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Never had them ask for a wet signature. Scanned copies should be fine. If your sending stuff anyway, send it as well, but Never had them ask for a wet signature.

They won't be looking for 2022 taxes until after the April 15th filing deadline. As long as interview is before then, you don't need to provide the 2022 taxes.

Took 3 cruises on Carnival when my wife had her AP. One out of long beach to Mexico, and 2 out of Florida, one Miami, and One Orlando. Stops in all the places you went, plus more with no issues. In Miami had a little issue because employee was new, and even the supervisor wasn't sure what to do with the AP/EAD combo card. All cruise ports have a CBP office in them, I made them call the CBP lesion to come over, and he cleared everything up. This was 2019/2020, maybe things have changed, but not that I know of.

Waiting 3 maybe 4 months to save 44 months of anguish and problems seems like a no brainier to me. My wife's only took about 13-14 months to process her ROC, and it was still a nightmare trying to convince airlines that the letter is good to travel on. Filed the N400 and 19 days later approved I751 and 10 year green card in the mail. But I agree with waiting to enter a few days after the 2 year anniversary.

Some embassies require you to update the intent to marry letters when you go for the interview. It is usually mentioned in the packet 3 or 4 from the embassy for the K1. My fiancee then took updated letters just in case, she showed them, but they said not needed. This was Thailand.

Definitely file the N400. My wife's I-751 was doing nothing, then filed the N400, 19 days later, I-751 approved, 10 year green card in the mail a week after that, and citizenship test appointment should be showing up any day now. USCIS just sits on I751's until they have a reason to do something about it it seems like.

I agree! Ferrari world is worth the trip in itself. Formula Rossa Baby!!!

It was China Eastern airlines from BKK to LAX. As a note, I have never flown them since, but uses to use them all the time because they were so cheap for me to go to Thailand all the time ( Cheap because they were Subsidized by the China government I had found out among other things). They literally would no board my wife with her extension letter and green card that just expired in February, and we were traveling in March I think it was, but had the extension letter. I ended up booking another airline completely for 2 tickets last minute for over 3k as I recall ( got some serious points from Chase on that one), and then had to fight tooth and nail involving the IATA and all sorts of other agencies. Attorney handled most of it, but I will say it took a lot. a little over a year later after the incident and with China Eastern being threatened to lose the ability to land and operate at BKK airport, they paid up covering costs and legal fees, but it was a nightmare that should never had happened, and I don't recommend getting in a fight with any airline based in China, because China thinks international rules don't apply to them, but it can be done.

Older chart, but you get the idea..... 2019

Only once has it had to be taken to legal action. I have missed flights due to incompetence of airline employees from multiple airlines, I can't really pinpoint any airline, they all have to hire employees, most will fold once it gets high enough up the chain at the ticket counter, if not I have received many an upgrade and compensation. I think it would be more of a country specific problem than airline problem. The Philippines I would think would be one of the best countries to fly out of. I have been thru there many times without issues, and considering they have an average of around 25% of K-1's issued every year, I would think they see more temp green cards and extension letters than any other country on this earth. They would rank very low in my opinion as a possibility of having an issue with any airline that fly's from there to the US, just based on the fact they see the Cards and letters more than anyone else.

Print and take a copy of this letter. I have schooled personally more airlines than I can count, and won many a legal action against them when they didn't board my spouse when legally required to. I won so much money in one case it has covered every dollar and then some for what I have ever paid in immigration costs over the years. Just arrive early to the airport, and have a good attorney on retainer. https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2021-Dec/Reminder- LPR Boarding 20210305.pdf Knowledge is power... wield it appropriately as required.

IO probably didn't lie, he approved it, and depending on how long he was there, it may need reviewed by a more senior person. You may want to get a stamp if travel is in your future, but I would give it a month for a status update, or 3 weeks minimum. You will get the update if you signed up for text messages and email. When my wife and I did her AOS interview, by luck of the draw we got the Big cheese, head of office, numeral Uno according to the translator with us as he has seen everyone in the office, and very rarely does anyone interview with this guy. Same thing, 20 minute interview, said all is good, and you will have your green card in your mailbox in a week. I think he saw my expression of doubt with the card arriving in a week, but he reassured me it would. Sure enough, on the drive home, I got the approval notice, green card being produced notice all within 45 min of leaving the office. Green card was in the mailbox exactly 7 days later. So, I think it depends on who does the interview, and their level in the office as to if things have to be reviewed again after interview.

Well, you could just come out and say what you mean .....js... Looks to me like OP is wanting to qualify on assets alone.

I suppose you could qualify on assets alone, I believe they have to be 5 times poverty level, so around 130,000 in assets that can be liquefied rapidly if needed. A fat stack of cash for a decent amount on time in a bank account would work. Along with a couple recent paystubs at interview time to show current income, you should be fine.

Stepson arrived November 9th, 2022, green card in the mailbox 45 days after POE. Paid fee 2 days before arriving in the US, same day we picked up visa, cut it a little close on the whole thing, but got lucky in the end.

Here is the official memo from USCIS on military training... section 2339D(c)(1), which provides that “the term 'military-type training' includes training in means or methods that can cause death or serious bodily injury, destroy or damage property, or disrupt services to critical infrastructure, or training on the use, storage, production, or assembly of any explosive, firearm ...Feb 23, 2011 From people I have talked to, and personal experience I don't think that any basic firearm safety from your spouse or even if you take a CCW class, or firearms safety class is going to require you to mark yes in the box. They are looking for actual military serious weeks long training usually involved with some terrorist group. My wife has her CCW and has received training from me, and the classes she took in basic firearm safety. We have applied for the N400 back in November, and we didn't mark yes on that question. Since this has come up before, when we get our interview as long as everything goes well, and we don't have " The IO out to destroy people" I will ask about this. The few interviews we have had thru this process we have had mostly nice IO's, so if we get a good one, I will ask his opinion on it and report back.

Anyone smart enough to develop a covid vaccine in early 2020 would also be smart enough to stay out of the US, and just sell the formula to the highest bidder and moved on.

Fly out to Vegas, and I can have you all married with certificate in hand in less than an hour. No charge for VJ members. Message me if you have any questions.

Never knew they were lifetime. Mine was good for about 50 years, I still have the old voided one from when I moved to Nevada. Maybe mine was issued after the lifetime, or the 50 year is considered the lifetime one.

My wifes I-751 got approved without interview 19 days after filing the N400. So I agree with filing the N400 to kick start the I-751. Could be a fluke, but who knows.

Filed N400 November 18th of this year, received the I797 case received, and the reuse bio metrics all on the 19th of November, the next day. So far I have had much success with the online filings. Did an I-130 online, now the N400. So far I'm liking the online forms.

Anyone doing a CR-1 will definitely be waiting until the 2 year mark to enter. Unless the CR-1 processing times come down to like 6 months, then it may be worth the extra money to enter say 18 months earlier, but to save a few months maybe, forget it.

It varies. My one friend had her interview scheduled a month after filing ( Northern Montana). Filed my wifes N400 in November here in Vegas, and the vibe is 4-6 months from others locally I have talked to at some citizenship classes we have been to to study. So a good estimate would be 4-6 months. Check to see if there are some free citizenship classes you can take nearby. One of the Unions offers it for free here in Las Vegas,NV as part of the Citizen Project. Great way to get some study material, and good local information on timeline from filing to interview. Plus it helps with all the possible Local questions you will be asked such as Governor, representative for your address, etc. We have a change to the governor here taking effect tomorrow the 2nd, so the questions answer will be changing.

Were you using your Naturalization certificate for proof of citizenship? Or a US passport? I ask because my friend a CBP has said that using a Naturalization letter will almost always get you scrutinized. Best bet is to get the US passport ASAP, and you should have no issues. There have been some issues with the letters recently, I wasn't read in as to what the issue was, but just curious.

I find this interesting. I have a good friend in CBP and I will ask her about this. She works the lines as a CBP supervisor, and has been doing it for around 18 years. I haven't heard of this being country specific, but most of the time they can see your entry and exit records into the US over the last X number of years, and if they see a lot of entries, or a lot of days spent here in the US they will limit your visit. I have never gotten an exact formula as how they come up with how long they admit you for, but they will cut the time if they see a bunch of entries and believe you are spending too much time here. They only have access to US, Canada, and Mexico immigration records sharing due to agreements, but even that is limited. They can't see any overstays in other countries on their computer, but if you have an overstay stamp in your passport from when you exited that country they will see it. Overall they usually give 6 months as far as I know, but I will ask if that has changed recently and post back. There is no " Ranking" system per say, and each person is usually judged on their own merits and entries and exits.