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I would strongly advice not to bring a small baby to the interview. Not every officer likes kids. Especially if you filed under 3 year rule, there's still a chance of both spouses being interviewed. You don't want it to turn into stokes interview because of officer asking one parent to wait outside with the kid.

Hi @provec Here's my personal experience: You may want to browse this forum: https://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/161-us-citizenship-case-filing-and-progress-reports/ They way it's organized, typically by year and month of filing. You can even find folks who filed around same time as you and read their experience. Generally, folks post their interview experiences in their monthly thread. Good luck and post your experience too, after becoming a citizen!

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No need to. But do you know why it was rejected and are you addressing this problem in new submission?

More than one spousal / fiance visa sponsorship per your lifetime can raise a reasonable suspicion. Cross-border marriages and visa sponsorships are seen as exceptional by US immigration based on my perception on how immigration works. Of course, if you sponsored somebody at age of 21, then they passed away and you're sponsoring somebody else at age of 60, that's different to sponsoring new immigrant within 5-10 years of sponsoring somebody else. Even when you sponsor later in life it may open another can of worms, such as: - Is US citizen sponsoring somebody for financial reward, since medical expenses etc increase as you get older? - Are they sponsoring a disguised caretaker (especially if immigrant 10+ years younger)? There's no 100% way of knowing what would happen. You may get more scrutiny, or you may not. It's a risk you and your new spouse may need to evaluate.

The biggest hurdle is convincing airline overseas you can be boarded on US bound flight. You can show them Carrier Guide. Once arrived, you may be placed into secondary. A valid ADIT stamp is typically good enough for CBP.

I understand you're stressed. However, it's better to have interview than be waiting, in my opinion. You have upper hand now. USCIS has 120 days from interview to decide on your case. On day 121 you can sue USCIS for decision. On the contrary, they have almost unlimited time to schedule you for interview.

For my I-751, none of the trackers could predict it accurately. It took 20.5 months instead of 7 months. For my N-400, I didn't use trackers. USCIS predicted 7 months, but it took about 3.5 months. On the day of my oath, USCIS MyProgress showed 3 weeks until decision. I don't believe trackers. Each case is individual.

No downside to listing. I even listed wine club membership in there, and museum membership. It had no effect whatsoever.

Tax return transcript is what you need. It really says it in PDF that you download from IRS website.

I would not trust them about status with Social Security Administration. I also checked the box on N-400, but after a month went to update my status to SSA as it wasn't happening. Here's the details:

NOAs can take 4-8 weeks. And then it can be real crickets for a year or more. Good luck!

It's OK each case is unique. I was ready to wait 6+ months for interview

Did you file online? My case also started with IOE9... I'm a citizen now. Case trackers are only picking paper filed cases I think.

Do you have a pending I-751?

Yes, bring as much fresh evidence you can. With utility companies and banks, you can just select paper statements so you don't have to spend time and money printing. In most cases, paper statement are free.

OP was last on Visa Journey on October 13, 2022. Don't expect an answer any time soon.

Be careful with Boundless, similar services and notarios. They may impose their own rules and / or not meet actual USCIS requirements.

This is normal

Actually, I checked, according to the website https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/ it takes under a year in most cities. But not unusual to take over a year, at least I saw it on VJ. US passport usually is sufficient proof of citizenship.

No strict order, but it makes sense to get passport first. He cannot leave the US without US passport. N-600 can take years.

He's not required, but it's highly recommended to get certificate to avoid any issues later in life. Yes

If it's not serious, you don't get 7 years of sentence... You have to see things from a bit more objective perspective. $9k for such case is a very reasonable price. Regular cases can cost $5k to be filed by a lawyer.

Congrats!

Yep, EAD, GC or other proof of status such as valid I-94 (while on student visa, work visa) is needed to get driver license. Your EAD / AP got processed super fast, it must be a lucky exception. Even before COVID, my combo card took around 6 months. Fun fact, British call it "driving license", while Americans use "driver license"