Mike E

Sir: this a family website!

So getting back to your question, the instructions are covered in https://fam.state.gov/fam/08fam/08fam040301.html#M403_1_6 8 FAM 403.1-6 “KNOWN AS” AND PROFESSIONAL NAMES (CT:CITZ-64; 11-08-2021) a. A passport applicant who does not meet the criteria for a customary name change (see 8 FAM 403.1-4(E)), or who has assumed a name for professional or other bona fide reasons but keeps their legal name for other purposes, may have the assumed name included in the passport as a “known as” name along with the full legal name. b. A “known as” name may be accepted on the form DS-11when the applicant: (1) Requests inclusion of a “known as” name; (2) Provides acceptable ID in both names; (3) Signs the application in both names; and (4) Submits evidence that clearly reflects that the applicant has used two or more distinct names openly and concurrently: (a) Two or more public or private documents such as military records, employment records, or tax records. At least one of these documents must show current use of “known as” name and one other piece of identifying data, such as date of birth or age, place of birth, or Social Security number; and (b) Two affidavits executed by individuals attesting that they know the applicant by both names. In lieu of one affidavit, a third public or private document may be submitted: EXCEPTION: No additional evidence is needed for an applicant who is using a previous legal name as a “known as” name. Such an applicant does not need to submit evidence showing that they are using the names openly and concurrently. c. The form DS-82 requires that the applicant’s name must be exactly the same or acceptable evidence of a material name change must be presented. This includes any “known as” names. Because dropping a “known as” name is an immaterial name change, the applicant cannot drop a “known as” name on the form DS-82 unless the applicant can submit evidence of a material name change. The applicant must also sign the Form DS-82 in both names. d. A “known as” name should not be accepted when the applicant cannot demonstrate that they have used both names openly and concurrently, e.g., the applicant can only submit private documents or has only very recent documentation of the “known as” name. Even if the applicant is not eligible to have the "known as" name printed in the passport, that name must still be cleared in TDIS. e. You must record the “known as” name using endorsement code 08 and on the application: (1) If the applicant has recorded the “known as” name in block one, or if there is room to notate the “known as” name in block one, notate “K-A” in front of the “known as” name: (2) If the applicant has not recorded the “known as” name in block one and there is no room to record it there, notate “K-A” and the “known as” name in block nine: f. An applicant may assume their “known as” name as their primary name via a customary name change (see 8 FAM 403.1-4(E)). g. If a minor applicant wishes to add a patrilineal or matrilineal last name in the absence of a naming convention (see 8 FAM 403.1-5(A)), or add a dual national name (see 8 FAM 403.1-7(B)) the name may be included in the passport as a “known as” name: (1) The applicant must provide two public documents, such as school and medical records showing the assumed name, and: (a) Both parents/legal guardians provide written consent reflecting the assumed name (see 8 FAM 703.7); or (b) The applying parent/legal guardian provides evidence that one parent's signature is sufficient (see 8 FAM 502.4); and (2) Because minor applicants do not sign the form DS-11, a parent/legal guardian of the applicant must write both the legal name and the “known as” name in the signature block (see 8 FAM 402.3 for more guidance on the applicant's signature). So bring the evidence as per above, a copy of the above, and let your passport acceptance agent sort it out.

Precisely. And the economics are inevitable.

Not unusual. File for Writ of Mandamus by December if the case is still pending

😂 I don’t give a flying flip about the environment. I totally embrace the polar caps melting and flooding NYC and SF. Because the alternative, an ice age, will end civilization. Reducing CO2 is nihilism. And I think we have too many bears, rattle snakes, scorpions, etc. I want them to go extinct. Apex predator, man! * regenerative braking, so fewer brake jobs * less maintenance * no need to leave the house to re-energize * no transmission * better acceleration * quieter * does not fund attacks like ICE cars funded 9/11. Bin Laden don’t ride shotgun in my Tesla. And most of that time EVs were garbage. In fact except for the 4 currently sold Tesla models, they are still garbage. Just like cell phones were garbage for decades, and mobile phone forerunners before that were garbage for decades. I don’t know what a VOC is, but you are right, I do not care. I didn’t buy an EV to save the planet. If they produce more CO2 than ICE cars, that’s a bonus to me. And all those Texans lining up to take delivery of a Tesla pickup truck built in their state don’t want to save the planet either. Once EVs are cheaper than ICE cars, it will be over, just like it was over for CRT TVs when flat panels became cheaper.

Most people use State’s form filler tool, https://pptform.state.gov and print the form. I have 100 percent confidence I could down load https://eforms.state.gov/Forms/ds11.pdf and use the Preview app on a Mac to complete this form.

When did you file N-400?

Only you can file I-129F. You generally have to file I-134, though some embassies let the non-citizen fiancé self sponsor. In addition, if your income and assets are too low, you have to find a joint sponsor to sign I-134. Some embassies will not allow that.

Not IME. Perhaps insurance companies did the math, and concluded that even if an EV fire is more difficult to put out, since EVs combust about 2 orders of magnitude less frequently, EV owners should pay the same rates. Moat homeowner insurance did not go up when insurers noticed policy holders * dropped their landline for a battery powered phone. * traded their desk top computers for a laptop * added batteries so that their solar powered homes would work at night The Stages of Grief most of Chest is going through with loss of ICE vehicles is amusing. While I wish the government was not forcing people to switch to EVs, and I am very much in favor of a warmer planet, the government did not force your ancestors to give up stones, bronze, iron, bows and arrows, whale oil, blood letting, gas lamps, EVs (the first cars were EVs), out houses, steam locomotives, ice boxes, dried meat, trans oceanic passenger liners, trans continental passenger trains, full serve gas stations, etc. Instead your ancestors switched because the new thing was better. EVs are better.

Given the August visa bulletin for F2A, at least 3 years for an April 2020 PD. Probably closer to 6. If the PD for your case goes current in October, then less than year. Didn’t you file N-400 back in 2020? https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/738799-n400-online-filing-uploading-5mb-file/ Did you file I-130 for your child?

I want America to be a Ken-dom and scapegoating cars is how we get horses back.

All cars should be banned: https://abc7ny.com/lic-fire-truck-explosion-dot/13464473/ https://abc7ny.com/amp/nypd-car-crash-officers-injured-fire/13368941/ https://www.westsiderag.com/2023/06/24/car-fire-briefly-closes-northbound-west-side-highway-saturday-morning https://nypost.com/2022/11/17/car-burst-into-flames-at-hudson-yards-in-manhattan/amp/ etc

She can file N-400 on this date: “resident since” date on her GC + 3 years - 90 days

Once you have a U.S. passport, bring it to a GE enrollment center to upgrade your status. Your TSA pre is not impacted. After you naturalize, I suggest to not use GE until you see the GE enrollment center.

Yes. Some venues have passport agency folks to take your application. Otherwise you can schedule a passport appointment in advance for same day. Caveats: * some contributors to this web site assert that making a passport appointment before you are U.S. citizen is tantamount to claiming you are a U.S. citizen. I do not agree. * Some oath ceremonies are long. Mine was 3 hours, as was my wife’s. Walk ins are theoretically possible. I haven’t seen one in 20 years. In that case, it would not surprise me if they take same day passport applications

If your computer’s PDF app lets you add a text field anywhere as Mac Preview does, you can do anything you want.

Petitioner does not earn enough for a household of 3 An updated I-864 is necessary and insufficient. An I-864 from a joint sponsor is required

go to what? Your interview is canceled:

Your friend was not born a U.S. citizen. His mom could have easily (by comparison) given him U.S. citizenship if she had completed the N-600K process before he reached age 18 provided she had a U.S. citizen parent with 5 years of physical presence in the U.S. There was a law passed in the year 2000 that gave her this option.

See https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2023/visa-bulletin-for-september-2023.html His category is 8 years behind currency. I generally double it and add 3. So it will be 19 years before she needs to worry about a tax return for his visa application. How old is she? As he was born after 1983, she should have filed N-600K before he reached age 16.

I do not see why it matters. If they schedule another interview, after you asked to withdraw, this is on USCIS, and your N-400 case will be denied after you no show.

1. Due to foreign income exclusion and/or foreign tax credit, and America’s relatively low taxes, I assign zero probability to her owing taxes to the IRS. 2. Only sponsors who can show they were exempt from filing a tax return are exempt from showing their most recent tax return 3. the excuse “I am afraid I might owe the IRS money” will not fly with the department of state 4. The best way to show she was exempt from filing tax returns is to file her tax returns. 5. Point 4 above makes all this a non issue.

Is card in production yet?

Indeed. Secondary inspection is like the cantina scene in the 1977 Star Wars movie. All kinds of strange and disturbing things there. Good decision, and ironically it added to your angst.

As for the SSN, he has waited long enough. 1. take him to SSA to get him an SS card. 2. After he has an SS card in hand, take him to DPS (if he lives in TX) to get a drivers license or state ID.