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Did you receive a 10 year green card? Were you married for 2+ years on Resident Since date which is on your green card? I know you said you were married for over 2 years when you had AOS interview, but the reason why I am asking is to ensure Resident Since date is correct.

My understanding is you employment history and address history are two different sections. You need to list all addresses you lived at in the last 5 years. If you only worked at the same place, list it once (in different section). Didn't you have a company / corp legal address?

Whether you adjust in the US or come on visa, if marriage is under two years, the category is CR1

Always go if you have two contradicting letters / online statuses.

USCIS will mail it to you within few weeks after filing I-751

Hi @David Holmes what's I-571? If you're talking about I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, then no. It can be filed within 90 days window or after (in exceptional circumstances, vacation is not a good reason). File it within 90 days of card expiration. You should get 24 months extension letter before your travel. You will lose fees and application will be rejected if you file early.

See this related thread You can always try, but you may lose filing fee for N-400 and get denied. Can always reapply for N-400 later again. My suggested timeframe for filing for naturalization is the safest approach to avoid denial.

It's at least 4 years and 9 months after you returned to the US. Or better apply 5 years and a week later since you returned to the US. That way IO won't have any doubts for sure.

The lookback is usually 5 years to determine eligibility for naturalization. If you've been back now for 6-7 years, this should not be an issue at all. Make sure to have evidence of your marital status, e.g. marriage certificate, divorce decree etc. Don't volunteer any of this information or paperwork during interview, unless asked to. You can also look into hiring an attorney to represent you and go to the interview with you if that makes you feel more secure. Your case doesn't require an attorney by the looks of it, but it never hurts.

Because passport doesn't tell source of citizenship. Birth Certificate or Naturalization Certificate does.

You can apply under 5 year rule if you meet continuous residence and physical presence requirements.

How is Schengen visa related to your LPR status?

Co-sponsor - person living in the same household, joint sponsor - person not living in the same household AFAIK. Both can help with sponsoring.

My understanding is a bit limited, but wouldn't the algorithm be: 1. Apply for N-600. Approved? Great. Denied? Go to step 2. 2. Apply for N-400 based on LPR. Attach copy of N-600 denial, showing he's not a citizen. How can step 2 be not available?

Pretty safe as long as you have original GC, original extension letter and valid foreign passport. Check out thread

How would one recover from denied N-600? File N-400?

Happy New Year!

Nobody mentioned getting a police report for stolen I-797. I would do that too.

The thing is, N-400 has questions about parents and whether they're US citizens. This is when Pandora's box is going to open anyways.

My suggestion is to look into finding a co-sponsor. Close calls is always tricky to pull off. May lose time by getting RFE for I-864.

Hi @thecanadianmrs Please promise yourself to always stay on top of your immigration process from now on, as it may be long and painful. It would have been a breeze back in 2015 compared to nowadays. 1. Can you renew your Canadian passport now? You should be able to do it without leaving the US -> https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-passports/renew-adult-passport/renew-us.html You ARE a Canadian citizen, despite passport expiration. It's not an issue. Your old passport with visa MAY be returned to you if you request it (research it more, ask Canadian officials and your fellow Canadian friends) 2. You can always get a co-sponsor. Your husband will be a primary sponsor regardless. 3. If you're still married to the same person or different person for over 2 years at the time your I-485 is approved, you will get a 10 year green card. The time you lived out of status won't help with getting green card or naturalizing sooner. Your unlawful presence will be forgiven if your spouse is a US citizen. Any unathorized work will be forgiven, but you need to be honest about it. 4. Do NOT leave the US anytime before you get green card in hand, otherwise you will get 10 year bar! Also, you will be in big trouble if you ever said you were a US citizen to get a job or some other benefit. That WON'T be forgiven. As for the timelines, you can check processing times on USCIS website, it can easily take over a year to get your case approved. Good luck!

You got advance parole. This means you CAN travel without abandoning your AOS, AFAIK. However, AP doesn't guarantee the entry back to the US. Travel at your own risk, and only if it's extremely important and outweighs losing ability to enter the US. LPRs and US citizens are always admitted into the US, on the other hand.

No worries, I would NOT include it unless it's a trip you're taking with your spouse together and you're using it for bonafide evidence. Then surely, include it. All the evidence is not going to be reviewed until much later in time (months after completing biometrics)

Your husband needs to first determine whether he's a US citizen already based on his father naturalization. He may need to hire a lawyer to determine that fact. In a nutshell, it will require filing FOIA request to get his father's immigration file. Also, may require going through any documents that exist related to his father's immigration. If your husband is a citizen, he will need to get a certificate of naturalization (N-600) and then apply for passport. Reply to Q2: only if he knows for sure he's not a citizen, otherwise his N-400 will be rejected and fees lost. Reply to Q3: No, he is already LPR (if not a citizen). You as a wife don't need to do anything to get him naturalized.