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1. Was marriage certificate provided? 2. Have you ever lived together? 3. How many times did you visit each other in the last year or so?

The reason it is asked for, so letters can be delivered to the beneficiary.

Those estimates are largely inaccurate. Good luck!

But how did you get any official documention in this name that didn't match your legal name at birth? Say your passport... Did you just use different name and whoever issued your passport was OK with name not matching birth certificate?

No, you're missing important piece - your physical GC. You need that in addition to valid passport and original extension letter. Otherwise people travel while their I-751 is pending, there's nothing extraordinary about it. You'll be fine. Good luck!

It's not necessarily wrong. Probably nobody looked at it just yet.

Yes, endorsed visa is valid for a year for travel. GC can take longer than 90 days to arrive. Few things to consider: 1. Travelling will likely delay your eligibility for naturalization. Say your card will say Resident Since 07/01/2024. But if you left on 07/10/2024 with stamp and entered on 10/10/2024, I'd count 5 years from October 2024 to submit N-400. Otherwise USCIS can say you never started residing in the US until October 2024 and deny N-400. 2. You need to have firm address. If your GC doesn't ger delivered or you don't have access to mail, you'll have to file I-90 and potentially wait long time to get GC replaced. 3. (Only a theory) USCIS now has better awareness of people leaving the US. I won't be surprised when they play games of "sending" GC, but in reality redirecting it back to USCIS knowing you're not in the US. It's always best to have GC in hand before travelling. But if it's urgent - you can travel before.

Student visa? Either way overstay should be forgiven for spouse of US citizen. Yes

Was the beneficiary in status all this time? Is I-485 pending? Just write a letter and attach copy of your naturalization certificate.

No this is not OK. Whether somebody knows or not, they cannot violate terms of their visa by working if not permitted.

Exactly my thoughts. Sometimes the decision between $$$$ and immigration is hard. But if you want your I-751 approved, your family lawyer needs to do whatever to get divorce finalized quicker. Same with you, you'd have to compromise more if this is a reason of hold up.

You probably mean it was denied? Applications get rejected if you pay incorrect fees, submit incomplete or out of date forms. Rejected and denied are very different things. With rejected no decision was made. Denial is a decision by USCIS. I don't think appeal would work. In the first sentence you said petition was denied because no divorce decree was produced. That's a valid reason for denying petition. Even if you try to challenge the decision, USCIS will simply request divorce decree again. Since nothing changed and you don't have a decree, it will not be approved. To me, a better strategy is to file a new I-751. It will give you more time to finalize divorce and get the decree while it's pending. No, you cannot get visas while you're LPR. Even if you give up GC, H-1B involves lottery, the outcome is not guaranteed and you won't likely get visa based on your complex immigration history.

I keep misspelling it 😃

Right now the naturalization process is very fast compared to previous years. Next year it may slow down again. ROC takes 2-3 years if you leave it alone. But you may naturalize in 6-12 months if you file now.

Your alien number is always valid. You were not born as a citizen in the US, so you will always have alien number. It's printed on your certificate of naturalization too. In terms of online account, just use the same account you used for N-400.

There's no typical wait time, no specific timeframe. Each case is unique when it comes to AP. There's no way to speed up processing as far as I know.

Good luck!

While I understand the pain and desire to erase the bad memory, it's to your benefit to keep these documents. You still have to naturalize, and WAVA / marriage related questions may be brought up again. If you destroy all proof, you will have hard time providing evidence. I recommend scanning all docs and then putting all of the ex related stuff and WAVA in a big box and far away in storage. In case if you get asked again, you'll be able to prove it, otherwise you won't see it on a daily basis.

There's always a possibility of going to secondary check. CBP can do it to anybody - visitors, LPRs, and even US citizens. The chance is low, but it's always there. There is no way to predict.

What is your immigration status?

I believe they expire after 6 months. So don't get it too early.

Biometrics fee is now included in I-751

When I got my unrestricted SS card I had less than a year on conditional GC left. I don't think this should matter. You remain a resident, just your proof of status expires.

Why did you wait to divorce? Divorcing shortly after I-751 approval is really a disservice to him... It may catch him at N-400 stage. If you stayed married so he could remove conditions, you participated in immigration fraud. I find the question a bit strage. You can divorce whenever. Tying it to immigration looks suspicious...