OldUser

Great news!

This is normal, there's still July filers waiting for their interviews to be scheduled.

Still takes 1.5-2 years. Fast in USCIS terms, but much slower compared to many people's expectations.

The estimates in the accountt are random. I-130 take 14 months give or take. I'd only start worrying end of May 2025.

Waiver typically adds additional year or more to processing times. You'd get a better chance of waiver approval if you have a proven track record of: 1) Refusing vaccines throughout your life (e.g. you never got any vaccines) 2) You're a member of religious organization or believer who takes active participation in it 3) Some examples of what religion says about vaccinations. Quotes from holy books, religious leaders etc. I'm not an expert in this area, but I'd imagine there's a high burden of proof. Protecting US public health is one the top priorities for US government, your reasons must be compelling to get an exception. You're gotta be pretty sure your religion doesn't allow vaccinations. If unsure, the chances of approval are lower.

Yes, messaging is weird with GC approvals. It's normal to get "New Card is Being Produced" status first, followed eith case approval. It was the same with my case.

You cannot naturalize right now. The path is: CR-1 visa => Green Card => Removal of conditions => Naturalization. It can take at least 5 years for you to become a citizen. 6-7 years is a more realistic estimate. You can work while on Green Card. Most of the jobs in the US don't require you to be a US citizen. So... You're looking about 2 years from day of CR1 filing to actually start working in the US, because it takes 1.5-2 years to get visa, enter the US and get Green Card. You cannot skip any of the steps in the path I showed and become a US citizen without paperwork and wait.

If he filed it, maybe it wouldn't show under your account? Also, do you have copies of old evidence you submitted for GC etc? Maybe you have 2019 return there.

When was the first time you filed US taxes?

Many would argue this approach slows down everything tramendously... It takes time to take documents of sheet protectors / plastic bags. Plus the noise it produces flipping the pages, taking it out etc can annoy the officer (remember we're all humans). Of course there is no right or wrong answer here, we all have our opinions, but I concur with @powerpuff @Nous Eb et al. Accordion wins in my view. It was recommended by my lawyer and it was handy during the interview. Being able to quickly navigate and take out several items at once was an advantage over flipping plastic and taking it out under pressure. At least in my experience.

Not needed. Nothing to provide if you were never married.

You can switch to any name during N-400, theoretically even to Arnold Schwarzenegger if you really wanted to. You can certainly switch to Rohit Gandhi if you prefer. After naturalization in the US you'll lose your Indian citizenship. However, moving forward, in rare cases you'd have to explain name discrepancy between current name and name in birth certificate. You'll have copy of naturalization certificate to explain it. Your current name is Rahul Gandhi. FNU stands for "first name unknown". So your GC should have been corrected as soon as you got it. I wouldn't think it's a biggest deal, can be explained / corrected during N-400 if you need.

Pretty normal timeline, congrats. Good luck with the interview!

You'll never have work visa if you're on K-1 adjusting status

I'm not sure you can be a PR holder in Canada without being a tax resident of Canada. And to the US, you'd also want to pay taxes to support domicile claim...

Or even more conservative - when the visa is in passport that's surely an approval Agreed, cannot rely on verbal approval.

Exactly. Family photo is different to photos of family members. Can't just include a photo from uncle Bob's birthday with 5 family members on it. Each family member photo should only contain one person.

Verbal approval is not legally binding. Status taking a while to change is normal.

Without docs - yes. With docs - most likely not. Were you in status when you filed I-485?

Have you considered tax implications of this?

There's always an option of applying for second passport in order to travel while the other passport is with the embassy. This is a legitimate reason. Of course, this is if you don't need US visa to travel into the US. There's always an option of applying for second passport in order to travel while the other passport is with the embassy. This is a legitimate reason. Of course, this is if you don't need US visa to travel into the US.

How did you remove conditions not living together? This is concerning. Generally, 5 year rule is the way to go if you can choose. Based on what you're describing you aren't eligible to file under 3 year rule since you onmy started living together. Marital union for 3 years is the requirement for N-400 under 3 year rule. The bigger question is whether you removed conditions on the right premise. If not, it could be risky to apply for N-400 even under 5 year rule.

This is normal timeline. Congratulations!

There's no such thing as too much evidence when it comes to immigration.

Looks like there's a suspicion of TB?