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still looks like ne benefit for K1.

Not directed specifically at the OP, but why is it we see people always seem to need to urgently travel right after citizenship oath? Seems like there is a thread like this every week.

I think he was thinking it was a good piece of evidence of a bona-fide marriage and wanted to include it. I understand where he was going on this and his asking of delaying only a month to include this evidence. I also agree with everyone else to move forward as early as possible with the filing.

When 50% of the US citizen population can get 6 of 10 right they can make it harder.

I sure hope not. I don't want to see Cackles-in-Chief for even a few months. If anyone says that no one is worse than Biden they need to look at the second in command.

If the stepchild's father is on the child's birth certificate you will probably need the written permission from the bio father to take the child out of the country.

Congrats!

I have never seen anyone on the VIetnam board overthink something as much as you are. There are tons of non-Vietnamese Americans that have had successful K1 applications without an engagement party. Probaly more than those that have for fear of it being viewed as a wedding ceremony and having to re-file as a CR-1. Being Vietnamess American you are already in a better position than most non-Vietnamese American couples as far as the consulate goes. Just relax and let your fiance go to the interview. Better yet if you can attend with her. It's going to be fine.

True. It's just time waiting at that point. Good luck with her move!

Congrats! LOL, been a long haul? It has barely started for you! In another 4 years after marriage, removal of conditions and citizenship application you can say it's been a long haul.😀 We just filed my wife's citizenship application January 2.

This seems obvious but I wanted to check. My wife has submitted I-751 and just recently submitted N-400. If we are granted a combo interview does her 17 year old daughter that immigrated with her need to attend the I-751 interview as well?

Yes, you did send it all. What I just did was send additional information since the I-751 filing like a birth certificate for my son, current real estate tax statement on our house as we have no loan, current health insurance cards showing all of us listed. I was only going to send quarterly bank statements since the I-751 but since I already had the previous two years in PDF from the I_751 filing I went ahead and sent three years' worth as it wasn't any inconvenience to simply upload them.

Did you click on the tab marked Documents? That is where ours were. We did get hard copy letters in the mail yesterday, one for the receipt and one showing biometrics were reused. I did look online yesterday and both documents were there as PDF as well under that tab. On the home page they told me they estimated 6 months to completion. I understand that is just an estimate but that would work perfectly for us. Her daughter turns 18 in October so we should be well safe to get both citizenship before then. Wife has been diligently studying for the civics for an hour or two each night. I keep telling her that we have PLENTY of time but she just keeps doing it. Her spoken conversationa English is pretty good but reading and writing are lacking so she's taking this on as a social improvement as well. Lots of new words that aren't conversational English.

Submitted January 2

We submitted my wife's N-400 on the second. Now for the last hurry up and wait...

Nobody is debating whether you can file for your half brother. The issue is your parents can come in around two years. Under your filing he will have to wait for around 20 years. That is why it is faster if you bring your parents, they adjust and then they file for him. That would get him here in about 8 years or so.

So, one can file an N-400 for $640 + $85 or $725. My wife's daughter would get citizenship through Mom if mom's application goes through before she turns 18. So she will technically already have citizenship and can get a US passport. But, if I want a piece of paper that says she is a citizen I have to pay $1,170 for what she has technically already been granted. It's not the money, I can pay that. It's just the government charging another $1,170 for something already "granted". And, what are they actually doing to justify the expense? She's already granted citizenship and is eligible to apply for a passport the next day after mom's oath. It's not like they realistically are going to take it back. If I waited on the filing (eligible to file now) for citizenship for a few months then it's likely her daughter would turn 18 before my wife gets citizenship. Then she would have to wait for the 5 year mark, file the "short form version" of the N-400 herself , pay $725, take her own civics test and oath and still get a Certificate of Citizenship. She's already waiting for ROC with mom right now to get a 10 year card. I assume if mom doesn't get her citizenship until after she turns 18 then they take only mom's green card and her daughter would keep hers until she would file under her own 5 year rule. It doesn't make any sense to me.

Wouldn't "excluded" be the same as "denied"?

So the fee would just be $640 + $85 for the mom? If the mom takes the oath before she turns 18 there is no additional fee for the child unless we file the N-600 which appears to be $1,170.

We will be filing N-400 for my wife and her minor daughter this week. She is 17 now. As she is under 18 and will gain citizenship through her mom do we need to pay $640 + $85 for each of them or is it $640 + $85 + $85 for biometrics? Also as she turns 18 next October can she "age out" of getting derivative citizenship if mom's oath isn't before her birthday or is locked in by the filing date? It may be tight depending on how long it takes for ROC and citizenship. We filed ROC back in January and we are filing N-400 the week after she was eligible under the 90 day early window. I'm really hoping to avoid having the daughter have to file separately under the 5 year rule.

There is enough stress without having to deal with a baby at the interview. Make plans for someone to keep the infant and you go with your wife.

I'm with you. We could submit Christmas Day so I know what I'll be doing after the holiday. Hoping we can get it done before October 2024 as daughter turns 18 that month and I want to catch her on mom's submission. Otherwise she will have to do her own based on the five year filing date.

At least you have several meetings and five years of history. I don't have any knowledge of anyone doing the Utah marriage in Vietnam that I could refer you to. I assume your fiance is concerned as many Vietnamese are about the worst possible outcome on things (if something bad can happen, it will happen). I can tell you that the paperwork side of marrying in Vietnam is a pain and there is virtually no chance of getting it done in a two week visit even if you do everything correctly on the US side first. It probably took us closer to a month to get everything lined up but I was living there during this time and it didn't matter much as we had a date set a ways out.

Since I lived in Vietnam for about three years when I got married and was waiting for my wife's CR-1 visa to be approved to move to the US I'll chime in here. There is no retirement visa to move to Vietnam. After the covid lockdown they just opened up from a 30 day visitor visa to a 90 day a couple of months ago. Prior to Covid you could get a one year multi-entry visa but you still had to leave and re-enter every 90 days. The current 90 day visa is the longest visa you can get right now. Then you need to apply for a new one and then physically leave the country to re-enter on the new visa. Yes, every three months. It's very inconvenient to live there if you aren't married to a Vietnamese. If you are married you can get a three year Temporary Resident Card that allows you to remain in country for the entire three years or a five year Visa Exemption Certificate which requires you to leave and re-enter every six months. There is a way to extend that one time in country for a total of one year but then you need to leave the next six months and re-enter.

The OP said he arrived on a visitor visa so there could be no "sponsoring" by a brother. Yes, he could have sponsored on a F4 but that's not how he arrived in the US based on the first post.