OldUser

I think you should have walked into the interview with the lawyer. Divorce shortly after GC can result in more scrutiny. Let us know how it goes.

Just put the stack of paper nicely in the box. Why is this a problem?

I'm not sure it's a good idea as you want to demonstrate living together for few years. Is lease doc really 100 pages? All my leases were under 10.

Just apply and let us know how it goes. Good luck!

If your dad gives me 2.5M I won't touch it, I promise! Jokes aside, this is not a solid plan. Might as well be interpreted as you planning moving this money to the US after coming for a visit. If you didn't earn the money yourself it may be not a good proof.

I see no issues so far. This is exactly what visitor visa is for. Do you have a stable job in Brazil? Any assets there?

He can provide a polite smile along with the passport with visa in it Nothing else besides that is required.

OK, processing I-129F at California Service Center is not a recent change. This is not something USCIS started doing recently.

I do not see a correlation between packet size and adjudication speed. Not all evidence is examined page by page. Otherwise, small packet or big packet, I-751 form itself is what adjudicator looks at, and it's the same number of pages every time. Whenever they need supporting docs, they open table of contents, look up entry such as: "Bank of America statements, page 12-100". They go to page 12, look at a statement or two and that's it, skip to next evidence such as utility bills. What page is that? That's page 304. Ok, got a statement or two from there. There's no rocket science here, it doesn't matter if evidence is large, it would take similar time to review. Now, if adjudicator suspects something, then yes they'll study everything. But again, they don't have to remember all the figures or all information from all pages. Just glance over it. USCIS says in instructions to send as much evidence as you can. Unless you're trying to guess what they want, you'd follow instructions literally. I worked with lawyers for AOS and I-751. There was never a pushback or surprise about evidence I submitted, and there were hundreds of pages. Everybody in immigration is used to thick files. It's the thick file without substance or thin file that brings attention.

California service center has been processing I-129F petitions for years. This is not new at all.

You won't regret getting an eligible joint sponsor. Using assets can be hit of miss. Here's one recent example: Especially when you talk about assets belonging to minor children, there's a great chance adjudicator won't even understand it and send RFE. If they disregard assets belonging to person directly, expecting them to easily accept assets in this situation is optimistic.

You absolutely can have both petitions. If you think your marriage based petition is a backup plan, that's not a bad plan. No need to withdraw employment petition.

If OP was talking about coming to adjust or just came last week I would have suspected fraud. This is not the case. My answer would be same for visa and ESTA.

From what I guaged the processing times sped up mostly in swing states, not where the outcome is already determined. Also, from what I see the speedy approvals are reducing in numbers. As the election getting closer, there's not as much incentive to adjudicate N-400 faster because not everybody can go through oath this fast.

Unless there is suspicion of fraud, no adjudicator is going to go through every file in evidence. During my AOS interview, this exactly happened. I brough a lot of evidence and adjudicator picked some sample statements etc. I do not see much benefit for reducing the packet. The instruction asks for as much documentation as possible from date of marriage until current time. OP is providing as much as they can. I thought everybody was on board on interpreting USCIS questions and instructions literally. I'd give all relevant evidence and let adjudicator decide what's important VS trying to guess what they want. Gaps in bank statements reporting = opportunity for RFE. It's silly, but USCIS can play a fool requesting evidence under this premise if they have other reasons to slow down the adjudication. By leaving no gap, they can't use this excuse anymore. Also, many lawyers mention phychological effect by presenting hefty stack of evidence. Many advice to flood USCIS with good evidence which will most likely result in approval without further questions.

@Blessyme do you have a table of contents showing what all you're sending? Just curious to see how you got to this thick file.

Yes, there is a chance of her being questioned as she would be travelling with two US citizens. If she was employed, I'd take employment verification letter. But she isn't. What about copy of lease or mortgage statements, return ticket, perhaps documentation about kids enrolled in school overseas? If you have any solid plans, e.g reservations for places you're trying to go to in the US, I'd take those too.

This also works, though I would have photocopied this setup to ensure USCIS scanners don't get jammed due to photos detaching from pages. That's a good idea for people who don't have experience / patience working in Word.

There is no requirement to send any cover letters as far as I am aware.

What does attorney say? It's bad, you lied under oath pretty much. It's possible you'd have to get a waiver.

One doesn't cancel the other. USCIS asks for as much documents as possible in I-751 instructions. 2 years of banking statements from used joint accounts is quality, for example. Of course, evidence needs to be all encompassing. I'm sure OP's 3 inches of docs contain different forms of evidence. I never seen anybody penalized for submitting too much good evidence. For submitting too little - we see it every day on VJ in forms of RFEs, NOIDs and denials.

There's nothing wrong with sending 2 years of banking statements. In fact, I-751 instructions ask for as much evidence as possible. This is relevant quality evidence. Hopefully, OP is not sending local bus schedules. In fact, somebody got RFE the other day for this exact reason - not providing enough bank statements. To OP: why not just send it as a stack of paper in a box? It should work, if laid nicely. This would allow USCIS staff to scan this into the system quickly.

Develop evidence as your married life goes on. Open joint checking account for bills / rent / recurring expenses. Open joint savings accounts to save towards common goals, be it vacation, house downpayment or emergency fund. A lot of these accounts are online accounts with no fees whatsoever. Take photos with family and friends. Get a library card, it's free. Let her create Amazon Prime household, Netflix family plan, additional card for Costco membership etc. See if she can add you to her health insurance plan, designate you as beneficiary on bank accounts, 401k plan etc, emergency contact at work etc. There's many things you can do. It will be vefy useful for I-751 too

This is normal. Yes, pending I-751 can slow your N-400. There's other factors - your local field office, your adjudicator and general slowdown as election is almost here (e.g. less incentive to naturalize people)

Agreed, marry and file away. Cannot file before marriage occurs.