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  1. If US citizen spouse is travelling with you? If yes, and you don't have crimimal charges and no prior overstays - you'll be OK
  2. Use your current address if this is where you have lease and planning to live for duration of AOS for both physical and mailing address. If you're not sure about moving, list current address as physical and parent's as mailing. List all addresses where you lived. Don't make USCIS think you live at address X when you live at address Y.
  3. I also suspect, those drive-thru oaths for hundreds during pandemic weren't administered by judges either.
  4. Not everywhere, especially if one keeps their current name. I was in a room at USCIS office with about 30-50 people. There was no judge in presence.
  5. This will likely take a while. Could be months. If you never provided divorce decree, you'll get RFE. These type of cases usually take time... Keep us posted!
  6. Thank you for sharing your experience! I was always told by lawyers not to give long stories at the interview. I was never asked such question by adjudicator. Any open ended long answers can lead to more questioning and searching for inconsistencies to accuse one of fraud. I was asked questions such as "How did you meet"? And my answer was short: "We met through a common friend". That seemed enough. A smiling and friendly adjudicator can be a mask they wear. Generally, adjudicator is not a friend. I think, in your case, you had a nice person new to USCIS, that's why they need others to review their work before decision can be made. Keep us posted!
  7. Yes, this is pretty typical when I-751 is pending. N-400 cannot be approved without I-751 approved first. You can legally sue (Writ of Mandamus) USCIS 120 days after interview if you don't have decision. Filing lawsuit pushes USCIS to make a decision on N-400. There's no other real or reliable method to expedite it. The other option is just wait.
  8. Are you saying you took oath without leaving interviewer's office? Oath just for you? I never heard of this, that's pretty unique. Congratulations! Remember to update status with SSA, register to vote (can be done online) and get US passport 🙂
  9. Affidavit of support. It seems like your case was denied because of this form and evidence related to it: Make sure you make USCIS happy this time, so they don't deny it again.
  10. No, wasn't asked for either. Social media accounts are asked from non-immigrant visa applicants. Don't take your phone to interview if you're worried about it 😃
  11. Make sure to address issues with I-864 in new filing.
  12. Why would you title it Divorce Record with no divorces in the past? I'd name it Marital Status History / Record
  13. Ask them when they take photo 😃 Or when officer finishes interview.
  14. Your mileage may vary. Each office does things slightly differently as it appears
  15. Yes it could confuse them. So you never married in the US?
  16. Did she ever apply for any other visa? Did she mention in those applications she was married when she in fact wasn't?
  17. Why not use joint sponsor? Then assets are not needed. But job is a must, whether one uses sponsor or not... One has to survive and help immigrant spouse.
  18. You can ask whether you're being admitted as a permanent resident or tourist. Asking this is tricky. As you may get denied entry. What does your I-94 say for the recent trips? I'm pretty confident officer won't back date stamp endorsing the immigrant visa. Whether he'd endorse expired visa is also a big question, most likely not. Keep us posted though, your case would help community.
  19. The worst part is, @Pat J, how long have you been in the US now since your last entry? Make sure to not overstay your entry (6 months max for Canadians). Otherwise you'd be out of status and subject to 3 or 10 year bar from entry into the US... Then your immigration will become even more difficult. As to immigrant visa, I think it's gone.
  20. My photo and fingerprints were taken before naturalization interview, but they still used old photo from my AOS era on naturalization certificate. Can't complain, I look younger on it 😃 No additional photos were taken before ceremony. I had same day oath.
  21. Sorry you had to jump through hoops to get it updated despite N-400 form says it's done automatically. I wish there was more transparency about this change and official announcement. Or officers / people conducting oath would give the warning.
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