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You can come back to the US on GC. As long as you don't travel for at least a year after returning back in the US and none of your trips are 6 months or longer in the future, you will be able to naturalize in the US under 4 year and 1 day rule.

Did she do a full medical exam with a civil surgeon? https://www.uscis.gov/tools/find-a-civil-surgeon

Same happened to me. I could see tracking number in Informed Delivery before USCIS updated tracking on their website 😃

Tax return transcripts for the past 5 years. Any marriage / divorce certificates / birth certificates for children.

Sadly, purchasing a car involves most inevitably, writing check. Same goes for any home repairs, services etc. Though many contractors now can take credit card (but charge a fee for that). Otherwise I'm a team CC myself 😃

No it's not possible. It might be cheaper to change plans, come, marry and file earlier?

What basis are you applying on? Marriage to US citizen (3 year rule) OR Being a permanent resident for 5 years?

The screenshot begins with "This is in reference to the I-485..." I see what you mean. Essentially, it says OP is not eligible to adjust. Meaning they're not trying adjusting based on marriage to US citizen. Maybe they came on a different type of visa and trying to adjust through marriage to GC holder or US citizen parent / sibling? Then it's a wrong forum for sure. Or... did they just not marry their fiance yet??? @Gurita are you married to a US citizen?

Not visa. As far as I can tell, OP is adjusting status from K1.

Meaning Last Name is used interchagably in the documentation. At my AOS interview the officer used "Last name" too, and not "Family name" as far as I remember. Either way... Interesting observarion about GC, passport etc using Surname.

I heard Netherlands is somewhat strict on multiple / dual citizenship. Plus if travelling to Netherlands as a citizen, they may require entering the country on their passport (similar to US and US citizens entering the US). It's definitely something OP needs to investigate, potentially with a lawyer in Netherlands. Travelling to a third country - sure, I'd just travel on US passport for simplicity. Unless Dutch passport has some better benefits at a particular destination. For example, travelling to EU is going to require eTA soon. But OP won't need to do it as a EU citizen.

In your case I would put the maiden name and keep using it. Mismatching names on GC and passport are not the worst thing, and could be explained by carrying a copy of marriage certificate when you travel, but would you want to do it? If you naturalize in the US and that means losing Netherlands citizenship (not an expert on laws of your country), then change name an N-400 stage. If you'd be keeping Netherlands citizenship (you can and you want) then keep name consistent on both docs and don't change name.

Majority of US immigration forms list Last Name. See example of current N-400 form. On a contrary, I haven't seen Surname used often (if at all) on US immigration forms.

I'm sure majority of people using wheelchair due to disability would not be approved for this. OP is extremely optimistic. I tend to agree this seems like a waste of time and resources. To OP: please make all the effort to show up in person if you can. Sorry about the leg. Don't risk getting AOS denied / severely denied due to this.

Never doubted your marriage, just in general N-400 under 3 year rule has a higher bar compared to regular 5 year rule case. You can certainly apply, and if you manage to maintain physical presence, you'll be totally fine. Good luck and let us know how it goes!

As far as I know, you need to meet all criteria at the time of oath to be elibigle for naturalization: - Physical presence - Continuous residence - Good moral character - Still married to US citizen and living in marital union etc etc It seems to me you're trying to use 3 year rule which is generally more complex and requires more evidence etc to compensate for spending too much time outside of the US. Even when applying under this rule, you should add few months of presence. Build an easy case for an officer to approve.

Time for WoM?

From the day of the interview. You'll need up to date information if you traveled outside of the US between filing and interview. I believe this requirement is there even until you take oath. E.g travel outaide of the US between you went to interview and oath. So, have you been LPR for over 3 years but want to use 3 year rule because of break in residency? Do you know about 4 year and 1 day rule? It may be easier / better than 3 year rule. Also, don't cut it too close. Wait for few more months so it's a clear cut instead of just 10-20 days of required presence. The last thing you want is for IO to be doubting.

Took about 3 weeks from approval to receiving GC in the mail. Make sure to monitor the mail with USPS Informed Delivery. USPS Hold Mail, Mail Forwarding, Intercept - none of them worked for me. GC arrived at address where it was mailed. Can you travel on GC + valid extension letter? Probably yes. Can I recommend it? No. Simply because people get denied boarding with it all the time, not related to 10 year GC being produced (airline won't know).

If you get an interview or RFE I'd mention it. Otherwise, it seems immaterial.

Not much to add, the risk is there.

Exactly my thoughts. The problem is, USCIS fees isn't something people pay every day, so CC declines this "suspicious" charge more often than not. In addion, which checks, only two parties can make a mistake: - Filer putting wrong amount, not maintaining balance etc - USCIS clerk cashing the check With CC you can have three parties making a mistake: - Filer putting wrong CC info on forms, or close to limit, or whatever else - USCIS clerk trying to use CC - CC issuer blocking transaction as fraud by mistake

AFAIK the big CC issuers have complex AI driven algorithms and simply ignore such requests or say yes out of politeness which doesn't guarantee the transaction will be approved 100%. A lot of the times customer service doesn't have any way to affect this at all. Note that many CC don't even ask about travel plans anymore either or won't let you set it.

I'm a miles / rewards enthusiast myself, with nearly 20 CCs, pretty decent score and generous credit limits. 2% of places where I never pay with CC is USCIS and some mom and pop shops (where I'd feel taking adavantage of store owners if I payed with CC). One incident that spooked me was a charge of ~30-50 bucks at DMV or some other government institution that got declined. It was before I dealt with USCIS. I naturally decided to never use CC with USCIS due to potential decline. Lucky you being able to pay $22K on CC! The dealerships around me allowed $500 max on CC (too many savvy people living around me I guess). The biggest charge was overseas in a jewelry store. I was buying a very pricey item for my spouse, so no surprise it got flagged 😅

You may get an RFE and / or you may get an interview. Those are going to be perfect opportunities to fix answers.