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For February 2025, only 2 lucky filers were scheduled for interview so far.

December 2024 folks data as of today:

November 2024 folks data as of today:

What exact docs were submitted for this? Tax return transcripts from IRS website? Which years? Do all years have 100K income? How big is household size?

Ok, but which supporting docs did you submit for these forms? You don't have to publish sensitive data, but just describe so we understand.

If you can explain what all was submitted so far for Affidavit of Support, VJ community can help with the next steps. Looping @pushbrk , the expert in this area

It cannot get corrected. Consular officer has some level of discretion. They were not convinced by the docs submitted so far and want more information and joint sponsor to ensure the immigrant won't become a public charge. Are you employed full time? Sorry you have to deal with this.

Multitasking

Nice, I'll give it a try! I also made a ChatGPT bot based on official study material. The bonus of this one is I can actually voice chat with it. It reads a random question from the list, and I reply by saying the answer, so it makes it similar to exam conditions. It's a verbal exam, right?

I'll keep the forum posted with my experience of course.

March 24

Happy Friday! My interview got scheduled, which I did not expect to happen so fast! Time to study for real!

Try different browser or computer?

LPRs are free to have as many jobs as they want. Not a problem to disclose on N-400 either.

I'm sorry if my message seemed off. The reason I posted it is because some VJ folks think their interview is scheduled when it isn't, creating high expectation. I only wanted to clarify my understanding of MyProgress. I'm not a native English speaker, and misunderstood the use of word "reaching" in this context. Thank you for sharing the news, they're good news indeed. And the fact you don't have to do biometrics is a very positive thing. Saves time and hassle. Please keep us updated on progress and don't feel discouraged !

I didn't have this situation, as my taxes were always filed jointly when I got married. However, I don't see a problem submitting 2022 it shows your name, you're being married. Doesn't wife's name show at all anywhere on tax return transcript?

Congratulations! Which field office?

You may be misreading the tab information. When your interview is scheduled, Step #3 will be checked the same way as step #2 and step #1.

Did you not file online? Typically you can see documents online.

That's what instructions for I-751 say. That's what I provided and got approved. Others got approved evidence for smaller timespan - from GC approval to I-751 filing date.

You could have requested combo interview when filing N-400 by uploading your I-751 receipt notice in additional / unsolicited evidence section in your application and writing a short cover letter asking to have a combo interview due to pending I-751. I'd imagine your interview is already scheduled and it would be difficult to change anything. Be prepared to do combo interview (I-751 and N-400). But also your I-751 may get approved before interview or after interview with N-400 waiting for the outcome of I-751. It's hard to predict what exactly would happen. Too many moving parts. Good luck!

Combo interview. Yes, spouse needs to come with you, especially because you have I-751 pending. Otherwise IO may not approve the case. You don't have to take kids. If somebody can watch them while you're away, it should be OK.

Congrats!

Depending on the officer and their interpretation of marital union, even a week apart could lead to denial when filing under 3 year rule. Looks like your officer was pretty relaxed about it but maybe had to get additional approval from his boss hence this excuse about slow computer. Let us know how it goes and congrats with the interview!

In my opinion, this is a recipe for disaster in the long run. All passports and ID docs should ideally have current legal name. I can understand variations in spelling due to alphabet differences. Such as André vs Andre. However, I cannot imagine country A's passport saying John Smith and coutry B's passport saying Fred Johnes. In fact, quite a few countries, for example UK have policies for their dual citizens mandating names should match in all passports. This is really big inconvenience from security standpoint. Dual citizens with different names in different passports should not be surprised if they're asked by authorities to explain such discrepancies when travelling internationally, for example. A person with different identities will always be a subject to additional checks by both governments.