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I am a November 2022 filer, filed for N400 on March 1st, no updates.......

Correct, but I'm pretty sure OP can cough up the money for a refill. If not, I think many people (myself included) would be happy to help as his contributions to the community have helped so many people and he was always around to help. Given that OP can work and somewhat carry on with life until a hearing is made in front of a judge or an approval I don't think there is any downside to fighting. Sure, I may be speaking without any skin in his game but I don't think quitting would help him.

While the denial can indeed be very frustrating, there is no downside in keeping up the fight.

Lol,someone should have a guideline for the titles of this threads ......

The only real difference of Trump vs Biden is allocation of USCIS resources and maybe extra scrutiny. Both of those factors will increase the wait times exponentially.

I agree, the backlog is the real issue here, that said the 10-20 % difference in the agency policy under Trump will create maybe an additional 60-70% (if not more) wait times in the first two years and then maybe 10 year processing time by 2028 just because of the huge backlog .

This is not a political debate or trying to say who is better. That being said I speculate I751 cases to almost take 5-6 years easily if Trump is elected. USCIS resources are going to be directed to ICE and such and less on clearing backlogs, but the amouunt of cases are gonna remain the same. Backlog from Biden is gonna carry over to Trump and I751 being so low priority I would not be surprised if they just don't touch the cases for the first 3-4 years and now that I think the actual processing time could get exponential quickly and maybe taking as long as 9-10 years for simple cases.

Most people gave very good answers, I just give my 2 cents. I don't think this is an issue as long as there is enough evidence all together. The separate bank accounts thing is common and you don't have to worry as long as you can provide other documents showing comingling of finances like joint tax returns, beneficiary 401K, Joint Investment Account and such. It's more about the holistic picture than each piece of evidence by itself.Basically if you lack in one area try to compensate in the other area. That said the joint account is a "Quality" Evidence and you can't replace it with like 100 pictures thinking they will provide the same effect. Personally me and my wife did have joint accounts that were not "Active" but I provided joint saving account with significant amount, a joint mortgage, 401K stuff.

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Based on my observation there are two forms of "denial": They keep denying/ or making the process take long in the hope that they will tire you out.Usually these are like the majority of the denials. They have very concrete evidence that the marriage was a sham and deny based on that knowing the judge will also vote in favor of the marriage being a sham. Most people who have plenty of evidence and are/were legit couples fall into category one as category 2 is usually for more organized stuff where a lawyer tried to organize something or it was part of a major scam/operation.The only caveat is sometimes people in category 1 end up in an interview and say too much or get nervous and say something stupid which will push the officer into category 2. That being said unless there is very explict evidence the whole thing was a sham the denial becomes a question of how much you are willing to dispute it and provide evidence to prove the agency wrong. The only thing I would add to your list of documents is ID's showing you live together.

I hear you, I just think the N400 might give it a nudge.

I am going to file N400, honestly don't think N400 would delay the process, if it's taking 33-35 months now, it would probably be 50 month by next year around this time so not sure how N400 would "Delay" anything.

Valid point. I will probably start collecting stuff and submit a pile of quality documents. Maybe not today but a month later, thank you.

Yeah, I may just submit DL, Lease as proof of joint residence, bank statements, tax returns and joint investment account and a recent international trip. Probably won't bother with the 401K, Mortgage stuff and photos on everything. I will provide enough to show we are happily married and co living but won't go over board this time.

For I751 I understand that sending more quality stuff may make a difference, but for N400 given that they will interview you I don't know. I may bite the bullet and send random stuff like bank accounts and house lease but nowhere as complete as my I751. Yeah, I honestly don't think I would have a problem in that regard.

Not trying to be insensetive or anything but I don't think I'd have a problem with those questions as they can be studied passively and memorizing 100-120 questions like that is not something I fear, I can just spend like 15 minutes a day. Just not in the mood for collecting all the info, printing, organizing, etc.

Yeah, the info like bank statements and leases are obviously available, I just don't have the mental bandwidth to gather them, just wanna send maybe a lease, ID's and taxes.

So right now I have just hit my 3 year mark and am planning to file for N400. We filed a pretty heavy I751 but being in potomac case is still just in accepted mode. Right now I am very busy with work and can't really spend that much time to pack our docs for the last year, since we probably will get a combo interview can i file N400 with just the bare minimum (wifes passport, ID's, Tax returns and such) and bring the other supporting docs to the interview? How much do these additional docs help? We have joint bank accounts,lease,investment account, trips, photos and such but honestly I have so much work stuff going on I can't see myself collecting all of it and making a huge doc and such and also think payting a lawyer 2K or whatever is a waste of money.

The whole idea behid evidence that most people don't seem to be understanding is NOT to prove the bona fide aspect of your marriage but make it harder for sham marriages to get green cards. There is no real way for an officer who has 10 other things including (just like the rest of us) on their mind to sit through and learn about each unique case short of putting people in a lie detector machine. Thus in order to prevent fraud cases they raise the bar for everyone else with the evidence because it takes a while and a lot of trust for a fraud case to build evidence together. This throws away most easy fraud cases and the rest remaining are usually friends trying to help each other and such (not talking about crime rings arranging marriages and what not). Going back to your original question such evidence helps given that you actually had a legitimate marriage ceremony and for a non bonafide case it would take much of effort to do that. I don't know if my point helped, but it does put into perspective why there is a need for evidence.

Ah, I meant a public record of me vs USCIS kinda thing

Why no N400?

I am assuming you have not filed for N400.

They won't reject it, but may be confused and thus you'd have to jump through extra hoops. You have something to lose and the officer does not

44 month was when extension letters were 12/18/24 months. I would not be surprised to see cases for 2022 and above taking +72 months if they don't file for N400 ....

You have more experience in this issue than me so I do respect your view