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Naturalization's Study Material as 2024?
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Same case!
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Naturalization's Study Material as 2024?
Peot replied to Gianluca's topic in US Citizenship General Discussion
To be exact, you should focus on the 100 questions. Studying the rest of the history and learning more about civics contained there is fine, but they don't ask for those details. They ask the questions exactly as they are printed and expect the answers exactly as printed. -
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Dual citizenship?
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This is probably old news now - sorry for not seeing this sooner. My interview was March 12, I received a notice my mail only March 29. Interview was scheduled May 15.
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Combo interview went great but interviewer was unable to officially approve right away?
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Questions Regarding Military Service & Speeding Ticket
Peot replied to dc35's topic in US Citizenship General Discussion
It's always better to answer yes if you're unsure than to answer no and be found incorrect. You can always explain the circumstance if it comes up later. That being said... For 1, paying a fee to avoid miliary service is not considered having served in the military - you were exempt from it. Weapons training, you said you don't have any, so this would be no regardless. This is only different if for some reason paying the fee gave you a military record, but it shouldn't. For 2, the answer is definitely "no" for speeding tickets. Traffic violations are civil, not criminal unless there's a DUI, reckless driving, fleeing an accident, etc.. serious crimes. -
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Combo interview went great but interviewer was unable to officially approve right away?
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I was never officially "approved" at the interview stage. I was even under the impression they can't really do that in case something unexpected comes up in processing of the application afterwards, but a "handshake approval" is just as good. After some administrative processing, you'll be approved in no time. Surprisingly, the approval itself is anticlimactic, all the way until oath ceremony.
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Outfit for the Civics Test for N400
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milimelo reacted to a post in a topic:
Lisa Kudrow's experience w/USCIS for hubby's GC interview
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ATL23 reacted to a post in a topic:
I-693 Question for People who did not have vaccination records
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How to get travel history for LPR from i-94 website? Doesn't seem to work.
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I-693 Question for People who did not have vaccination records
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How to get travel history for LPR from i-94 website? Doesn't seem to work.
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I was able to find vaccination records here and there, but even for some that I knew I had - I couldn't prove it. The only way to go about it is to get them again when you have a chance so that you have evidence of it. Two tetanus shots for me, one in both arms, within a few weeks of one another..... ouch. I did as many vaccines as I could in my home country to reduce the cost (where they are free) and unfortunately still needed to pay for some with the authorized civil surgeon. Sometimes, it's just unavoidable.
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I was able to answer these based on my travel itineraries, but at no time during the process of filing did I provide a copy of the actual itinerary, airline tickets, etc... Only provided the dates and locations themselves.
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She will be able to apply for SSN when she has a lawful employable status - either EAD or Green Card. The key is that in order to get an SSN you must have "employment-authorized" immigration status, not just a pending status. So in other words, you don't need to wait until after marriage, but if getting the SSN is important (presumably for employment purposes), you should either get work authorization or will need to wait until permanent resident status is issued. Use her current legal name, even if this is different from yours currently. After you are married and her legal name has been changed, you can begin filing with that. EDIT: Realized after I posted that as this is AOS, obviously you WILL be married before filing this. So yes, the legal name will likely have changed. Use whatever the legal name is.
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What makes this even more incredible is that they were married in the 90s during the height of Friends. Literally during its peak. It would have been impossible for just about anyone to not recognize her at the time. Side note - going through GC process in the 90s would have been crazy! I can't even begin to wrap my head around what that process would have looked like, or not having immediate access to an asset like this forum (or largely the internet for that matter).
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I just want to point out that I went to the interview in "yardwork chic" and was fine! Don't discredit my torn blue jeans.
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OldUser reacted to a post in a topic:
Still no biometrics on N-400
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Sounds funny, but I provide them with any travel information beyond telling them my travel details (duration of how long I was out of the country). There are much better ways to establish you have resided in the US than a few flight itineraries or fuzzy passport stamps. The exception might be if you feel you are close to or exceeding the limits for physical presence. In a case like that, the more information you can provide, as detailed above, the better obviously. EDIT: Just wanted to note that technically a passport stamp acts as an I-94 entry record. So if you truly want this, your passport stamps are what you would provide as "I-94".
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How to get travel history for LPR from i-94 website? Doesn't seem to work.
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N400 Interview / Citizenship At Home Country?
Peot replied to Mannydude22's topic in US Citizenship General Discussion
It's also a "no" for oath ceremony, obviously. If the date is set for the oath while you are out of the country, you can't miss it or do it abroad. So be cautious while traveling BEFORE or AFTER the N400 interview and BEFORE the oath ceremony. Exceptions have to be... well, rather exceptional, to reschedule an N400 interview, so be prepared to fly back at a moment's notice if you do end up traveling. They won't rebook your N400 "because I was on vacation". If you miss it, you need to refile. I would also recommend that you sign up for mobile updates, and keep an eye on the USCIS account page for any updates if you are going to be away from home. The NOA will come in the mail normally, and you don't want to miss the date entirely by not receiving your mail. Optionally, you could temporarily forward your mail to a close family member or friend so they could watch for it too. The best recommendation is of course to not travel just yet. -
Same, about 6 weeks. So, not sure what you've seen regarding receiving anything within the "first few days", but I guess 6-8 weeks IS the first few days of the process given how long these processes always take! 🥲
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I-129F Petition
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USCIS interview Separation Agreement or Divorce Decree required
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It likely won't be much comfort, but depending on the embassy I've heard of very long wait times - even significantly longer than what you have waited. What you're experiencing is kind of typical. When spots do open up it can be a bit of a mad scramble to book the spots, so you need to check multiple times per day. Only alternative would be to move your case to a different embassy which may have shorter waiting times, but then these are often flagged for AP due to the embassies not communicating with each other.
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A signature on everything is overkill. I agree with the suggestion to put a relevant case number on each page, but you don't need to sign and date them.
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I was away from my fiance (now wife) during this stage - I mailed her my inked copy, she signed it and mailed it back. The cost of postage is not so bad, and time isn't so short, that you can't do this, right? I always recommend an inked original copy, along with a scanned copy. If both are scanned, that's not quite the original.
