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I'm afraid you would have to make difficult decisions as to what to prioritize - Green Card or degree. There's four scenarios I'm going to describe below. Only one of them is reliable. #1 You can file re-entry permit I-131 which gives you ability to stay outside of the US for up to 2 years. Theoretically you can keep filing it. Every time you'd come to the US, file it, wait for notice biometrics, and leave to South America. In practice though, this plan may not work and your LPR status may be taken away. I do not recommend this. Only if your studies were under 2 years. #2 If your GC is still valid, say it has another 8 years, you could go study for 6 years and try coming back after graduating. Some people were lucky and never lost their status after long absense from the US. I do not recommend this, because it is a very risky thing to do, and success chance is not high. #3 If you're married to a US citizen, even if you lose your LPR status, you can be sponsored again. Not a bulletproof plan either, because marriages sometimes fall apart. I do not recommend this. #4 The only way you can guarantee you'll have access to the US after spending 6+ years overseas is to naturalize first. Get US citizenship, then you can do whatever you want. Obviously, this may not align with your life plans. I can only recommend this. Other than #4, I cannot think how you can guarantee your return to the US. Agreed, that's the only viable option.

I think you're overthinking it. You had a valid reason not to have your KZ passport. Do you have any docs confirming you renounced your KZ citizenship?

@mandichaves Unless you're 100% sure, give it a few days and withdraw the petition with a cool head. This forum occasionally sees questions about undoing the cancelled K-1 etc, or un-withdrawing petitions. It becomes impossible and if you decide to re-unite you'll have to start from scratch. Good luck with whatever decision you make.

The other people in line adjusting is what taking time. You will have to submit biometrics, USCIS will conduct a background check. Then there will be a long break. Then Immigration Officer will review your file, issue RFE or decision OR call you for an interview, then make a decision. Then USCIS will order your Green Card to be produced. Then it will be shipped to you. On the positive side, I would NOT believe anything USCIS Tier 1 officer says. He or she must have made up 2026 so you don't bother them. It'll probably take between 1 and 2 years. I'd expect 2024 or maybe 2025 the latest. But you can check with fellow members of VJ to see how quickly cases filed around the same time get approved.

No, K-1 is not the only option. CR-1 is also an option. Are you sure you're marrying for valid reasons and not for immigration benefit? Waiting is going to be a part of both K-1 and CR-1. With K-1 you may be waiting in the US without a job for many months. It's not a cheap place and it can put pressure on new marriage.

https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/find-study-materials-and-resources/study-for-the-test

I'm sorry about your loss. All you need is I-90. You can file renewal 6 months before expiry. Once you file I-90, you'll get a I-797 Notice of Action, which will extend validity of your Green Card. When you try submitting I-90 online, does it ask for death certificate there? If it does, you can scan it in a PDF file and attach the file to your application. You do not file any other forms other than I-90 and pay the fees + biometric fees. You can file I-90 any time now. You may need to attend biometrics appointment. Travel overseas with extension letter. Based on your dates, you won't need it to reenter the US as your GC would still be valid. But this is to account for changes to itenary delaying your return passed expiration date on Green Card.

@igoyougoduke?

OK shouldn't be too bad then. Be prepared to answer questions at the interview.

You never know until you try. Be prepared to talk about previous K-1 and relationship as well as new one. Did you marry last time after coming to the US on K-1? If yes, did you divorce?

That restriction could have been removed the moment you received a GC (either conditional 2 year or 10 year). Oh well....

As long as you're still married, living in marital union and you satisfy all other requirements (physical presence, continuous residence etc) you can file 90 days early.

Was ROC even mentioned during N-400 interview? If not, this is not the norm, but interesting data point.

You should have told this to IO. Maybe they could have been more sympathetic. Hopefully you won't be accused of misrepresentation / fraud. Your case needs effort to get approved. Good luck!

USCIS doesn't believe you meet the requirements. You would have had I-751 approved without stokes interview if they thought you were eligible.

3 years of marriage (living in marital union, which is doubted by USCIS now) AND 3 years of having Green Card (being LPR) - have you been LPR since September 2020? There's also other requirements, these are just basic ones. Plus N-400 depends on I-751 approval. Fix I-751 first, that would be my advice.

YMMV (your mileage may vary) Bring the I-751 NOA for sure. It may be that IO doesn't even know there's pending ROC. Hopefully that's not the case.

Ok that's better

This is the worst idea ever... You should be fighting for your LPR status that you may lose.

Just a room in the same single family home / apartment or do you live at different addresses? This doesn't look good.

Based on what you described, your case is headed to denial. ^ This is very optimistic ^ Find all evidence you have since start of marriage until today. Start looking for a lawyer. You will have to file a new, strong I-751 before you put in removal proceedings.

You can just show up at SSA office and get an SSN despite checkbox on I-485. That's if you have EAD.

Online status can be safely ignored. Did you have I-751 interview? Did you get an approval letter for I-751?

Security reasons most likely, especially pertaining to zip files. For all digital forms, USCIS has to build web pages to get information from applicant. This probably costs money and time USCIS doesn't want to invest.

Agree with @Mike E If you continue this pattern, you may be put in removal by CBP and rightfully so: