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That's OK. Even if still married, you can apply under 5 year rule. Sure thing. You will be asked to confirm dates of your travel and sometimes addresses and work. You don't want to give officer any reason to question you more. I had about 7 trips since I became an LPR and I remembered all. My case was squeaky clean, so the only thing officer attempted is asking me to confirm wrong dates which I corrected. Theoretically, officer can accuse you of lying under oath if you get any info wrong. Or start playing games: "You said you returned to the US from Australia on April 9, but your application says April 7th." Here is my story: My understanding is, the officer tried failing me on a technicality. Even though case was straightforward, she could have made it hell if I didn't pay attention. She even had an apprentice sitting there, potentially there to learn tricks and how to probe people. After approving me, she even took same elevator with me and lawyer down to the lobby. Even though I was relieved, I kept my comments etc to myself and had mouth shut when going downstairs in the elevator.

Why are you moving prior to move to the US? Can you extend your current stay until the big move?

Each case is unique. For example, a friend of mine filed I-751 2 weeks after me and got approved about 3-4 months earlier than me. The estimate was 7 months when I filed, but took 20.5 in reality. 12-17 months for I-130 is a fair estimate.

Were you replying to RFE? What stage of process are you on? Need more info. But typically there are no set timelines for this

Oh, you are still going through AOS. Lomg wait after interview can happen any time, this is not new sadly

Do you have pending I-751? Was it 3 or 5 year rule case? Sorry I don't remember how you filed

Congratulations! This is typically the case. Usually officers are nicer in lawyer's presence and don't try to play games. This is usually the case when you come with evidence and prepared. There's quite a few folks who get grilled when they come without evidence. When officer sees you're prepared, they don't want to waste time. This is not unusual, unfortunately. Mine got stapled too. I hope you applied for large US passport book. It is not any larger, just has more pages. Some countries charge for large books, but in US it costs the same as regular. The benefit is you won't run out of pages before passport expires - think other countries' stamps, visas etc. Did you get passport card too? Also, don't forget to update status with SSA!

Kudos to you for helping your wife study for the test! I see there's challenge, but the good news is, she still has time to learn and prepare. Maybe there's somebody from her community who passed the exam recently? Maybe they could help her study too?

If English isn't a problem, then it improves things significantly. There's videos on YouTube going through questions. There's phone app by USCIS for studying for exam. When I studied for the test, I noticed how different questions were related. For example, questions about George Washington. There's at least 2 or 3 I can think of in a test. Talk about the person - who he was, what he did. This will answer at least a few questions. Same goes about wars. Who US fought in WWII and who was president in the US at the time. They're different questions, but they're related

I don't believe USCIS goal is to help / ensure people get immigration benefit. Quite the opposite, they typically look for ways to collect the fees and deny petitions... The burden of proof is on applicant.

If she filed N-400 before October 20, she's going to be asked questions from 2008 test. 2025 test is for new applicants. She'll be asked random questions again second time. No, she'll get random sentence. Essentially, she'll get another interview with random questions. She's expected to answer any question on test, so they're not going to focus on those she didn't answer. In short, she should expect any question on first and second attempts.

They have the keys to the castle and set the rules... So discretion is always there, unfortunately

Did you send I-765 together with I-485? Did you have separate checks for them?

No, on form N-445 before ceremony https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-j-chapter-5 Essentially, USCIS checks you're still eligible to naturalize on the day of your oath. If not, they can revert N-400 approval. Here's form itself https://downloads.regulations.gov/USCIS-2006-0055-0029/content.pdf For example. You had a clean history and never had any problems with law. You got approved for N-400 but ceremony was month later. Between interview and ceremony you got arrested for posession of marijuana and released. If you disclose it on N-445, you will not get naturalized. N-400 will be reopened and denied. Or if you don't list it on N-445 and naturalize, then if USCIS finds out this happened, you can be denaturalized for lying on form. Another example. Somehow oath was not scheduled for some time, and you decide to leave the US and wait until you get oath ceremony scheduled. Ceremony gets scheduled 7 months after interview. You come back to the US to take oath, but you were out of the US for 6 months. You broke continuous residency by not keeping a job and /or lease and staying out for too long. You no longer can naturalize. Your N-400 is reopened and denied.

Some companies never issue paper W2's and only electronic copies. I don't believe this type of doc requires the originals

Depends if fiance gets the full custody or not

Does certificate match this description? https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/Brazil.html Some countries have short and long versions of birth certificates. Maybe by "full text" they meant yours doesn't include all info as in reciprocity table above?

You never provided consulate name. And this is the important factor to determine timeline.

A lot depends on how soon you fill the forms and book appointment for passport https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/how-apply/processing-times.html?os=io.....no_journeystrue&ref=app

This can be same any time, depending on office. You can have interview, approval and oath on same day. Or it can be days, weeks and even months in between. Yes you can. You will have to list any new international travel before oath takes place. There's going to be form to be filled. Make sure not to break your continuous residence or physical presence.

I-751 asks for evidence from start of marriage until date of filing. The more you send, the better. Instructions actually say to send as much evidence as you can. Nobody was denied for sending a lot of good evidence. People were denied / RFEd for sending less.

Could be anything. Maybe office got too busy etc.

Congrats!

You should always keeps copies of all documents you ever submit to USCIS / DOS.

I don't know if it's touched for sure, or just estimate updated, causing timestamps to update.