Ayrton

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.

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.

On 8/8/2023 at 1:29 AM, cuongvt101 said:

 

What's the benefit of having SSN in advance?

 

One thing I know is that in next year's tax filing, in order to claim my (now) wife as a dependent, she needs to have an SSN. But in the I-485 form, there's a field to apply for SSN too, and I don't know if the Social Security Card will come WITH the Green card, or is it processed separately (and thus will come in about 2 weeks).

 

Is there any other reasons? Thanks

 

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. 

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.

On 3/27/2023 at 9:20 AM, HKH12345 said:

Hi there!

I am officially in the 90 day window before my husbands green card needs to be filed to remove the conditional status. We got married in June 2019 but because of COVID delays we didn’t get his green card until June 2021. 

Anyway: we are still happily married but I’m worried about evidence supporting that on paper simply because we have lived with my family since he came to the USA in June 2021. Therefore, we don’t have typical things like a mortgage or lease. I’m planning to do affidavits for that just incase? 
 

I could file now but I am having our second child in a couple weeks and wanted to wait so I could

throw the second birth certificate into the evidence pile when we send along the packet — is this worth waiting to do? 
 

I kind of figure that if I wait and overnight it it’ll still arrive 2+ weeks in advance at least and show a stronger case. I didn’t want to risk that they’d ask for more evidence later when I could just include this big piece right now… 

 

Any advice would be appreciated! I have things like joint credit card statements, health insurance for all 3 soon to be 4 of us, life insurance beneficiary stuff from work, affidavits, photos, 1st child birth certificate, trip receipts we’ve all taken, car insurance with both of us listed, tax returns since 2019 etc. 

 

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

48 minutes ago, KennethBk said:

Honestly I’m not sure, she is still working on it and will let us know tomorrow. But we made over 160k together, so she suggested filing married filing separately and claiming our child on the lesser income. My wife (USC) made less than me less year, so I’m just wondering if it will have any effect with USCIS.

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. 

7 minutes ago, Pat2021 said:

Yeah that's probably it, last year I was not a resident, neither for tax purposes nor an LPR. So MFS it is!

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.

5 minutes ago, mytruelove18 said:

He does not need report his income from out side.

He will be treated as resident for the full year.

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

On 11/4/2022 at 7:42 PM, Kupitr said:

I am so mad… GC expires on 12/09 and I have nothing to prove my company that I can still work… 

If your company is asking for that, tell them that this is an illegal practice. A company must not reverify an employee if the previous document provided is now expired. That's true even for a conditional GC.

3 minutes ago, Sarge2155 said:

Yes as long as you don't  fly AeroMexico, there is a post on VJ about them not accepting the extension letter!

The issue was that the letter was also expired. They left without a stamp. If the letter is still within validity, there should be no issues.

Credit Card was just charged and also received the text message. EAC case number.

Just now, JOY1994 said:

Hi everyone, I have a quick question. 
 

I sent my package via express mail through USPS And today it said. “ Available for Pickup 
CAROL STREAM, IL 60197  
Your item arrived at the CAROL STREAM, IL 60197 post office at 2:05 pm on September 8, 2022 and is ready for pickup. “ 

 

So , I wonder if there’s someone at the Uscis that picks up mail ?  I was sure the mail got directly delivered to them. 

Sorry if this is a dumb question  

It's a PO Box. Mine was delivered on Saturday and it charged to available for pickup. On Tuesday it changed to delivered.

Joining the team. Package was delivered on 09/03. Waiting for the texts and NOA.