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Employment Authorization Document. A plastic card allowing immigrant to work while waiting for green card. Can be obtained by filing I-765 (separate fee). I highly recommend it as it will serve as identity document and will allow the immigrant not only to work, but open bank accounts, credit cards, get driver's license and more. The more immigrant settles in the country and comingles finances etc, the more evidence of bonafide marriage they're going to have for their GC approval. Also recommend filing I-131, Advance Parole. Separate fee applies. Also serves as ID document and allows travelling outside the US without abandoning adjustment of status application. Sometimes emergencies happen. It's not rare to hear on VJ when immigrant has to decide between visiting their sick parents back home and staying in US to get GC. This solves thr problem.

You can easily find this information publicly using status trackers online. You will see how many cases are pending from filers in this time range there. It may be more efficient that posting this message in various threads on VJ trying to get stats.

I believe scan of your passport with visa and stamp is the best evidence you have. Keep it safe and make copies. This should be enough to prove valid entry AFAIK.

If you filed taxes jointly, make sure to include tax return trascripts (downloadable from IRS website for free). If credit card shows both names on statements, then send those statements in, covering the 2 year period. Send full statements with nothing redacted. If you have joint Costco memberships, Amazon Prime household, Netflix family plan, National Parks passes in both names - include all of those. Provide as much as you can. Leases in both names, mortgages in both names. It's also a good idea to at least have a joint savings account so you and your spouse can built some savings towards common goals such as downpayment, emergency fund etc. Don't forget about well annotated photos of both of you with friends and family, flight boarding passes, hotel reservations etc etc. Be creative. Good luck!

This is normal. It's been two years. USCIS needs fresh evidence, that's all. Treat it as a positive sign. Your case may get approved fast without interview if you send a lot of good marital evidence. If you don't use this opportunity to strengthen the case, then yes, you'll likely get interview / NOID etc.

1. You can try, but now the earliest time to get SSN is probably going to be when EAD card arrives (6-8 months into AOS process)

This status is known to be largely inaccurate. It can say 2 months and in reality take another 6-8-10. I was under impression you were already married. If you're only about to get married in few months, that's definitely a complicating factor. Good luck!

It's unlikely you're going to be asked much about marriage when applying for N-400 under 5 year rule. But you alway may be asked about it. Be prepared to talk about it using short, direct answers. If you're worried, you can always bring a lawyer to the interview. A good lawyer will point out irrelevant questions to IO if IO gets too curious.

The wording can be removed much earlier than than this, once GC is in hand (even conditional)

Why can't she get H-4 while you're waiting for your adjustment in the US, then come and also adjust? As I said, I'm not super familiar with the process, but from what I understand, dependants can always get visa after H1B visa holder.

Now we can see why USCIS is paying extra attention to your naturalization certificate. During your naturalization process, did you mention divorce to USCIS / CIS? Also, you said earlier the cert should have said single, but you were divorced. Those are different things.

First and foremost... Make sure both US citizen and their spouse green card holder go to this interview. Bring all evidence of bonafide marriage with you and be ready to talk about relationship and each other. You'll likely get a "combo" interview, which will consist of two parts. First part would be I-751 together followed by N-400 by immigrant only.

I think the reason why it was suggested is because OP's friend cannot afford a lawyer and there's probably not much estate to split after 2 month marriage.

I'd consult with lawyers your employer provided. To me this seems risky. Whenever you deviate from golden path, you're risking confusing USCIS. Sometimes, it's hard to get their attention if you want to do something atypical. I may be missing something (not an expert in this area), but why do you need to withdraw I-485 if she wants to join you on H-4?

Not sure about M-1 part but generally, I-693 can be submitted later in the process. Many get request for evidence (RFE) if not submitted initially. Ideally, you want to submit it initially becausd RFEs delay case processing. Sometimes, USCIS issues NOID (notice of intent to deny) or outright denial instead of RFE. Medical typically takes a few hours to arrange and do, at least in big cities. Good luck!

And one more point: your profile says Pakistan. I'm sorry to tell you, but this is one of the places whose N-400 applicants face prejudice and as a result higher bar to meet for naturalization. I cannot see your plan of staying close to the max of allowed time outside the US helping you to naturalize. Either way, make sure to have a good record of all foreign trips, date departed and arrived plus supporting evidence. This is going to be important during naturalization.

Your residence will be questioned. Be prepared to defend it. Do you own a property in the US or do you have a lease you're intending to keep? Are you going to keep a job or business in the US? Those are also important factors to adjudicator. Additionally, don't forget about marital union for US naturalization under 3 year rule. If you're in the US for 6 months while your spouse is back in different country with kids, immigration officer may ding you on this one as you're supposed to live with US citizen in marital union to be naturalized. The break of marital union is not as well defined as break of continuous residence and can be interpreted by IO to fit their agenda.

I don't believe this is going to fly as your are outside the US. The chance of getting another student visa is 1% in my opinion. Others may have a different view.

Can you please copy / paste quote from the article? All I read was some students may be out of status for years without being immediately caught. Of course when you're out of status you're accruing unlawful presence.

You did. The moment SEVIS is terminated you're out of status.

Based on what? Was your SEVIS record terminated? Did you abandon school? Often, visa is expired but you're in valid status. If you were indeed out of status, you would be in trouble and likely won't get another visa.

Agreed, it all depends on how taxes are filed.

NOAs are not that useful for airport (other than I-797 when filing I-751 extending validity of GC and few others). But to applicant and USCIS they are important.

What is attorney's opinion on all of this? Why aren't they handling the case? Did attorney know about naturalization certificate issue? Was this discussed when filing I-129F?