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True, but it will be a shorter journey for them immigration wise. Yes, they'd visit on ESTA, but CBP can always deny entry.

Yes, you need to prove relationship between you, US citizen and foreign spouse, the beneficiary. I-130 is a must

This is irrelevant as you're married.

And also reducing the visibility into processing times... What a shame. But until they start password protecting case status pages, external websites and apps will be able to gather the real data and provide useful insights into current state of things.

Official processing time right now is 80% in 7.5 months based on https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/ I'm not sure about consistency? https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/citlist.php?op6=All&op7=San+Francisco+CA&op1=6&op2=d&op4=1&op5=5%2C10%2C11&cfl= Just look at the entries. 1) 5.5 months 2) 3 months 3) 9 months 4) 8 months 5) 3 months 6) 5 months 7) 15 months 8 ) 4 months 9) 9.5 months 10) 11 months So based on 10 latest entries, only 2 took 3 months. On average it took close to 7.5 months , which is close to USCIS timelines... Of course, I only looked at small sample of data. But I also sat in N-400 / I-751 groups watching timelines and people complained about SF taking long in the past year.

If I-130 is approved, beneficiary shouldn't be too far off from receiving immigrant visa. This is a clean and easy path to get GC. Why bother with the visit now? Can you visit beneficiary instead?

You can always try, just have to be honest about marital status and pending I-130 etc when filling forms for visitor's visa.

Immigration is expensive. This is just the beginning, you'd have more other types of expenses getting immigrants settled, other than fees. It's still cheaper than AOS. Good luck!

The fastest route is for you to become a citizen first.

Depends on the office and how busy it is. Also sometimes if you change name during N-400 this requires judicial ceremony which puts you in a different queue. 10 days since interview is OK. I'd give them 4-6 weeks before starting worrying.

Writ of Mandamus. Essentially, you can sue USCIS for decision. If you hire a lawyer, get the one who can file WoM for you, otherwise a regular lawyer won't do much. Also, before hiring lawyer and filing WoM, file FOIA, it's free. Ask for complete immigration file. When you get reply, it may contain hint why case is taking so long. Maybe case was already denied. Maybe there's suspected fraud etc. At least that will help to address any issues before you file WoM. WoM forces USCIS to make a decison. But what decision - approval or denial, it depends on USCIS and your case.

By looking through the list of what vaccines I had paperwork for and didn't. The ones I didn't, he checked whether it could be administered. Some vaccines are not issued after certain age. The ones he could still issue he went through and I got them.

SF is pretty slow, from historical reports on VJ.

This is typical. If you come prepared, IO doesn't see value in wasting their and your time. If you come unprepared, then yes, there is a chance of getting grilled. Congrats!

An immigrant needs their own account. Technically, US citizen's petitions are I-130, I-864 and I-865. Petitions such as I-485, I-131, I-765, I-751, I-90, N-400, AR-11 belong to an immigrant and require their own account.

There's also an option for public transportation or even rideshare or taxi to get to SSA. I wouldn't restrict myself, because you never know how long AOS will take. Either way, good luck!

Opening bank accounts, cards, getting added to lease, getting added to insurance... all of this requires SSN. I believe DMV asked for SSN when getting state ID / DL. I think majority of people actually need SSN as soon as possible. Start building that credit score too...

Because lying to government? And pretending to be somebody else... And how are you going to hide it if US passport has place of birth and it's likely Tunisia for OP? With no ways of renouncing citizenship, I'm sure they'd figure out OP should be travelling on Tunisian passport (if this is a requirement by laws in Tunisia).

No

By virtue of being married to both. It doesn't matter where they are in the world.

Bonus question... How did he answer questions about marriages for visit visa? Was there a question requiring to disclose name of the spouse? Was he asked about spouse name at the interview? If yes, did he disclose both or just one? Because this may be a misrepresentation issue

What's the overall plan and when would divorce take place? It's essential to stop polygamy to get immigration benefit and adhere to US laws. USCIS most likely won't ignore the second wife and use it as a bar for I-130 approval instead.

Didn't try. Got issued missing vaccines by civil surgeon during the visit.

It will be forgiven if she's upfront about it. If she lies or hides the fact, she will be inadmissable.

Yes, I have advice based on this: Start comingling finances right after marriage. Open those joint checking and savings accounts. Add her to lease agreement. It makes sense you don't share these when you're dating. But once married, this can no only help with evidence with USCIS, but also manage finances better and save for common goals such as house downpayment. Good luck!