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  1. OldUser
    Why all caps? This can be viewed as shouting at a VJ member. You can try getting stamps, but it gets difficult as USCIS is reluctant to give any stamps when you have no pending case with them. Looping @mindthegap here as a member with most experience navigating several I-751 denials. No matter what you do at this point, prior marriage that gave you GC will haunt you until you prove it was real.
  2. OldUser
    Estimates are known to be incorrect across the board for all types of cases. You can safely ignore them. Recent example : You can search on VJ and find that most likely nobody ever had a good estimate on MyUSCIS
  3. OldUser
    Go to Documents section tab and find the docs. There should be NOA1 there
  4. OldUser
    To naturalize, it'll likely take close to 5 years from now even with K-1 route. Let's produce an optimistic estimate. * K-1 approval - 6 months * Visa Interview, visa issuance - 3 months. * AOS - 6 months * 3 years as LPR before filing for N-400. Assuming she still has pending I-751 at that point when becoming eligible to file for natualization. * N-400 processing - 8 months. Total: 6 months + 3 months + 6 months + 36 months + 8 months = 59 months, which is give or take 5 years from start to finish if you file today. But again, this is very optimistic. I've seen AOS taking easily 12-18 months and N-400 taking 12+ months. So overall it could be close to 5.5 years
  5. OldUser
    Both of the estimates you posted are very optimistic. It's more like 2 years for CR-1 and 9-12 months for K-1. But K-1 estimate is only time until entry to the US. To get GC, K-1 will take additional 6-18 months after entry to the US. Plus things will likely slow down very soon with new administration.
  6. OldUser
    The more proof, the better. Things may get stricter after Jan 20.
  7. OldUser
    In 6 months, will the trip be in the 5 year lookback period or not? I would not reapply, if you get denied, until this trip doesn't have to be listed. Unless you're hoping to sponsor somebody for immigration benefit, or get job requiring US citizenship, or travel to destination that requires visa now, but not for US passport holders, or planning to spend 6+ months overseas again... I would wait 8 months now. Things will likely get stricter from January 20th. Whatever worked before may be harder to prove now. It's your choice afterall. Good luck!
  8. OldUser
    On the other hand, N-400 can take 6-12 months only to find yourself in a hot spot and potential denial. But since you kept lease and filed taxes, I think you should be OK convincing officer that you didn't abandon residence. Again, it may not be the simplest case if officer is very particular about travel, but it is approvable in my opinion.
  9. OldUser
    You can give it a shot if you don't mind potentially losing N-400 fees. But there's high chance they can convince officer they didn't abandon their residency.
  10. OldUser
    Technically you're right but you're so close to breaking residence that you have to be very careful and precise to prove you didn't break residence. It's very likely you'll be asked to prove ties at that time. Did you keep US lease? US job? Bank accounts in the US? You can avoid potential issue altogether by waiting to file N-400 until your 5 year anniverary of coming back to the US after that long trip during COVID time. Would it be fair to say you can just file later this year?
  11. OldUser
    There's nothing wrong with using attorney if can afford. All of my cases, including I-751 were handled by attorneys.
  12. OldUser
    K3 is obsolete visa that is almost never issued (3-4 visas per year!). There are people who believe filing it helps speeding up I-130. There's no clear correlation and no proof of it working. Also there's no logical explanation why it would work. PD is Priority Date
  13. OldUser
    Just to make sure... You cannot use PO as physical address, only as mailing address.
  14. OldUser
    Need to do everything you did before to get that visa. Depending on how old he is now, it may take much much longer to get back to the US.
  15. OldUser
    The safest thing to do, of course, is to apply 5 years from May-June 2024 so that long isn't in the travel history. Do they actually own a house or have a lease? This may be required to prove their ties. Bank accounts are good but it may not be enough on its own.
  16. OldUser
    You can even ask Chat GPT to draft one. You need to make sure there's date, your name and signature and case number somewhere in the body of the letter
  17. OldUser
    Congratulations to you and your spouse, but for immigration it doesn't matter you got married. Marriage alone doesn't grant any status. Right now, if you're not in J-1 program, you're out of status.
  18. OldUser
    Yes, copy of DS-3025 if correct box is checked. This is only for K-1. Others adjusting status are required to submit I-693.
  19. OldUser
    You cannot file I-693 without new exam practically. And there is no need to file I-693 if DS-3025 has box "K Visa applicant voluntarily completed vaccination requirements" checked.
  20. OldUser
    Out of status, if you're no longer in J-1 program. Sometimes visa can be expired but you're in status. When was your last entry? Are you still in J-1 program? More importantly, were you subject to 212(e) aka 2 year rule?
  21. OldUser
    Congratulations! I guess WoM was worth it. Do you mind sharing any details about the process and events that followed after filing WoM?
  22. OldUser
    Does your DS-3025 have checkmark checked for "K Visa applicant voluntarily completed vaccination requirements"?
  23. OldUser
    The vaccinations on DS-3025 should be completed
  24. OldUser
    What do you mean by this? Kid has to have a GC, US citizen can present their certicate of naturalization or US passport.
  25. OldUser
    ^^ @May531 this is the reason N-600 is highly recommended. Imagine your kid has to go through this as an adult many years later when renewing US passport or getting some other benefit. You may not longer be around, but the adult child of yours will have to go through archives to prove they're really US citizen. If they have cerficate of citizenship, on the other hand, that's just one paper immediately proving they're a citizen without having to go through hassle.
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