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Personal opinion only, but this is a shaky, unreliable, immigration fraud borderline plan. You should not be enrolling in school just to maintain legal status. All of this will be closely examined and potentially questioned by USCIS adjudicators under new administration. You later also mentioned other potential issues with your case which can magnify with potentially stricter rules in place in the future. When can your spouse become a US citizen? Leaving home after study, filing I-130 and waiting for spouse to become a citizen to convert the case from LPR sponsor to US citizen sponsor is a much safer bet. Yes, it involves separation for some time, but it would be the most straighforward scenario, with much better chance of positive outcome.

Seems like the way to go. Some people try filing and see what happens or attempt use assets. Qualifying joint sponsor is the way to go, it's the easiest way to get case approved without delays and RFEs. Your husband will always be main sponsor and need to provide all paperwork, but his parents will be joint sponsoring. All sponsors need to provide proof of LPR or US citizenship. And preferably they'd submit tax return transcripts (downloadable on IRS website) instead of full tax returns (for which both 1040 and W2 needed)

There's co-sponsors and joint sponsors. Co-sponsors need to be part of your household. You can combine your and their income. Joint sponsors are not part of your household. They cannot combine their income with yours, but can have co-sponsors (like spouse) combining income with them. Ideally you want a joint sponsor who can stand independently with their income, not needing co-sponsor. You can either have co or joint sponsors. Either co-sponsor or joint sponsor needs to be a US LPR or US citizen.

You're right I missed the fact the father of kids was US citizen and spouse of immigrant who got deported.

Yes, interview letter may appear in MyUSCIS within few days plus you should receive original letter in the mail within a week or two.

I don't think it would make much difference in the end as long as you submit enough marital evidence. May also need spouse to go the appointment because of 3 year rule, though it's rare that they're actually invited to join the N-400 interview.

In most cases this is how it goes... In rare cases, some got naturalized early. It is troublesome from legal point of view... Immigrant can always verify (themselves or using legal advice) they're eligible to take an oath and propose rescheduling for oath to take place at later date if it's early.

Did you break continuous residency? Why didn't you file under General Provision (5 year rule)? I also got GC in 2020, filed under 5 year rule, even though happily married. Simply because it's much easier to file and I wouldn't have to burden my spouse with interview (hoping local field office would allow guests at oath though).

It shouldn't be an issue in itself. Many countries allow you to apply for second passport, so you can leave one passport with US embassy and travel to Japan on different passport

What I meant was December 2025 and March 2026 😅

You need to meet several requirements. 1) Don't have any trips outside of the US lasting 6+ months in the last 3 years 2) Live in the USCIS jurisdiction for 90+ days immediately prior to filing 3) You need to spend at least 18 months in the US in the last 3 years 4) For ordinary marriage cases (no VAWA), you need to be married for 3+ years living in marital union at the time of filing 5) You should have filed all necessary taxes in the last 3 years 6) You should have good moral character in the last 3 years

No invitation letters needed to apply for visitor's visa. Actually it can hurt the tourist seeking US visitor visa. You don't need do anything. Sister should apply for visa and convince embassy staff she has strong ties to her home country and will return home on time.

Hopefully I-751, not I-765. So when you file N-400 sometime between December 2025 and December 2026, you can include copy of I-751 receipt notice (if it's still pending) in additional evidence section. You can also write a cover letter and attach it to N-400 explaining you have pending I-751 and would like to adjudicate them together. Then, there's multiple scenarios: 1) You either will get I-751 approved without interview, prior to N-400 interview 2) You'll have both I-751 and N-400 interviews together 3) You'll have I-751 and N-400 interviews on different days. Either way, N-400 cannot be approved without I-751 getting approved first.

You're not eligible for citizenship yet. You need to file I-751. You'll be eligible for N-400 sometime in March 2026. You can file 90 days early, but make sure you lived in marital union with US citizen spouse for at least 3 years on date of filing. Here somebody's N-400 got recently denied for filing in 90 day early filing window because they didn't meet marital union requirement:

Yes, Resident Since date on GC

No, just 1040X is not enough. You'd have to provide W-2 etc. I'd highly recommend using a qualifying joint sponsor, using tax return transcripts instead of 1040s, making sure everybody submits proof of citizenship. All the I-864 RFEs I've seen so far have very detailed instructions and lists of what documents USCIS expects. Send in the strongest reply, not the bare minimum or incomplete documentation, as it will lead to NOID or denial outright.

We may not know how fast USCIS would be in 20204, but Montreal is pretty slow in 2024. I'd believe Montreal embassy staff, they have first hand experience handling the cases.

Congratulations!

With receipt notice, what you get online is black and white copy of receipt notice. The original notice is printed on watermarked green paper. Is it different for interview notice? E.g. I can easily tell the difference between original notices and their copies in MyUSCIS. I'd expect the same for interview notice.

Moving while immigration case is pending can be very tricky... Have you ever filed I-90 saying GC was never delivered? Supposedly it's not your fault and you should not pay the fee for GC if you updated address with AR-11 but USCIS sent card to wrong address. So I guess I-751 is approved, one less hurdle. Do you have approval notice or it's also lost? If you never got notice in the mail, I recommend requesting a new copy - https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/displayNDNForm.do?sroPageType=ndn&entryPoint=init It's always good to have all docs related to immigration. You never know when you may need it (even after naturalization).

Good to know. So your I-751 is still pending?

1) It may not be there 2) Security may ask for original letter to enter the building

Fascinating! Thank you for sharing it here and welcome to December filers club! Did you file within 90 day early filing window?

In 21 years?