Mike E

no. Schedule her before she arrives so that appointment happens a day after she arrives. Her endorsed immigration visa is evidence to be used for getting her passport. Unfortunately she has to send her passport with the passport application Make copies of her passport, visa, and endorsement before going to the passport appointment.

After her visa is issued do not pay the immigrant fee at https://www.uscis.gov/forms/filing-fees/uscis-immigrant-fee She will never an LPR so she doesn’t need a green card. Instead schedule her U.S. passport appointment (to take place in the U.S.) once she has her visa and plane ticket in hand.

First it was stealing classified documents now it is green house gassing.

Faster resolutions (approvals and denials) than ever before AFAICT. No they aren’t going to ask you fewer questions.

Were they under age 18 when you married their parent?

Deficiency notice generally means you are getting an interview.

Yes.

All doctors want is your money. My wife had between 5-10 appointments and one surgery. Probably generated $20K+ in billings.

One thing to understand is that N-400s now get more resources than any other petition. There are some field offices where the majority of ISOs are doing N-400s.

Mailed a couple weeks after filing, usually.

The terms required and sufficient are different standards. While the most recent tax transcript is required, the CO might conclude that it is not sufficient. Whereas, * 3 years of tax transcripts * showing steady or steadily increasing income, * each year of which exceeds the income requirement might be be sufficient

Is that a typo? If she is on your insurance take her to a doctor. If she is not on your insurance, take her a doctor. Either way you won’t get into trouble. You don’t have to be an LPR or citizen to see a doctor. You just need money.

I think we should have hydrogen gas stoves. A hydrogen tank on everyone’s front yard to signal maximum ESG virtue. “As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly” Considering the flooding in California (still in an official drought crisis btw …. they just let that rain flow into the ocean while they suck Lakes Powell and Mead dry) and the power outages, one wonders if the ban on gasoline generators will move forward.

If they are pro legal immigration they certainly have not performed any actions consonant with that. Doubling fees (proposed) and increasing wait times for legal immigration is the opposite pro-legal-immigration Pro illegal immigration: yes actions have been consonant.

I’ve seen cases where EB green cards granted to a married couple; obe is the primary and one is the derivative. They interview for N-400 the same day, but different ISOs. Neither brought tax transcripts nor submitted them with their N-400s. The derivative LPR, a stay at home wife/mom, who rarely travels, gets approved and takes oath. The primary LPR, a working husband who travels frequently for business, especially to his country of origin, gets an RFE. And the husband usually exclaims “that’s not FAIR!” And I tell them that every case and ISO are different, plus frequent travel to one’s country of origin raises the possibility they compromised continuous residency. I’ve never seen the converse: SAHM gets the RFE and Dad takes oath that day, but it could happen.

Oh I saw what you did there.

My understanding from is that new ISOs start out on N-400s. This makes sense as most of these cases are simple. I’ve several problems with director Ur Mendoza Jaddou, and as she is someone with a background in agitating for DHS to reform its immigration policies, she has been a bitter disappointment. However I will give credit where credit is due: since employee turnover at USCIS is high, and since the new hires are best deployed on N-400s, wiping out the N-400 backlog is a good change. The newbies will get broad exposure as they review immigration case files and approving citizenship is morale boosting. It wasn’t that long ago that N-400 cases were low priority. I also give her credit for: * allowing parolees to file I-131a * extending green cards by 24 months if people file N-400 These are modest and obvious changes. I hope she has more creative ideas in store once the N-400 backlog zeroes out.

What did the interview notice say?

Would like to see the link for more context. Absent that, my intuition is that if you put boxes of stuff inside your car and then a commercial freight line ships it (perhaps on one of those trailers with two levels of cars stacked, ), then that’s a problem, especially if the car is on the top level. It’s going to quickly become a cluster circus the driver. For this reason, I expect the freight line will require the car to be empty of everything but owners manual, spare tire, jack, and gasoline and other motor fluids. Similarly if you’re towing it, I’d keep the cabin, glove box, and trunk pristine. Whereas if it is you driving the vehicle to the check point, I don’t see the problem, but be prepared to unload your car if CBP wants to inspect it for purposes of evaluation of its compliance with the import laws. How many moving boxes? Where will they be when you arrive at the check point?

How do these terms not get caught by the VJ filter?

This was something that seems to have happened in November or December of 2022: https://www.uscis.gov/i-131a In the past, VisaJourney contributors who has lost their AP have reported difficulties getting back to the U.S., with successful efforts requiring a Humanitarian Parole document from a U.S. consulate (some have reported the consulate refuses, and instead says USCIS should issue an emergency AP document), convincing the airline at a CBP pre-clearance airport to let the AP holder talk to CBP, or convincing the airlines to let the AP holder board: https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/674633-loststolen-advance-parole-while-abroad-stranded/#comments https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/663647-lost-eadap-combo-card-while-out-of-us-on-vacation/ https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/659836-lost-ead-card-while-traveling-abroad-how-do-i-return-to-the-us/?do=findComment&comment=8988399 https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/699157-how-to-get-back-into-the-us-after-losing-i-765-eadadvance-parole-combo-card-while-traveling-in-europe/ https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/689445-do-not-lose-your-eadap-card-while-abroad-i-did-and-heres-my-story/

You do.

We didn't update our DMV, bank/credit card address either with each hotel booking. No need because we had a stable mailing address. The question was about AR-11. DHS wants your physical location. It is the law. Even a tourist (excluding those on a visa waiver) is expected to file AR-11 when moving on to a different hotel. Granted these laws aren't enforced much. However, this law can be used to remove an LPR from the USA: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-prelim-title8-section1306&num=0&edition=prelim As an LPR, I broke this law half the time. I did not disclose that I broke this law on my N-400, and yet despite such lack of Good Moral Character, took oath of citizenship. For my wife, I've ensured she is squeaky clean. Thus she did not have this dilemma on her N-400 to disclose she broken It takes less time to file AR-11 online than it does to move your luggage from the trunk of the car to your hotel room. If it is too much trouble, you can do a paper AR-11 and indicate on the form that you are transient. I suggest first doing an electronic AR-11, as USCIS will send both an acknowledgment and a confirmation, whereas to date I've received neither for a paper AR-11, dating back to 1996 through 2016. Then following up with a paper AR-11 at the next hotel check in to indicate transiency. It will of course get ignored, but it will be on file in the event DHS decides to enforce this law, or USCIS uses the law to deny N-400s.

Per https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/data/Quarterly_All_Forms_FY2022_Q4.pdf it definitely is getting priority. 194,819 petitions filed in Q4 FY 2022. 323,793 petitions resolved, a difference of 128,974 For entire FY2022, 769,989 petitions filed, 953,689 resolved, a difference of 183,700 So for first 3 quarters of FY2022, USCIS was averaging (953,689 - 323,793) / 3 = 209,965 resolved per quarter on average versus 323,793 petitions resolved. By comparison, USCIS resolved 109,925 I-751s in FY2022, of which 24,011 were resolved in Q4. So in the first 3 quarters of FY2022, (109,925 - 24,011)/3 = 28,638 I-751s were resolved on average. The conclusion is clear: In FY 2022, USCIS was speeding up N-400s and slowing down I-751s. OP is in NYC. https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/data/N400_performancedata_fy2022_qtr4.pdf 6,230 + 1,447 = 7677 petitions were resolved. There a roughly 91 days in a quarter, so assuming no weekends, that is 7677 / 90 * 7 / 5 = 119 cases per day. Cases need to be interviewed so a resolve rate is going to be driven by an interview rate. I doubt NYC is doing much else besides N-400 interviews these days. As @Crazy Cat says, it's cheaper to file N-400 than to file a writ of mandamus for I-751. At the rate USCIS is clearing the N-400 backlog, maybe we will see I-751 get more priority later in 2023. Or maybe we will see other cases get priority. The USA just added more countries to protected status / humanitarian relief lists. When it was INS, Naturalization came second. Now that it is USCIS, Citizenship comes first, though N-600 case back log is getting no attention.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/elite-university-department-bans-use-of-word-field-claiming-it-s-too-racist/ar-AA16bfk7 The University of Southern California (USC) Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work will no longer use the world “field” in its curriculum or its practices as part of its anti-racist framework, according to an email reportedly sent Monday. The school reportedly stripped the word from use due to alleged ties to “anti-Black” and “anti-immigrant” rhetoric, according to the email sent by the Practicum Education Department to the campus community, faculty, staff and students. The school informed that the word “practicum” would be used instead to “ensure [its] use of inclusive language and practice.” …