Ayrton

Today both I-751 and N-400 were approved and oath was scheduled for March.

Had my N-400 interview on Tuesday. Everything went well, the officer mentioned she didn't need to interview my husband, so she was going to approve to the I-751 as well. This morning my I-751 updated to case transferred to another office, so I should see an approval notice soon.

Had my interview yesterday in NYC. I also have my I-751 pending so I went with my husband in case they asked to interview him. My interview was scheduled for 10:50. I arrived at 10:30, checked in at 10:40 and was called inside around 11:30. I can say that I had the best officer I could ever expect. She was genuinely trying to have a nice conversation and not only an interview. She asked about random stuff and told me stories about herself as well. She said in the beginning that my English was very good so she wasn't worried I would fail it. The total interview lasted about 40 minutes, I can say that 10 minutes was the usual naturalization questions and the rest was a good chat. She mentioned that because my I-751 was still pending, she couldn't approve me on the spot, but she would try to review the paperwork the same day with a colleague and try to get them both approved by the end of the week, since she didn't think she needed my husband to come in or any more documents. I haven't seen any updates yet, but hopefully by next week I'll see something. One funny thing happened, when I had to write down the sentence she spoke, I accidentally moved the iPad a little bit and disconnected it from her computer. The screen went black and she got worried it would mess up everything, but it connected again and I was able to write it down.

My N-400 interview has just been scheduled in NYC for Feb. I applied online in Aug. I-751 still pending since I applied in Sep 2022.

Also applied for Citizenship in August. Just received notification that Citizenship interview was scheduled for February.

You will receive another letter with the extension.

You don't need to pay taxes for the money you made during the period you were still living in Japan. If you moved to the US and kept working remote, you have to pay taxes on the amount you made remote. You will still use form 2555 to exclude that income. What other people here are trying to tell you is that even though you can exclude up to 105k for living abroad, you must still file taxes (file doesn't mean paying) for the years you were living abroad.

Acabei de voltar do Brasil e usei minha DL de NY sem problema. Não pediram a carteira internacional.

Yes, you can get the medical anywhere. I had mine in Sao Paulo.

Jus filed my N-400 online. I-751 still pending. I'm in Westchester, so my field office is NYC.

Filed for naturalization yesterday online. Already received the receipt notice and the biometric reuse PDFs. From the timelines I've seen here in the forum, my local FO is approving N-400 in 4-5 months.

First, you don't claim your spouse as a dependent, you file jointly with them. Second, after the GC/EAD is approved, USCIS sends the application to the SSA, so it might be 2 weeks, it might be 10.

What happens when you search your ROC case number on the USCIS website? You can check the status two ways, through https://egov.uscis.gov/ and through your myUSCIS account. I don't know who told you to apply for a replacement card, but that wasn't the right advice. USCIS will not replace an expired card. Your only option from now on is to keep getting stamps on your passport/delivered to you if your case is still active. If you current ROC case was in fact denied, you will need to reapply ASAP (like tomorrow). This will give "your status back". With that you will be able to get the stamp I mentioned before. Leaving the country without it will result in abandoning your LPR status. At the end of the day the choice is your: is traveling now and staying there for years until a new immigration case is filed more important?

Anyone else getting ready to file for citizenship to try to speed up the process? I'll become eligible in August and started filling out the online form this week.

What are the exact dates of marriage and green card issuance?

If you are both W2 employees, you both probably messed up your W4s. Make sure you follow Step 2 to account for multiple jobs in the household and don't own the same amount next year. In terms of MFJ vs MFS, I doubt filing MFS will bring any advantages to total tax owned.

You can still elect to be treated at resident alien for the whole year in order to file jointly. " if you are a nonresident alien married to a U.S. citizen or resident alien, and you and your spouse make an election for you to be treated as a resident alien for the entire calendar year" https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc851

You must file as married. At this stage, your spouse most likely doesn't have SSN, so you can either file separately by paper, or apply for an ITIN and file jointly.

Does Turbo Tax asks you if you are a LPR or if you are a resident? In order to file jointly, you must be considered a resident for tax purposes, that's not the same as being a Permanent Resident per USCIS. The tax form doesn't ask what your immigration status is, that's why it's odd if they are asking if you are a LPR. If they are asking if you are a resident, you can say yes (as you elect to be treated as a resident for tax purposes). I'm not sure if turbo tax have that, but usually that choice is made by signing a letter asking to be treated as a resident.

If being treated as a resident for the full year, they must report the foreign income, that will later be excluded by form 2555.