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You can put "To be determined" in those

Only for those 3rd countries Spanish passport has advantage over US passport (excluding EU): Belarus, Bolivia, Gambia, Iran, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Viet Nam To summarize, your options are: 1. If visa free access to those 3rd countries (outside EU and US) is so important, update your name on US passport to match other passport, since Spain doesn't allow name change. 2. If you only travel sometimes and don't mind paying $25 for eVisa / 7 EUR for eTIAS use US passport and save a lot of hassle with airline agents. 3. Keep everything as is. That's about it, maybe others have suggestions. "I'm out" (c) @Mike E

Yes, as general rule you need to enter and leave the country using the same nationality. E.g. entered EU as Spanish citizen, then exit as Spanish citizen. Entered Vietnam as Spanish, exit Vietnam as Spanish. Entered UK as American, leave UK as American. That part is right. The difficult part is name mismatch in your case. If names in both passports were the same, you wouldn't have a problem. Hence was my comment early in the thread that this will cause pain. Isn't the visa to Vietnam $25? They also seem to have eVisa which is quick to obtain. As I said, sometimes applying for eVisa may be easier than convincing agents and missing flights potentially. Unless you travel there a lot and often.

@Seven is your question about travelling to countries from this list?

Outside of EU, there's very limited number of countries as I listed, that Spanish passport has advantage over US passport.

US citizens are treated equally well in my US citizen wife's experience, as we've seen on numerous trips to EU throughout the years. As already described above, you can travel with both passports to EU if desired. I hope this helps and answers the question.

You have the algorithm for travelling to EU on both passports, as I described above. Feel free using it if you don't mind carrying both passports all the time.

OK, it will cost 7 EUR and valid for 3 years, multiple entries. Is savings worth the hassle of dealing with airlines and border agents?

Just compared US passport and Spanish passport on https://www.passportindex.org/comparebyPassport.php?p1=us&p2=es The advantages of Spanish passport over US passport are in following countries: Belarus, Bolivia, Gambia, Iran, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Spain of course. Unless you travel to these countries or EU, US passport will give you same or better access to all other countries. If you travel to Spain / EU only, book under your US passport. You can show US passport to airline and use Spanish passport when entering Spain / EU at passport control in Europe. E.g.: 1. Book direct flight to EU / Spain using name in US passport. 2. Board the plane from US airport using US passport. 3. When in EU or Spain, go through passport control using Spanish passport. 4. Show US passport to airline in EU / Spain when checking in for the flight. 5. Show Spanish passport on bordet control leaving Spain / EU 6. Show US passport when arriving at US and going through border. Also, if I was you and I was going to Europe, say France for vacation for 2 weeks only, without visiting Spain, I'd just book everything using US passport. 90 days is enough for short visit and it makes things easy.

Yes, they approve cases somewhat randomly or based on algorithm we don't know about. Many people can apply for N-400, many of them never had I-751 or have it approved already. Don't ask why as I don't know what the logic is, but it's the fact.

That's unfortunate. I would have not changed name in the US if I was intending to keep my country of origin's citizenship and they don't allow name changes. This is somewhat gray / undefined area. Perhaps the easiest solution is to use US passport solely to enter 3rd country. Yes, it means applying for visa. But there's not so many countries requiring visa for US citizens. Unless you're talking China / Russia / Iran and similar. The problem with airline tickets is that you need to provide name. And if the names don't match this will haunt you for the rest of your life. As long as air travel rules don't change to be more liberal, which I don't think they will anytime soon.

I-751 petitions are slow everywhere nowadays, because N-400 and other cases are prioritized. If people around your case are approved, it could be a matter of weeks / few months to get your case approved. But there's no guarantees. You may be waiting way longer.

Denial for what? Expedite request? It's OK, most of them are denied. You need to have something exceptional and credible to USCIS to get EAD faster than anybody else.

Agreed. There seems to be conflicting statements @zindagi123 One one hand your husband provided affidavit of support. The purpose of this document is to demonstrate to the government that he can sponsor, e.g. support you financially. On the other hand, you're asking for expedite, based on financial grounds. I wouldn't be surprised if you will be asked for joint sponsor, since your husband cannot support you financially.

Are you leasing that place? Have you purchased that place? You cannot tell or ask USCIS not to send you letters. If you already have lease active or purchase finalized, you can set up USPS mail forwarding to new address. You can also set option to hold mail with USPS Hold Mail. Then you will be able to collect it from USPS office close to your new place or get all mail delivered to new place.

File AR-11 form to notify about address change.

He's just waiting. It takes 2 years to replace GC. He should have filed I-90 sooner.

Dis he file I-90? He can get in trouble, e.g. arrested by ICE, issues with crossing border, issue getting a job or renewing Driver License.

Name change via court? Can you even change name based on marriage certificate issued in other country after the naturalizing without having to go through court? Because marriage cert was issued before naturalization certificate and in different jurisdiction and OP used maiden name for everything for many years after marrying.

???? Conditional residence is only applicable for marriage cases. If he had a GC approved, it's for 10 years. And he cannot apply for citizenship earlier than 2026 if he entered in 2021 on immigrant visa. Are you sure he had GC? Sibling cases take many years (over 10 for sure) to get approved, did he wait all this time back at home?

Good for you. As I say, it's a matter of choice, but I heard at least 5 stories about it on Jim Hacking Immigration show. People who filed I-130 separately online, call the show and complain that USCIS sent their application to National Visa Center despite checking the boxes saying the beneficiary is in the US. When I filed the whole AOS packet on paper, one of the benefits was having all case numbers in sequence. Example: I-130 - NBC0000016000 I-485 - NBC0000016001 I-131 - NBC0000016002 I-765 - NBC0000016003 They were all filed on same date and received on same date. Received and processed at the same place. This approach also removes any doubts about which evidence to include with each form. You submit evidence for everything once. It worked for me, but as you say OP has option to file I-130 separately.

If it's lost it will be lost with I-485, which is required for AOS. There's been cases of USCIS assuming beneficiary is abroad doing consular processing despite checking the right boxes. Additionally, instead of IO having one packet to review he or she would have to combine I-130 and I-485. And when things are separate, with millions of petitions at USCIS, things can get slower or more complicated.

Ignore your husband's plans. You're responsible for your future. And you can do whatever is best for you and your kid. Divorce in the US is likely better for you.

Even if you keep 500 pounds in the bank next year, you wouldn't have a problem and nothing to report. But that's next year. This year your transaction was reported to IRS. It may not be taxable if you paid income tax on it in the UK already.

You must be joking. Banks issue 1099-INT forms for $10 of interest earned. Of course they're complying with law and reporting transactions over $10000 to IRS. I'm pretty sure this process is automated anyways, so banks don't spend too many human hours doing it.