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You should be in a much better situation due to length of your marriage compared to somebody who married just a little over 3 years ago. Good luck!

WoM is Writ of Mandamus. Basically, you would sue USCIS for decision.

I think people file FOIA on paper saying "Entire immigration file" where it asks what to get.

Now that N-400 didn't push your I-751, maybe WoM is an option. I agree with @Crazy Cat it's likely going to result in combo interview.

Estimates are highly unreliable

Is your I-751 approved already or it's still pending? I'd prepare to talk about marriage, financial and living arrangements. Have all docs you have proving bonafide marriage. Do you file taxes jointly? Joint tax return transcripts for the past 3 years may be useful to have.

Yes it is actually true. It does get decided and approved before N-400 can be approved. Sometimes it happens with combo interview, other times without. Many times you won't get 10 year GC, and many times online status for I-751 remains in pending state despite somebody naturalizing. But behind the scenes, I-751 was decided.

Yes I think you can get K-1 petition going with HRR. HRR will likely become an issue during AOS. So if you're entering the US after June 2025, you should be OK.

Did you bring appointment letter with you to the embassy interview?

Congratulations!!!

Congratulations!!! It must be a huge relief!

Not sure about temporary one. You can literally have two passports in Canada and many other countries. https://newcanadianlife.com/can-you-have-2-canadian-passports/?origin=serp_auto

It's good you went to the appointment. Acting fast is the key to success. Good luck with your journey.

Great news!

This is normal, there's still July filers waiting for their interviews to be scheduled.

Still takes 1.5-2 years. Fast in USCIS terms, but much slower compared to many people's expectations.

The estimates in the accountt are random. I-130 take 14 months give or take. I'd only start worrying end of May 2025.

Waiver typically adds additional year or more to processing times. You'd get a better chance of waiver approval if you have a proven track record of: 1) Refusing vaccines throughout your life (e.g. you never got any vaccines) 2) You're a member of religious organization or believer who takes active participation in it 3) Some examples of what religion says about vaccinations. Quotes from holy books, religious leaders etc. I'm not an expert in this area, but I'd imagine there's a high burden of proof. Protecting US public health is one the top priorities for US government, your reasons must be compelling to get an exception. You're gotta be pretty sure your religion doesn't allow vaccinations. If unsure, the chances of approval are lower.

Yes, messaging is weird with GC approvals. It's normal to get "New Card is Being Produced" status first, followed eith case approval. It was the same with my case.

You cannot naturalize right now. The path is: CR-1 visa => Green Card => Removal of conditions => Naturalization. It can take at least 5 years for you to become a citizen. 6-7 years is a more realistic estimate. You can work while on Green Card. Most of the jobs in the US don't require you to be a US citizen. So... You're looking about 2 years from day of CR1 filing to actually start working in the US, because it takes 1.5-2 years to get visa, enter the US and get Green Card. You cannot skip any of the steps in the path I showed and become a US citizen without paperwork and wait.

If he filed it, maybe it wouldn't show under your account? Also, do you have copies of old evidence you submitted for GC etc? Maybe you have 2019 return there.

When was the first time you filed US taxes?

Many would argue this approach slows down everything tramendously... It takes time to take documents of sheet protectors / plastic bags. Plus the noise it produces flipping the pages, taking it out etc can annoy the officer (remember we're all humans). Of course there is no right or wrong answer here, we all have our opinions, but I concur with @powerpuff @Nous Eb et al. Accordion wins in my view. It was recommended by my lawyer and it was handy during the interview. Being able to quickly navigate and take out several items at once was an advantage over flipping plastic and taking it out under pressure. At least in my experience.

Not needed. Nothing to provide if you were never married.

You can switch to any name during N-400, theoretically even to Arnold Schwarzenegger if you really wanted to. You can certainly switch to Rohit Gandhi if you prefer. After naturalization in the US you'll lose your Indian citizenship. However, moving forward, in rare cases you'd have to explain name discrepancy between current name and name in birth certificate. You'll have copy of naturalization certificate to explain it. Your current name is Rahul Gandhi. FNU stands for "first name unknown". So your GC should have been corrected as soon as you got it. I wouldn't think it's a biggest deal, can be explained / corrected during N-400 if you need.