OldUser

Sorry it's hard to follow the dates in your message. I would certainly start counting 5 years from second long trip, after returning to the US. Is this what you're doing?

Once you become 21 you can petition your parents by filing I-130 and I-864 for each of the parent. They will file I-485, I-765, I-131, I-693 to adjust their status. Since they are your parents, they are immediate relatives. Their overstay will be forgiven.

If wife nafuralizes before June, then steodaughter will become a citizen too if was in custody of your wife. The stepdaughter can then get US passport and file for N-600 to have certificate of citizenship. If wife naturalizes after stepdaughter turns 18, then the young adult will have to file her own N-400. This is all assuming stepdaughter is LPR and is biological daughter of your wife.

Waiting for RFE definitely slows down the processing. Uploading additional evidence - I don't see how it can slow anything down. Officer won't look at file until he / she's ready to adjudicate. At that point they'll check evidence, most likely including unsolicited evidence. If it gets ignored, it doesn't hurt either.

No

Absolutely not. I-751 takes forever. Even getting receipt takes long time sometimes. File as soon as everything else is ready. I wouldn't wait for 2024 tax return transcripts.

It's not the act of smoking 20 years ago that could result in N-400 denial, it's omission / minimization / hiding / not disclosing the fact on form.

And if unstable, don't petition for anything at all until certain the relationship is long term.

There seems to be movement for July 2024 filers

Or EAD is approved

2004 or 2024?

It's a choice that can be made by applicant, if eligible. What the Resident Since date on her GC? If it is before May 8, 2020, she can apply today under General Provision. General provision is generally easier: you don't need to reprove marriage, thus amount of evidence you need to provide is 80-90% less. US citizen spouse doesn't have go to interview, as oppose to 3 year rule where it's highly recommended. It's easier to adjudicate, there's fewer rules. However, if she's only eligible for 3 year rule now, she can apply now. They way you described the trip, I doubt it would be an issue for marital union.

USCIS never issues any refunds. Would you rather go to biometrics appointment to get your money worth? I wouldn't. Also, biometric fee covers not just the visit. There's background checks performed by other federal agencies for each applicant. Even if you didn't go to appointment, those checks will be ran and need to be financed somehow.

It shouldn't, if she kept apartment or whatever permanent address in the US and it hasn't changed. However, if she's applying under 3 year rule (marriage to US citizen), and she traveled for 2 months alone, without her US citizen spouse... This can be perceived as broken marital union. Some officers will take that into consideration and may deny N-400. So if she's eligible for 5 year rule (general provision) N-400, then I'd go with that, because marital union isn't a factor in that case.

If she spends over 183 days in the US within 3 years and 31 days in current year... Congratulations, she's a US tax resident. She has to file US taxes on worldwide income, whatever it is.

You're very clever. You fooled them successfully. You're smarter than US government. You'll be fine with petition for kids, it's going to be a walk in the park. If necessary, you'll make something else up. Of course you'll remain US citizen. There's no risks involved. Is this the answer you're looking for? I'm afraid nobody can give you this answer. Not sure how many VJ members need to say you're in trouble with certain degree of risk of getting denaturalized. Seems like the scenario is clear and simple. The only thing I have to say if anything happens with denaturalization, you sir fully deserve it. I have nothing else to add, so will refrain from further comments. Good luck!

They have 0 insight unless they work in administration.

Very good point actually!

A lot of the times USCIS denies cases with very vague wording, not exact but similar to "based on submitted evidence we could not establish petitioner's eligibility to immigration benefit". Which essentially means they were not convinced by quantity / quality of evidence provided. But yeah, to me when somebody wants to see every transaction in my bank accounts in the last few years and know living arrangements, whether we have kids or not... That's considered "every detail of married couples life" in my view.

Burden of proof is on petitioner, not on USCIS. They can only determine if there's enough supporting evidence. Yes, technically USCIS wants to know intimate details of your life. This is why you share intimate information with stranger (USCIS adjudicator), such as: - Your bank account statements - Your photos with significant other and your friends, families - Your tax return transcripts (how much you make as a family) - Your trip reservations for vacations showing how you spend free time together - Your lease / mortgage details - Your identity documents In addition, USCIS can ask very intimate and personal questions during interview such as: - Last time you had intimacy - Who sleeps on which side of bed - Birth marks, tattoes, scars on your partner - What sweet names do you call each other - Many more things like that However, I agree sending a photo of being pregnant is not necessarily useful for reasons I mentioned in comment above.

This is not necessarily evidence that's useful. I don't want to sound too harsh, but a pregnant person may be pregnant from somebody other than their spouse. When you have child's birth certificate with both parent's name on it - that's evidence

Not LA, but there are people who filed in August 2024 and don't have interview date yet:

If you include time AOS takes, time to green card is probably shorter on CR-1

If you include time AOS takes, time to green card is probably shorter on CR-1

Because whenever you sponsor somebody, your own immigration history is exposed and reviewed again. By filing for anybody else, you're going to commit immigration fraud. Any immigration benefit you get your kids may be taken away from them many years later whenever fraud on your part is discovered. There's more than ever fraud units in USCIS scrutinizing every case. Especially from your country of origin. Especially with prior marriages involved. I'm not going to go into detail, as you'd just going to think how to defraud US government again.