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Yes. Typically these changes don't apply retroactively

Thanks for sharing! Didn't realize this was happening https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/uscis-to-modernize-fee-payments-with-electronic-funds There's so many changes lately, making it hard to keep up. The whole era of using checks is gone. Soon I'll be advising using ACH instead of checks :)

Well, you can apply for adjustment now if married to US citizen. But it may take longer and be more expensive than heading out of the US and getting immigrant visa. My understanding is, you can schedule interview, and leave the US right before interview. Once interview is completed, you should get visa within a matter of days or weeks, unless placed in lengthy Admin Processing. But I may be wrong. This is not a legal advice.

Things are moving fast! Thanks for sharing.

Wow what an amazing experience! I had ceremony in a small room right next to restroom. Regardless, I have warm memories and gratitute. It's a big event!

Congrats! Make sure to update SSA with your new status.

LPR cannot be denied entry, unless they sign I-407 or immigration judge strips them off LPR status after removal proceedings

I think for a year or so now, whenever you file I-751 you get access to form online with ability to upload evidence. Definitely wasn't a thing when I went through ROC

Bringing evidence (even previously submitted) to the interview is never a bad idea.

You'll need visa to Europe Schengen countries based on your citizenship regardless whether you have Green Card or not. Green Card helps entering Canada, Mexico and few Carribbean countries without visa. But that's all.

Should, some officers need to see spouse. If you have pending I-751, then you must take spouse.

No, they don't need to see the child. Birth certificate is all they need to see

Not every officer likes kids. Small kids especially can cry or otherwise distract the parents and or adjudicator. In this case, officer asks one parent to step outside with kid while asking the other questions. Then parents switch. Then answers compared. Essentially, it becomes a stokes interview when otherwise it wouldn't. I'm quoting few lawyers who go to these interviews, it's from their experience. None of the times I've been to USCIS office I've seen kids around. The wait for interview can be long. The interview itself can last from 15 minutes to an hour or more depending on officer. If you get same day oath, you may need to wait for it in the building. This happened to me, about 1.5 hrs after interview until I got called for ceremony. A small kid may find this place extremely boring. I'm sure some VJ users brought kids and had positive experience, I'm just sharing some possible difficulties with this approach.

Congrats! I'd take spouse to interview for sure and leave the kid with a nanny. You don't want a stokes interview. Good luck!

You can leave them blank. Can you give an example?

Many countries passports don't include middle names. Not a big issue.

No, for biometrics only beneciary is expected to attend. Aloha!

Keep us updated! You should get the interview soon. Mine was 1 month after 5 year anniversary of being LPR

There's this blonde lady (Legally Blonde lol?) on YouTube, not sharing her channel name here. She does a good job going through questions. But there's few questions which depend on where you live, like naming your representative etc. Make sure you study those too!

You celebrate?

11.8M is not much. I think it's to weed out people who are not serious

Strange. I had same day ceremony and I still had paper with checkbox given to me after interview

There's also official PDF: https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship/find-study-materials-and-resources/study-for-the-test

IMHO the test is pretty simple and there's tons of YouTube videos preparing you for test. Better luck next try!

Nothing fundamentally changed in your case. MyProgress estimates for case completion mean nothing. On day of my oath, MyProgress showed 3 weeks until decision.