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Why does she has an immigration attorney as a tourist?

That is why I always do driver license + unrestricted ssn card... nobody bugs you until your driver's license expires....

Good luck and hope you don't need to travel in the next 3 months or so. Apply for a passport as soon as possible because unfortunately it takes around 3 months with regular processing. Emergency passport is a hit or miss, sometimes there are no appointment event for emergency as far as I read so it's not a 100% that you will get a passport a couple of days before your travel date.

Know your answers for the 100 questions. Not sure if you practiced them by somebody reading them to you and you answering or you read out loud for yourself and answered it but that might help if you didn't do that since you hear the question but you can't see the it. The tablet and pen sometimes is strange. I wanted to write an s and it ended up looking like a strange c. I told the officer that my s is looks like a c and she told me to cross out the word and write that word again, then I continued with my sentence. In retrospect I would try to write slower and make sure to press the pen against a screen. it is on tablet holder so it is strange to write like that. It is almost like writing on a chalkboard. My advice is always if something is not clear, ask!

I didn't have Global Entry before getting the GC. Probably you will need to go to a Global Entry enrollment center and update your documents to add the green card to your existing profile. Once that is done you would scan your GC as instructed instead of the passport. Not sure how being UK citizen with already existing global entry would complicate the process, but I would call the closest center to your location and try to add your GC.

That should be fine. I think if you look around on this forum in the N400 sub forum you might find some information on which month and year people are getting interviews from. Since it is a short trip after the notice you have around 45 days before the interview so it's unlikely you will miss it due to a short trip.

Yes, Just make sure to time your trips around your expected interview date. usually you have like 45 days from the notice. They are not going to reschedule the interview just because you are on vacation (for other stuff they might) Also make sure you meet the continuous residence and physical present requirements if you plan to take a lot of trips or a very long one. Otherwise you are free to travel.

I don't think it works like that. I had to reschedule the N-400 interview and there was no choice provided. Just got a letter with the new date. USCIS canceled the new date a day before because of bad weather. Got another letter with the latest date. Had a trip planned. Tried to reschedule it, it got denied because it had no basis (looks like paid trips are not a real concern of them that you loose a bunch of money on hotels/flights) so I had to show up or would needed to start over. Not sure what happens if you try to delay the oath ceremony, at some point they might fed up?

I am not debating the fact that you need the original or a certified copy BUT also you need a simple copy of the certificate sent too, otherwise they are going to keep the original or the certified copy. Good to know that it will take another 2 months to get the original back.

Hope you also submitted a photocopy of the certificate with your application. Otherwise they are going to keep the original certificate....

I used the online tool to fill out the form (https://pptform.state.gov/?Submit2=Complete+Online+%26+Print) and then printed it out in black and white and without instructions Went to a USPS place and submitted it right there instead of mailing it in. Still took like a week until it finally showed up on the passport tracker and the received date was a week later. Not sure if it is faster if u actually mail it. Make sure to have a photo copy of your naturalization certificate AND the original. If you don't submit a copy they will keep the original

Locator is the number of the processing center for the passport. Once you submit it you will know the locator

Congrats!

And now she has to send in her nice and shiny certificate to be able to get a passport and hope the passport service returns it in 7 to 14 weeks or so. It is so stupid that they need the original... It's like there is no digital system to look it up.

What happens after? You stay in the US. leave the US after getting married?

It will be good enough. When it comes to that part be upfront. I am sure they know all your enter/exit dates. I bought a list of my travels after my n400 application was submitted and the officer had all the dates on the computer without me filling it out in the n400 application since they were trips after applying. The only real question if you met the physical presence and continuous residency requirement due to a lot of trips

To be super constructive, how would you "fix the system"? A lot depends on individual cases, your country of origin (you didn't fill out here, but based on your username it could be South America). Background checks takes a while and it is unfortunate that some people has to wait a long time because they come from a war torn country where there are limited resources, lost/burned documents so it takes a while to get it sorted out.... Would you block everybody who applied after you because your background check or other things takes 6 months, while somebody with a security clearance could be processed in 2 months or less? There would be a huge backlog of cases and most of us would die by the time we would get citizenship if everything would be first come first served way. Btw this is not a good time to become a citizen because currently getting your first passport is gonna take 3-4 months/ emergency passport is 7 weeks or so.

Might be stupid question but how one finds out if can apply for passport at the oath ceremony or not? I think that depends by location basis.

In theory you can apply for an ESTA but it will be denied because it asks you if you had denied visa application from before. You will need to be honest and answer yes and because of that it is very likely it will be denied.... I don't think you can do too much but apply for a B visa again WHEN your circumstances change otherwise it will be denied again. I assume you got denied based on insufficient ties to your country.

People who had their interview already. Did you bring your spouse to the interview if filed under the 3 year rule? Did the spouse there with you in the interview room or just waited in the waiting area? Trying to plan some trips and trying to see if we need to worry about that too or it doesn't matter. Does the interview letter says who to bring? Btw what kind of documents did you take? More relationship proof? New tax returns? etc?

Wow I never ever knew about/think about this.

I was reluctant mentioning politics but that was one of my reasons. We pay the same taxes as current citizens so yeah i would like to have a say in what my hard earned money is spent on! I actually can't wait to vote in the next election cycle. Hopefully by then my application will be adjudicated and will be able to vote!