OldUser

There's actually 4 possible scenarios: 1) 3 year rule with pending I-751 2) 3 year rule with previously approved / never needed I-751 3) 5 year rule with pending I-751 (yes, these cases exist) 4) 5 year rule without pending I-751 (either I-751 is approved or never needed)

Make sure to update SSA with your new citizenship status! Congratulations!

Congtatulations!

Smart You realize, B1/B2 are not guaranteed?

Absolutely. This is good evidence

Google it or ask ChatGPT to make you a template of affidavit of bonafide marriage for USCIS. Then you can customize it from neighbor's perspective and ask them to sign it. Ideally you want to notarize or include copy of person's ID to proof authenticity.

Oh man, this doesn't look good. Photos is the weakest evidence. You need to get creative. Did you take trips together? E.g flights and hotel reservations listing both names. Amazon household, shared wireless family plans, Costco membership or museum memberships. Affidavits from people who know you well (neighbors, friends, family etc)

You may need to explain why you don't have those. What all evidence do you have?

Yes, it's possible go get an officer who will be very strict on language requirement. However, you have a year to prepare. You can go through every single word on forms and civics test given it's one year. Could even go to English class / get a tutor to help studying for this if you can afford and don't have time to work with spouse.

What evidence are you planning to provide? N-400 under general provision doesn't require much

Here's recent update to USCIS policy manual. https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-6-part-b-chapter-4 If the initial filing does not contain sufficient evidence to demonstrate eligibility by the appropriate standard of proof, USCIS either issues a Request for Evidence (RFE), issues a Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID), schedules an interview, or denies the petition depending on the facts and law. For instance, USCIS has discretion to deny a petition without issuing an RFE or NOID if there is no statutory basis for approval or for failure to submit initial required evidence.[2] However, USCIS must provide the petitioner with sufficient detail of any derogatory information that is unknown to the petitioner when USCIS intends to take adverse action on a family-based petition (through a NOID, RFE, or interview). This is mostly for AOS, but I'm sure N-400 is somewhat affected too. You can decide what you want to do.

It's nothing special. Recently, USCIS updated wording for status "Care is being actively reviewed" with "Case is still being processed". It doesn't mean anything.

Crossing from Mexico has few options not available when travelling from Europe. It may be possible to fly to Mexico / Canada and cross by land. But the best course of action is to get the GC.

Not in my experience. Airline agents needed to see both expired GC and extension letter. This is the situation OP is in, travel on unexpired GC is different.

How did you check in online with extension letter? I had trips as conditional LPR few years back. Completing online check in with United was impossible unless you had valid GC. At that point, GC was expired, and online check in didn't recognize extension letter. I had to see agent. Agree, CBP isn't much of a problem, especially with GE.

Yes, green card is necessary. Airline won't allow you to board the plane without it.

Walk through questions with her. Allow questions on N-400 form and all questions in civics test. Explain to her what each question means. Saying she used Google translate or doesn't know English will make her fail the test. Unless she has a waiver, she must understand English. As I mentioned, it's rare officer asks what each word means. But she has to be prepared.

USCIS is interested in IRS Tax Return Transcripts, available from IRS website. There's no originals of those, as they're digital.

No need to. The income is the king. Assets are optional.

It's, certainly OK to ask to rephrase or repeat the question if at the interview she doesn't understand it. Asking for a simpler language may result in failing English language part. Most questions are straightforward as long as she studies.

Officers rarely go into asking definitions of words, unless they suspect the person doesn't understand English. You'll know most of the questions, they're written on the form and civics test preparation. You can explain all questions to wife so she understands it before going to interview.

Fresh data point... A derivative citizen sponsored a foreign spouse for AOS and used US passport for proof of citizenship. USCIS sent RFE asking specifically for certificate of citizenship: At 1:16:45 mark:

If he's consular processing, there is no I-485 to file. And there is no I-693, it would be DS-3025 for immigrant visa. ~ Thread was moved to Bringing Family Members of US Citizens to America ~

True, I checked status on my phone with autofill

Don't forget, case can be checked here for free without login or 2FA: https://egov.uscis.gov/ You only need case number (can save it in notes, then copy / paste)