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@nerdcouple Personally, I would add more than 3 statements for the joint checking account, especially if that is the account where both of your paychecks are deposited and household bills are paid from. Sending quarterly statements is often recommended here. The rest of your list looks thorough and solid. Good luck!

I get what you are saying. Filing the past returns means avoiding having to "admit" to not filing a past return, even if it was allowable to do so.

The article mentions just Costa Rica, Chile and Peru. Is this how they are testing out this new "crackdown"? I am wondering when/if they will start doing this in the U.S. I'm not certain they will make up revenue by doing this. Surely a lot of people would just choose to not have Netflix? As a side note, we normally have around 3 streaming services at any given time, but we cancel and rotate which ones are active based on what we want to watch. And we get HBOMax for free.

Wait a second, I did not say you or anyone else here is "silly". I was only saying that going through the effort to file old tax returns when no money was earned seems like extra effort/stress that is not needed (at least from an IRS standpoint). If others think it would be beneficial to the OP for their specific situation, then that is fair.

I am so sorry you went through that. As far as how that affects the tax return situation, I would think it would be sufficient to say that your husband was a disabled veteran (or whatever term is most accurate) and you struggled through with no money and the help of your relatives to get through that difficult time. But I fully admit I am not an expert on how filing (or not filing) taxes can have different implications with immigration. But the IRS has specific rules and instances where not filing is allowed and it seems to apply to your situation.

I haven't gotten any kind of notice about biometrics yet either, but trying to go with the flow and not overthink it.

I have the same thing, for all current and past cases except the N-400.

You mentioned that you are afraid of being asked "how did you support yourself" for those years you had no income. Why are you afraid of USCIS asking this question? And how were you and your husband supporting yourselves during that time? Did you both actually not earn a single dollar for the years you are referring to? The reason I ask is because it seems silly to me to go back and file old tax returns for years that your and your ex-husband's income was literally zero, because you are not required to file in that circumstance. But it is very unusual for a married couple to make absolutely no money for several years. If there is some kind of easy explanation, then you shouldn't be concerned about this issue.

The last time we bought cage free eggs was October, and they were $3.98/dozen. The same eggs are now listed at $5.12/dozen. These are Walmart prices. In December, we stopped by Publix to grab a few things, and paid $5 for just six eggs. At the time I didn't know what was going on and I was shocked at the price. Edit: Just checked an older order, and we paid $2.48 for a dozen cage free eggs in April 2022.

I know it doesn't really mean anything but the "estimated time" on our N-400 went from 17 to 19 months 😅 Great start!

In 2019, did your spouse file their taxes as "Married filing separately"?

We have had a few lightning fast I-751 approvals reported here on VJ. One was approved in like 30 days, another was ~4 months I believe. I think there have always been outliers like this though, for most immigration processes. And it happens both ways (some very fast approvals, and some very slow ones).

Honestly I think the warning about filing too early is for a few reasons: For the online N-400, we have seen at least one documented case of the issue of time-zones affecting the date it was received, so it's just safer to give it a day and avoid the possibility Some people simply do not calculate the 90 days correctly. Waiting a few days helps eliminate "human error", whether it's the N-400 or I-751 I'm pretty sure I've seen at least a few I-751s over the years get sent back because it was received like 1 day early. I think this is usually either a symptom of #2 above, or because senders tried (and failed) to time the shipment to arrive exactly on day 90 As for OPs question, I agree that AR-11 is not necessary in this instance unless you end up unable to file around Feb. 10th as planned

I haven't gotten notice yet about biometrics. I'm curious if they will reuse them or not. It seems like it varies a lot for N-400.

Thank you!

Yep, we filed ROC in Nov. 2021 but SRC seems to have stalled hard on processing I-751s. I am hoping I'll get notice at some point that the I-751 is transferred to NBC. (The N-400 receipt has the NBC address on it). As a side note we took a page out of @Crazy Cat's book and included a letter in the "additional evidence" section of the N-400 notifying USCIS of the pending I-751 and requesting a combo interview if ROC is still pending when the N-400 is adjudicated. Don't know if it actually helps anything but it certainly can't hurt. Thank you!

We filed N-400 online today. We'll see if it has any effect on the I-751.

We just filed my husband's N-400 so officially a January filer The receipt notice appeared in the account almost immediately.

No, it's not 6 years. See below: Your timeline says ROC was filed January 18, 2018 and approved January 20, 2023. That is 1828 days. 1828 divided by 365 = 5.008. Almost exactly 5 years. But yes 5 years for an approval is still way too long.

N-400s are processed and adjudicated by the local field offices, not service centers. As a side note, online application numbers start with IOE to indicate they were filed online.

Not that it's much better, but according to their timeline it was 5 years, not 6. (Filed Jan. 2018, approved Jan. 2023)

A couple of things: When you say "She filed with her husband as a joint sponsor". Who is "she"? Your cousin (and her husband)? Since your cousin filed the AOS she is the primary sponsor. If your cousin is married, her spouse should be counted as part of the household size. I defer to other members more knowledgable than me to address the "husband is a joint sponsor" aspect of this. If submitting tax returns, ALL pages and ALL schedules (W-2s, 1099s, etc) must be included. The way the RFE is worded makes it sound like the schedules were left out. It is easier to submit tax transcripts that are downloaded directly from the IRS. USCIS also prefers this.

The letter of intent (one for each of you) is sufficient. Having an engagement ring or any wedding plans are not necessary. However, if you have any additional evidence of your intent to marry, it is fine to include it. We did include a receipt for the engagement ring with our packet, but it wasn't required or anything. Don't use digital signatures. However, it is okay if the beneficiary has to scan or copy the signed letter to get it to the petitioner.

Possible, but if the extension letter is received before the infopass appointment occurs, the ADIT stamp becomes irrelevant.

Yes, call and request an infopass appointment to get the ADIT stamp which I believe is good for one year. This can still be a slow process though. You can search the forum to see people's recent attempts to obtain the stamp. Also he might get a new extension letter in the near future. Starting tomorrow, new extension letters will be good for 48 months, and USCIS is supposed to send out new letters to people who already filed and still have ROC pending.