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But needed for AOS once inside the US

I guess Enhanced Drivers License, but not sure if they're accepted by USCIS in this case as proof of citizenship

15 months is pretty normal for AOS. Don't forget, K-1 has both parts: I-129F and AOS. Each can 12+ months. So CR-1 is overall faster.

MyProgress and estimates on it are notoriously glitchy and inaccurate. Don't believe a thing on it unless confirmed by emails, letters and case status.

Absolutely not. You will need to complete I-864. You probably need a joint sponsor and need to re-establish US domicile.

It's simply because US (at least CBP, DOS) doesn't want people coming to the US to give birth... There's a whole thing about "anchor babies" (sorry for the term used) the upcoming administration is likely to address with their policies. You can get CRBA, but you have to actively prove you're eligible to pass the citizenship, which is a higher burden then just giving birth in the US. Many aren't eligible for CRBA and would not be able to pass citizenship, but otherwise would have had US citizen children by birth if were allowed into the US during pregnancy. Plus airlines also need to be prepared for complicated situations and higher risks linked to pregnant passengers.

At least you didn't fly all the way to the US to be denied entry and placed on return flight...

Family lawyer. Yes, you can do paperwork for immigration yourself if you study carefully everything before starting the process. The most important questions are: 1) Are you sure you can handle the costs associated with marrying somebody from overseas? This includes all sorts of immigration fees, general help with fitting in in society, affording flights and visits overseas through the course of your marriage as the other half will most likely want to visit home country 2) Are you sure you want to do the K-1 route which is lengthier and more expensive compared to CR-1 visa?

This is not the intention of K-1 visa. The idea is that you know for sure you're marrying the person before sponsoring them for visa. People are not toys you can return to store within 90 day period. They're leaving their home, family, friends, jobs, everything they have to rely on you for some time until they can settle in new and totally different place which is USA. It would be totally irresponsible and immoral to break somebody's life like this by betraying them in their most vulnerable moment. Now, to the question... Prenup does not waive your I-864 obligations to US government.

USPS delivers things out of order sometimes

The biometric fee is included in filing fee for I-751. You only pay $750

How do you know most of interviews are given at 4 months mark? New administration and the fact elections is over should also be taken into account.

Got biometrics reuse letter (I-797C) in the mail.

I doubt it, unless they were employed by some shady company and USCIS is investigating fraud. Typically, you won't need this info when applying for N-400.

No, you can get rid of this wording even as conditional GC holder. Of course, if your SS card shows it after naturalization, you'd want to remove it. But this can be done without becoming citizen.

If you want to get benefits only available to US citizens, you should update it. Also, when performing I-9 verification, employer would rely on information about your status from SSA. Even USCIS tells you to do it: https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship-resource-center/new-us-citizens

Yes it does count and can make you ineligible for naturalization. As far as I know you get asked about trips before oath on the day.

The problem is, there's too many variables in the process. The algorithm doesn't know or doesn't take into account whether initial submission has everything that's needed for adjudication. If there's something missing - there would be RFE issued, and obviously this results in a delay which wasn't included in estimate. It most likely doesn't account for any specifics of applicant's case. Say one applicant is from high risk country. Other agencies who help USCIS perform background check, may not have information or can take longer to perform their job. Say one applicant had 5 marriages including divorces oversees vs somebody who had no divorces. Things like that... Algorithm most likely ignores seasonal holidays, or how fast your adjudicator is in making decision. I'm sure there are adjudicators who decide 5 cases an hour, and there are those deciding 2. It cannot take into account any management decisions. USCIS is known to shift priorities swiftly. Overnight, they may decide that I-485 is more important than N-400 etc. We've seen this with last election cycle, where resources were used to process naturalizations but taken away from adjustmemt of status, removal of conditions etc. Don't forget, USCIS doesn't know upfront how many applications will be submitted, but that number affects how fast things will be adjudicated. Say, in June there were 50000 applicants for N-400, but in July 65000. Plus cases are not processed strictly on First In First Out basis. Each case is unique, I doubt we'll ever have a good estimate. But let's see.

This was an interesting watch!

I'm sorry about ankle injury. Definitely worth trying, but USCIS is known to ignore some expedites with US citizens suffering from cancer...

Hopefully they didn't just abandon the old case and never updated status. I don't know what others in this situation were shown in old case status.

Typically officer decides whether there is capacity and offers same day oath based on that. It also depends whether your interview is conducted earlier in the day or not. Some offices cannot provide same day oath. Essentially, you won't know until the day of interview.

It might be that your case got converted to digital. I believe the case number might have changed as well, based on what I saw somewhere on VJ. I cannot find it on VJ, but found elsewhere : https://www.lawfully.com/community/posts/moved-to-elis-electronic-immigration-system-for-processing-yAFd8wzttcbvA8qGb0rMAQ== Again, speculation on my end, but probability is somewhat high based on what I've seen.

Yes many people experience such glitches. There's nothing to be worried about. MyProgress is a joke that never should have been released to public. Inaccurate estimates, misleading statuses, constant outages...

This is pretty normal in USCIS world. You can try, but don't get your hopes up. It's not like USCIS suddenly decided to break the processing order and expedite those who filed a free K-3 visa which is never issued. What would be the motivation for them to give preference and introduce some magic loophole? You're in line, ahead of you are people who filed before you. Sadly this is the reality. 14-16 months is the minimum you should be prepared to wait for I-130 approval.