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Yes. Can't stress this enough - K-1 people should always make sure their medicals are fully complete (ie ready for AOS) in their home countries to avoid having to deal with this extra stress, extra annoyance and extra costs after landing in the US.

Is your copy of the vaccination work sheet (DS-3025) marked complete? If it is, you don't need a new medical exam or more vaccines. There were several vaccines I didn't have and the doctor marked mine as complete, so I never needed to do anything once I got to the US. You send a copy of the completed DS-3025 with your AOS package.

No, because everything is online these days (YouTube was by far the best for me). At the most you get a pamphlet with all the 100 questions and answers at your biometrics appointment (I got a pamphlet when I went for my bio appointment in 2021).

Yes, you fill that part out if you're currently in the US when you send the application. I did the same thing, went to visit my then fiance in the US on an ESTA (only for a few weeks) and we filled everything out together - highly recommended! We took copies of everything and I took one copy with me back home. I had also brought passport photos from my home country, but you can easily take those in the US too.

Has she been living elsewhere for some time during those 3 years? We have seen other people getting denied just for being on vacation in their home country for a few months before filing their N-400.

I have never had a Hep vaccine in my life and my K-1 and AOS were approved just fine.

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.

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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.