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+1 wait till u outside the US. there's no rush

u can go anywhere u want, no restriction on K1 about visiting another country ( beside expire date)

she cant change her name on birth certificate because its already in the past. she need court order for that or marriage certificate if that foreign country accept that as a name change document. when she wants to change her name to married name for any foreign documentation, she can bring her marriage certificate / court order along with her original birth certificate so it shows her name change from A to B. no need to change her name on passport and driver's license in her country if she doesnt want to or some country make it super difficult for that. as long as whatever paperwork she has in the US = married name. many people do that without an issue. when u filed for AOS, put ur last name as her last name on all the forms. she will get the EAD and SS with a new name

If they are moslem, I think the wife can file for divorce even if he doesn’t want to. I also came from moslem country but I don’t know the in depth detail about it. https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=245fedab-6ea3-4340-a87d-3aab91c72830#:~:text=In Pakistan%2C a Muslim marriage,applicable law%3B (ii). Hope it helped !

Happiness. Full stop

MIL can pick and choose whoever she wants to sponsor. just to make sure that her daughter can bring the kids to the US with the father's consent if they are below 21 at that time. it need consent letter from the father

i agree with @JeanneAdil.when he said "sponsor" probably just tourist visa "sponsored" by the brother. met USC and got married, that's how he got the EAD most likely he will get NTA since he got denied AOS. when ? dont know the timeline but that's most people got the NTA after AOS denial can he re-married? he can absolutely can. noone cant stop him from re-married once his divorce finalized. can he get the GC from 2nd marriage with USC? now that's the million dollar question. it will be difficult and hard to win

wait till visa in hand

you need to show strong ties with ur home country to get bigger chance for visitor visa

i already know what im going to wear....ball gown LOL

All my life I always advised people to wear business casual for work interview, USCIS interview and oath ceremony. But 4 weeks ago I happened to take biometric for my visa application at USCIS field office and turned out it’s an oath ceremony day. Many people wore their best suite, tie all American and all, but then I saw an old white couple about their 60’s wearing shorts, slipper and tank top like they are going to the beach. I thought they come for biometric as well, well how wrong I am. They actually coming for oath ceremony. And when I said lol u dressed up so casually the lady told me “ I’ve been in US since I was 2 and I’m from Canada. I didn’t know there’s restriction for apparels ? “ lol im 💯 % sure they won’t kick this couple out from the ceremony because of their outfit this is just my observation because I happened to be there that day

if you want to get airline tickets asap because of pricing, i will choose the one that's 100% refundable or only small fee to change ( depend on the ticket class) its not advisable to purchase without visa in hand but i understand ur POV.

dont know if it helped. i have 2 different friend who lived in 2 different state that got GC approved in 2022. the case : 1. B1/B2 for over 20 years, got married with LPR filed i-130 and then upgraded to USC. interview in November 2018. no red flag, no issue. couple from same home country, interview went well. dead silence until June 2022 ( almost 4 years later) when they send long list of RFE for updated evidences + medical. 2 months later = GC. friend refused to WoM probably because of $$$ 2. friend came with B1/b2 visa and then got married and switch to AOS around 6 months after she arrived. interview in April 2022, no red flag, interview were ok. same age, husband white and shes hispanic. dead silence. she went to congressperson, senator etc etc, and the answer : just wait. in june 2022 i had interview at the same place and found out from IO, almost every IO in that office quit lol. therefore i suspect, they just had no staff to adjudicate. it's one of the smallest FO in the US. 8 months later, she got GC approval on new years eve 2022.im 100% sure in her case, her file was forgotten and collecting dust in the corner and no IO touched it by accident it seems theres no pattern for adjudication even when there's no issue whatsoever during interview. also my story, i was in removal proceeding, i-485 got admin closed until my removal proceeding terminated. i tried so hard to reopen i-485 with the help of congressperson and what USCIS respond to congressperson "we have limited staff at the moment" and they didnt reopen i-485. while my i-485 still admin closed i filed for i-131, filed expedite request, and got approved in 8 days since the day i filed i-131. the day after they approved my i-131, they reopened my 485 ( i think it's domino effect of filing i-131). but i never received that AP LOL, that's during when uscis has issue with printing AP and GC for weeks. so 3 weeks later i filed for expedite request for i-485 and then they approved it ( just a month after they told my congressperson we dont have staff). i agreed depend on the reason of expedite request with the same reason when i filed for i131. if it's legit, they will process that request ( which happened to you) i think i also got lucky with the IO who approved my GC ( without interview) bottom line : seems theres no pattern about adjudication and all and those "final review" might even be anything meaningful. have u try to raise service request lately? if ur case still in ur FO, ur service request will be send directly to ur local FO and hopefully it will move things up. sometimes it just because no IO "touched" ur case yet

agree with @Redro AFAIK. u cant just ask to switch consulate just because the other consulate is backlogged. and also ur wife need to be resident in vietnam and not just rely on passport that stated she was born it vietnam.

where is her home country?

you already legally married, no need to legally married (again) in the US. throw her big wedding celebration if she wants, that's what many women wants anyway. u did the right way by do some research first. most people when they said "my friends did that" usually didnt know 100% details and that can be backfired. read this :

only answered what they asked. no need to be scared, u have strong (dutch) passport, 51 days trip is fine, bring your return plane ticket too

both. u will receive by mail and attachment on your document tab at uscis account

How old is ur step daughter now. If she’s young enough and not turned to 18 when the mother become citizen, she can file n-600. U don’t need to adopt her. please correct me if im wrong

Just one time $675 fee.

Is it bad if I think OP shouldn’t file for I-290B for USCIS mistake and incompetence ? I refused to pay the fee just because it’s not my mistake. Can OP actually send explanation letter along with the evidence of the certified mail and send it to service center and also the local field office to avoid I-290B fee

B2 visa normally will be 5 years or 10 years multiple entry. some countries only got max 5 years visa i will say normally because when my own sister applied back in 2009, she only received 3 months validity. in her case she never travel to the US, almost never go overseas. edit : i just found out now that vietnamese only got 12 months validity.

extension for B-2 visa? not needed because i-485 will give ur parents in law basis to stay in the US ( pending case)