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  1. NorthByNorthwest
    The Blaine enrollment center is 10 minutes south of the border - if you have active NEXUS status you can drop in to present naturalization documents. As for crossing the border - nothing to worry about as long as you have a US passport, since you must use that to reenter. The only ones being pursued for denaturalization on any sort of legal basis are people who demonstrably lied on their naturalization application, specifically the "Have you EVER..." questions. That is, they lied about events that transpired BEFORE naturalization. I am not aware of anyone being denaturalized for actions/crimes/... taken AFTER naturalization.
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    No reason to even mention the lost 2 yr card in your N-400. Technically you are supposed to return all cards at the oath ceremony but I could not find the 2 yr card and they never asked for it. Scans of 10 yr card is fully sufficient to include with N-400. I take it you are back in the US now? Best to not file N-400 while outside the country on a longer trips, others have encountered issues with the residency requirement in cases like that.
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    Here in Washington state they are halfway common, wife uses it to cross into Canada regularly whereas I stick with NEXUS. I mainly keep a PPC as a backup proof of citizenship in case I ever lose my US passport and/or cert of naturalization. With Real ID coming into effect earlier I think the passport card will become less common since more folks here have enhanced driver's licenses now. I'd prefer a digital driver's license with more control over what information is shared.
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    The foreign income exclusion only applies if you are living outside the US for the whole tax year and will not be applicable for you. However for your first mixed year you'll be able to claim credits on taxes paid in the UK so you don't pay double taxes on that income. Depending on your situation you may definitely want to work with a tax professional for the first year. https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/foreign-earned-income-exclusion
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    Presumably the initial checks at the lockbox do basic sanity checks such as verifying that there is _a_ signature, if yes - cash the check, scan the documents and advance the application, if no - reject. In this case it sounds like there was a signature, but the incorrect one (beneficiary instead of petitioner) so it probably got caught later in the process and I don't think they return application fees once cashed?
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    In the case of US/Canada entry records are shared, so a Canada Entry record automatically (in most cases at least...) becomes a US Exit record and vice versa. I would have thought the same system was used with Mexico, but if they don't check any documents when you enter I'm not sure...
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    We had the exact same issue, I ended up prepaying a year's rent just to get past the hurdle of having no credit score or any form of references. Not ideal and not an option in many parts of the country but that was really a last resort. If I were to do it again now I might have looked for a long-term Airbnb instead...
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    If your NEXUS was already active you would just take your naturalization certificate and US passport to any NEXUS enrollment office (no appointment needed). With your application still pending you'll be fine bringing them to the interview, they can update the info on the fly.
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    Outgoing searches happen occasionally if they are looking for specific individuals or have received tips of smuggling shipments. The outgoing searches at the WA/BC border the past week were a bit more extensive than usual, perhaps one car in three got a more thorough screening and it went on for days, but it's not without precedent. I've done hundreds of land border crossings as AP/LPR/citizen, tens of them since the new administration, never once had my phone searched. You have nothing to worry about.
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    I (beneficiary) got a physical letter from the Tokyo embassy once they got the case from NVC, it had the instructions for getting the health exam and filling out the DS-160. That was 8 years ago though, I'm sure things have changed and it's all electronic by now?
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    A key factor even in the states with more relaxed requirements is whether you apply for DL while the initial I-94 is still valid - in OPs case it is not which complicates things. DMV will likely run a SAVE verification which will fail since his I-94 is expired and there is no application in process yet.
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    This is a tricky area for most newcomers. First of all, if his I-94 expired and you have not filed AOS he is deportable, so be careful and file ASAP. Second, most DMVs require a still-valid I-94 as proof of him being lawfully present. The problem is, even after you file AOS he will not be lawfully present (in the USCIS sense of the words), but rather in period of authorized stay as @Lil bear pointed out - that is not the same thing as lawfully present and he'll probably have to wait for EAD/GC.
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    I'm sure there are plenty of arcane reasons for the current system, a different status like "application in process" would certainly be easier to grasp. In any case, this page has a pretty good overview of the subject: https://www.murthy.com/2018/12/17/differences-between-lawful-status-period-of-authorized-stay-unlawful-presence-2/
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    No, in CBP/USCIS terminology "lawfully present" and "in period of authorized stay" are two different things but as the other comments note the average LEO will not know the difference. What makes it extra confusing is that if you apply for Advanced Parole and leave the country you will (in most cases) get a new I-94 created when you come back with admission class Parole, but you're still not lawfully present until your AOS is approved.
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    There are many factors that affect the timeline, such as which service center ends up processing the application and overall workload. It is highly unlikely that you'll have any control over an interview date other than perhaps a 3 month window once your case gets to that stage. If the beneficiary has a July 2026 deadline for being out of current country of residence I'd file for I-129F ASAP and worry about the rest later.
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    I sympathize with the challenges, but I stress this to everyone when I get the chance: DO NOT RELY ON CHATGPT FOR QUESTIONS ABOUT FACTUAL INFORMATION. That is not what an LLM is for, it predicts which words should follow each other based on the prompt. It can get facts right, but it will happily tell you something that is not true at all, especially if you ask it something outside the data set it has been trained on.
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    When is your wedding and in which country / city would your parents interview? Unless they already applied it may be too late already given that many countries have interview wait times in excess of 200 days. EDIT: Never mind, just saw @JeanneAdil already pointed out the same thing...
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    Ultimately this is your husband's application and he needs to be comfortable with the contents and understand it since he's the one that will be asked about it. I assume he'd file under the general 5 year rule which makes the application even simpler since you don't need to provide any evidence related to the marriage (other than a copy of marriage certificate).
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    Adjustment of status is I-485 whereas the base petition is I-130, have you filed either? You can file I-130 online and add the receipt notice to the subsequent paper filing of I-485, this page tells you where to file it based on which state you live in: https://www.uscis.gov/forms/all-forms/uscis-lockbox-filing-locations-chart-for-certain-family-based-forms Unless you move to another state in the jurisdiction of a different service center your question is moot. If you're moving in 2 weeks and your wife can already receive mail at the new address I would just use that. Don't forget to make an address update to USCIS as well even if using the new address on a new application probably has the same effect.
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    Which service center is handling your I-765, i.e. what's stated on your receipt notice? You can check on the USCIS case processing time page (https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/) when you can submit an inquiry, in general it looks like you have to wait around 8-9 months before you can submit an inquiry about processing time. If you try to ask before then they'll probably just ignore you.
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    Ordinarily I would have said OP should be fine since they _should_ be in authorized stay (not lawfully present) with NOA1 for AOS in hand, but given the current environment and focus on what people stated when entering on tourist visa I’d be extremely careful as well. The questionable part is adjusting from tourist visa and what was stated as reason for visit when entering.
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    Citizens of Morocco do not require transit visas in France or Portugal. They are typically not eligible for Canadian eTA and would require a transit visa to pass through, but may be eligible for a simple eTA by possessing a valid US non-immigrant visa. And yes - K-1 is considered a non-immigrant visa. Sources: https://france-visas.gouv.fr/en/web/france-visas/airport-transit-visa https://vistos.mne.gov.pt/en/short-stay-visas-schengen/general-information/who-needs-a-visa#airport-transit-visa-requirements https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/temporary-residents/eta.html#s03
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    Glad to hear that she's been released - it seems like she was doing unpaid household work in exchange for food and lodging and should not have been allowed into the US on VWP in the first place if she was truthful about that. Waste of taxpayer money and a horrible experience for her to keep her locked up instead of just letting her get on a flight home, but the fact that the detention happened at a land border probably complicated things. Canada found out that she planned to do unpaid work there too and did not let her in, US asked why Canada did not let her in and the story unraveled.
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    Check an extra time that your ESTA is still valid. As the others suggested, this is the best option. Just make sure you have plenty of time at PoE in your itinerary since you may well end up in secondary inspection and waiting in line for that can wreck any tight connection you may have.
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    This is simply question 30.a from part 9 of the N-400 form, so you would have already responded to the question when you filed your application. During the interview they will verify your answers to basically all of the "Have you ever" questions, so for your next interview make sure you go over the form you submitted again.
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