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Mike E

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  1. There was a post from last month where the beneficiary achieved DQ and kept rescheduling the interview. After a year of this the petition was canceled. The post seems to has disappeared from visajourney.com .
  2. Summary timeline: 2023-02-24: oath of naturalization 2023-02-27: applied for passport card and big passport book with expedited service 2023-03-29: passport book received. USPS Priority Mail. 2023-03-30: visited SSA to upgrade SSN record with to show U.S. citizenship status. No SS card replacement offered because the worker said the existing unrestricted card was fine, despite the date of issue before date of naturalization 2023-04-10: passport card received. USPS first class mail. Informed Delivery did not inform us. 2023-04-15: naturalization certificate received. USPS first class mail. Informed Delivery did not inform us. USPS folded the envelope containing the naturalization certificate for no reason. After it was folded, the carrier unfolded it and laid it neatly flat inside the monster mail box. So that is $555 wasted. No point replacing the naturalization certificate if USPS is going to damage the replacement. Thus my wife’s journey ends on a sour note. Good luck. Tomorrow, I will restore the original little leaky mailbox that our HOA demands.
  3. Yeah but where? Don’t you have an address? It appears * Okc is in the district of western OK in the federal court system and * this court has jurisdiction over naturalization. So as per my edit to my comment, it is probable guests can attend. Generally, courts cannot prevent the public from entering a court room that is in session. Should be an amazing experience.
  4. Where is the oath venue? Ans: seems to be at the court house https://www.okwd.uscourts.gov/event/naturalization-ceremony-72/ High probability that guests are permitted.
  5. QED Not interested. I gave my wife’s USCIS designated medical professional my credit card, and he completed her series of vaccinations and her I-693. The ISO at our I-485 was as perturbed at us (as you are at me in this thread) for doing an “unnecessary” medical even though it was obvious (in hindsight) there were required vaccinations that the DoS’s designated quack in Burma did not do. I-485 approved less than 2 weeks later, and more importantly my wife had vaccinations that decades of American medical science have established she needed.
  6. F2B category if her mother files and they are not married. Redundancy. If mom passes away, the brothers still have a path through sis. If sis passes away, the sons still have a path through mom. If the sons are married, mom cannot help them until she becomes a citizen. Meanwhile sis’s petitions are chugging along. Review the visa bulletin: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2023/visa-bulletin-for-may-2023.html Cases filed for Indians who are: * unmarried sons of LPRs and filed in 2015 are being processed now * married sons of US citizens and filed in 2008 are being processed now * siblings of U.S. citizens and filed in 2005 are being processed now
  7. IOW if there is enough tine to complete the series and the series is not complete, the vaccination requirements are not complete. For example, Hep B: 3-dose series Engerix-B, PreHevbrio*, or Recombivax HB at 0, 1, 6 months [minimum intervals: dose 1 to dose 2: 4 weeks / dose 2 to dose 3: 8 weeks / dose 1 to dose 3: 16 weeks]) I would expect an I-485 submitted 17 weeks after dose 1 was injected, with no evidence of dose 3 to get an RFE. What do you expect? My wife’s attorney and USCIS authorized surgeon disagree. Next time I see an RFE for this situation, I will hopefully remember to tag you so that you can comment.
  8. She should file I-130 for each relative Petition everyone That should be done too. How old are the siblings?
  9. https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b-chapter-9 “If the applicant has met the vaccination requirements, i.e., completed the series for all required vaccines, the "Vaccine history complete for each vaccine, all requirements met" box must be checked.”
  10. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/family-immigration/nonimmigrant-visa-for-a-fiance-k-1.html Do the Same Income Requirements Apply to Form I-134 as Apply to Form I-864? No. The 125 percent of the federal poverty guideline minimum income requirement, the most recent year's tax return, and other requirements only apply when Form I-864 is needed. Applicants presenting Form I-134 will need to show that their U.S. sponsor's income is 100 percent of the federal poverty guideline. https://www.uscis.gov/i-864p 100 percent: 19,720 125 percent: 24,650 19,720 + 4,000 = 23,720 < 24,650 Thus, when you go to file I-485 and I-864 you will be short. IMO, I-134 requirements are relatively relaxed so I would not worry about I-134. Whereas with I-864, I have seen cases like yours get denied, even if the petitioner earns exactly enough. So have a plan for a joint sponsor or for higher income.
  11. IOW you do not know if she completed all courses of her vaccines. So to be sure get a medical done. I do not recall. Under $1000. Price was no object to me. yes no I don’t recall. Use google maps and yelp to find a good one.
  12. yes Where it makes sense for a child to work is situation specific (but when I turn on the TV I see kids working all the time) . An EAD is proof of authorized presence. EAD holders are able eligible to get SSNs. Dependents with SSNs can be claimed on their parents’ tax returns. People with SSNs have an easier time getting health insurance, opening bank accounts, being listed as beneficiaries of financial accounts, getting state ID and drivers licenses, etc. Correct
  13. 1. Were her vaccines completed before / during her K-1 medical? 2. We are seeing cases where even when vaccines were completed, USCIS erroneously demands a new medical. You can fight USCIS or get a new medical. If you can afford it, I would (and did for my wife under her lawyer’s advice) get a new medical. This way if USCIS is inclined to waive the interview, having a complete medical will get you to card in production faster while your case has an ISO’s attention.
  14. If you send the fee tge entire case will be denied. https://www.uscis.gov/i-131 “ You do not need to pay an additional fee for Form I-131 if: You are filing Form I-131 Application Type B or D; You filed a Form I-485 with a fee on/after July 30, 2007; and Your Form I-485 is still pending.”
  15. The embassy issued her immigration visa on a card separate from her passport? I have never heard of such a thing.
  16. Answer them the same as you answered on your N-400. no Being employed and healthy is not a requirement to naturalize.
  17. Does she have the same passport she used when she entered the U.S. on her immigration visa?
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