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I'd argue to get a passport card, too. You can only use it within the US or at land border crossings, but it's easy proof of citizenship to have on your person.

As others have mentioned, your stepson will become a USC when your wife naturalizes. Get his passport first, then apply for his N600. If he's over 14, he will also have to complete an oath ceremony. As far as I am aware, his name cannot be changed unless you've filed a legal name change in the courts. The translation error probably should have been addressed with filing an I-90 to correct the error on the GC. Urgent passport services are available. Whether or not an appointment is available in DC is up to the DoS. Call and see once the naturalization certificate is in hand. That said, your spouse has a couple of weeks to get the passports and get back to you, wherever you're posted.

Try chucking it in the air fryer. Or even the toaster. Nuked can make it soggy...🤢 If it makes you feel any better, Kid2 won't eat any sort of breakfast unless its a specific granola bar that we bring back from Canada. Gonna have to get Kid1 to bring some when she visits next month. This is your life until he graduates...undiscovered work. Always. It's a boy thing, I swear. Gotta get that bleach to encompass the entire Dexter theme! Really, was there any other kind? The closest thing to healthy were probably Cornflakes or Rice Crispies but even then, a little dusting of straight sugar on top made them awesome!

LOL - this is low key hilarious...I love the way you worded it! Complete honesty!

@appleblossom total opinion question but do you think it makes sense to postpone the interview indefinitely or for @Emmajapan to interview and be in AP? It's a catch 22 IMO. If one interviews and passes, then it's really a long AP, but they are in the queue for a visa. I can only see this backlog getting worse as people from the 75 banned countries wait. If they are treated FIFO, that could be advantageous. I don't know if it perhaps makes sense to obtain Canadian citizenship and then interview. Even then, who knows...someone may have settled into life in Canada and see no need to come to the US. @Emmajapan and everyone else stuck in this ban, I'm sorry you're facing this. Immigration is challenging enough and moving the goal posts during the process just isn't very fair.

@kannan19 Please fill out your timeline: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=495589 Considering you say you have a greencard, then if it was a major deal, it likely would have come up with your greencard application. It was within the validity dates of your visa, it's just your I-94 wasn't and it's at least an explainable gap, based on passport expiration. Not saying it's acceptable, but I do think a lot of people miss this expiration or get a new passport and fail to head to a deferred inspection site to have their I-94 updated, so it's less scrutinized than completely overstaying an expired visa, for example. Regardless, you don't know until you try for citizenship and as I stated before, it's an explainable gap that you did work to rectify.

I don't think it's going to matter, either. If you decide to acquire citizenship in the future, you'll use the account, so no harm, no foul.

I forgot about that one...good call!

Only you have to change your address with USCIS because you are the immigrant. You can file the form online (encouraged) or you can mail a paper copy. https://www.uscis.gov/ar-11 How did you fill out your DS-260 when you went through consular processing? You should have created an online account then, no?

Big hugs. Definitely not the life you thought you were getting!

Is she a dual Bangladeshi Canadian? If so, I believe duals where one country is banned and the other is not can still proceed. The non-banned citizenship is essentially a hail Mary. If not, hold tight.

It might be difficult to get this done in time now, but you could have a titres test to see what vaccines you actually need. As for a local clinic, that will depend on where you are. Most pharmacies will do some vaccines as well.

Follow divorce laws in your state and divorce him. Looks like one of you has to leave and be living apart for a year, so I'd get working on that ASAP. Assuming your husband has a conditional, 2 year greencard, it's going to be up to him to provide what is required to remove conditions. So, either he has to be in a bonafide relationship or he can file to remove conditions with divorce waiver. If he chooses neither, he'll be put into removal proceedings.

The OP's stepchild is in the Philippines, which wasn't on Trump's banned list. I'm sorry that Thailand is...it makes things extremely challenging when all you want is to be together.

You've been very fortunate by the looks of things if your GC interview is in Feb. That's not very typical. As with anything immigration related, it's luck of the draw. Had your greencard interview taken significantly longer, your EAD likely would have been issued first. Since you can't predict the future, I'd vote money well spent. It's kinda like insurance...you pay into it for forever and hope you'll never need it but if you do, you have that reassurance.

All application fees are available here: https://www.uscis.gov/g-1055 Choose the form you're filing. The I-130 is the first step; successive steps will have associated fees (DS-260, greencard fee). Make sure you read the guide posted by Dashinka.

@yuna628 stay safe while digging out of that white garbage! My mom has a neighbor who uses a bobcat to move the snow on their block, thank goodness. My mom lives on a crescent with an alleyway beside the house as well as behind, so thankfully the neighbors push the snow out of the side alley so mom can access her garage. I was chatting to her the other day and she said the city seems to clear the alleyways for the garbage men before they do the main roads...make that one make sense!!

This is giving some real Dexter vibes - the only thing missing is bleach. Are you a wannabe Dexter Morgan? Yes, I'm joking! But for real, exam gloves and caution tape?

Make the selections above, which are 100% pertaining to name change.

` FedEx is a courier company. USPS is the US Postal service. Yes, FedEx or UPS would be faster. `

Hubs went last night just to get the few bits we needed. He said shelves had been locusted, but not any worse than a Sunday. We kinda figure people are doing their weekend shopping on the week days because Sunday will be cold and miserable. Got our plants all moved into their respective homes. Got incandescent christmas lights in some, a coop heater in the greenhouse and got the spigots and sprinklers dealt with. Just need one electrical splitter and to stick the thermometers out and we'll be good to go. Generator was serviced a couple of weeks ago and exercised, as scheduled, on Wednesday, so hopefully we'll be with fewer issues than we have in the past.

All dual citizens so it definitely worked out!

Please fill out your timeline: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=490235 You should probably go back and look at what the entire immigration process looks like. The instruction you've cited above applies to individuals who are citizens, permanent residents with a valid greencard an/or extension letter or temporary workers with valid work authorization. Your wife is none of these. A K-1 visa is technically a non-immigrant visa. Your then fiancé was inspected and paroled into the US for 90 days. She had 90 days to marry you and file to adjust status. Once the I-94 ran out, she entered a period of authorized stay. That's it. Nothing more. She currently has no immigration status. A SSN is government issued, unique identification number issued to US citizens, permanent residents and ELIGIBLE temporary workers. Your wife is not a citizen, she is not a permanent resident (yet) and she is not a temporary worker. She is a visitor who was authorized to enter the USA. The only reason she was issued the SSN in the first place and the reason it states the restriction of "VALID FOR WITH WITH DHS AUTHORIZATION ONLY" on her card is because the assumption is her status will be verified - that the marriage occurred within the 90 days, that the AOS was filed and that the I-765 was approved. So technically, her SSN isn't even valid at the moment. It won't be valid until her case is adjudicated or work authorization is issued. This is also why it is recommended to file the I-765, irrespective of whether or not the immigrant plans to work. If you look at what is REQUIRED for a SSN, the SSA clearly states they will verify immigration status. The only way a SSN will be given outside of immigrant status is if the applicant has work authorization. Your wife does not have any immigration status at the moment. She has an active application to adjust status. It hasn't yet been adjudicated. You didn't state whether you even filed an I-765, but based on the comment "she is NOT trying to work" and no mention of work authorization, it is assumed not. Please read ALL of the following after selecting adult, corrected, non-citizen on the left side of the page, paying close attention to the blue note box toward the bottom: https://www.ssa.gov/ssnumber/ss5doc.htm Noncitizens: https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10096.pdf Until all conditions are met, the SSA will not update her card.

We did this. Hubs was a PR when we filed my I-130. We upgraded the petition once he naturalized. It was only a royal pain because I have kids and the system is a bit backward. Otherwise, no big deal.

The SSA are not able to update her card for the exact reason given - her I-94 is expired and they have no way to verify her status. Your wife entered on a single use K-1 visa. That is where the I-94 90 day validation came from. When you married and filed the AOS paperwork, she entered a period of authorized stay, but that's it. She is in this funny place of limbo where she's allowed to be in the US but does not actually have legal status. Until a decision is made to offer her legal status, be it work authorization is issued or her permanent residency is granted, you will not be able to change her name. This is, in part, why many people wait until they naturalize to do the name change.