it.

I don't know what "going on the 3rd year" means, but as long as your spouse had been a greencard holder for 2 years (minus 90 days) when HE filed, he is fine. As others have said, the i-751/ROC is filed by those who have conditional greencards (2 year cards).

I don't see the issue? The interview is NEVER an approval no matter what the CO says, your case is only approved once the CEAC status says so (it said "issued" back when I went through it, but maybe it says "approved" now?).

I had my X-rays on a disc with me to the US, but I think nowadays everything is electronic for the most part. I have never heard of anyone who actually needed their x-rays for anything other than the result written down in the final medical report that is sent to the embassy. The disc/DVD I got is apparently not even readable unless you have a certain program, something not even the immigrations has by what it seems. So no, I wouldn't worry about it. All the immigrations/embassy wants is the final medical report, it will have the results of your x-rays on it. You will never need the x-rays for anything yourself.

I never needed any Hep vaccinations (never had a single one in my entire life). I had the typical vaccinations as a kid (applied for the visa when I was 32) and the only thing I thought I'd need was a Tetanus booster shot (hadn't had one since I was a kid). I prepared by getting it at my local vardcentral in Skane, and just asked to have them write a short letter as proof that I did get it. I brought evidence of all my old vaccines and the new booster shot to the medical in Goteborg and he didn't even look at it. He just asked if I had gotten the typical vaccines as a kid, like all Scandinavian kids get, and that was it. He marked my DS-3025 vaccination worksheet as "complete" and I never had any issues when I filed for AOS in the US. Getting the vaccination beforehand meant I didn't have to rely on the clinic to have it on hand and maybe being able to give it to me at the medical (or not, wasn't going to take the chance), everything was already ready to go and the doctor just needed to sign off on it. I sold or threw out everything that didn't fit in 3 suitcases, and my then US fiance came over to Sweden to "pick me up" so he could help me roll/carry the bags at the airports. There was absolutely no point in me bringing a bunch of stuff to the US as I knew I'd want to get new stuff after the move (this is especially the case of kids, they're going to want to get new toys and clothes in the US), and it would not be worth the cost to hire a shipping company. There's nothing cheaper than just adding extra bags on the plane.

Start today, you'll see that it's a lot easier than the paper form. You probably won't even have any questions once you see how easy the online form is. You have all the time in the world to finish and submit, you get 30 new days everytime you change something little in the form, you can keep doing that over and over until you feel ready to submit. Don't even look at the paper form.

You can upload anything you want when you file online (I had uploaded 100+ documents throughout the entire process, I uploaded new stuff every month my application was pending). You can bring the originals to the interview.

File online, so much easier than trying to figure out the paper form.

I don't know tbh, as my vaccination work sheet only had As on it. Just send a copy of the DS-3025 when you file for AOS, and if they want more then they'll contact you with an RFE.

That's ridiculous, surely you have the right to know the results of every single test that was made. It's your medical records. Maybe they just didn't want the extra work of making copies of the entire thing and ship it.

a few countries around the world don't have what we call passports, they have other travel documents. If you have a passport then you don't need to worry about the travel document part.

You can print and ship - the online letter is official. The letter is the exact same you get in the mail. This is why they have made forms available for online processing, so things will go faster and smoother, no need to wait for a letter in the mail that may never even show up.

Per your post, USCIS didn't find a reason for an expedite (ie no evidence of a valid expedite request), so they denied it. The evidence you uploaded didn't prove you need/qualify for an expedite.

Did that app and conversations happen AFTER you got married? Like the Kitten already said, you should show evidence from when you got married until the date of you submitting in the ROC, and then at the interview you can bring extra evidence from the time of submission to the interview date.

Mine showed up in informed delivery very shortly after the shipping label was created.

We saved a lot of money by me getting the SSN right after I entered the US. I had my SSN just in time for tax times so we could file married jointly and get a larger refund. Would've been a much bigger PITA if I didn't have it already and had to mess around with ITIN and what not, the same way it would've been harder to deal with insurance companies, banks, DMV etc if I didn't have it. There's ZERO reason not to get it asap, unless you guys are ill and can't go to SSA in person, that could make it more difficult.

Wait.. There are countries that issue passports that don't have last names in them? WHAT? That sounds crazy. The lady on the phone was completely correct.

I would strongly suggest you add them to a couple of bills so they can go get their ID cards. Many pharmacies don't take greencards as IDs since they don't have an address on them, and once they become citizens the greencards will be taken away anyway. So definitely add them to your utility bills and bank accounts (I'm in CA and needed two documents proving my address and used one utility bill and one bank statement). You can still keep paying the bills, they just need to have their names on them.