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  1. My advice is to ignore MyProgress estimates. It's never accurate. On day of my oath, it showed 3 weeks until decision. Do you have I-751 pending?
  2. Elaborate on point 2? Do you have an example of such question?
  3. @Beeptweet to elaborate on taxation point @appleblossom mentioned already in this thread... US is a pretty unique country. Green card holders (LPRs) and US citizens must report their world wide income every year to IRS. So even if you don't live in the US and make money elsewhere, you must report your income and potentially pay taxes in the US too. There is foreign income exclusion and other things which are complex. The penalties for non complying can be severe. And you only stop being LPR when you file and sign form I-407 or immigration judge takes away your status. Think twice before activating your immigrant visa, especially if you're not sure about living in the US. You may get obligations you never asked for. Good luck!
  4. And I'm not talking about decision, it can take many months and sometimes even years. I'm talking about application receipt notice. It can take 4-8 weeks to get just that in the mail. So if you're only in the US for 21 days, you can miss it even if you file I-131 same day as you arrive. Immigration in the US is a slow, expensive and nerve racking process. It's typically not fast or efficient. Some folks get lucky with quick turnaround, but it's the minority. I think you already know this, since you went through immigrant visa process and it wasn't fast?
  5. This is very optimistic. Receipt letter alone can take 4-8 weeks. Biometrics are typically scheduled within the first 1-3 months after submitting application, but for my I-751 it took about 5 months for biometrics to get reused.
  6. Your mileage can vary. Typically at least 10-14 days notice is given.
  7. Urgent travel within 14 days wasn't mentioned in earlier comment you posted. It is the most important requirement for urgent passport service.
  8. I wouldn't say to all. Only to those who have an urgent, already booked trip within the next 14 days
  9. Sure it can be problem. USCIS asks for it for this info for a reason. They can revert approval of N-400. Also, if away, don't miss the ceremony. Here's thread when somebody got stuck in limbo because of rescheduling and missing their ceremony
  10. Yes. Applicant can travel with green card and foreign passport. Whenever there is a gap between interview an oath, applicant is asked to fill a form before oath listing any new international travel and / or citations. Applicant should meet physical presence and continuous residence criteria as well as good moral character at time of oath.
  11. No clear criteria known to public. Some folks are luckier than others. My guess is, if officer is experienced and has time, plus case is straightforward, they may conduct ceremony right after interview.
  12. You apply for US passport by filling form and paying fees. This happens after oath, when you are a US citizen, not just after interview. If you only had interview and not oath, you're not a US citizen yet and cannot apply for passport. There's routine service, expedited and urgent. The times for routine and expedited service can be found here (usually few weeks): https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/how-apply/processing-times.html?os=io.....no_journeystrue&ref=app Urgent is typically done within a day.
  13. Black box. Officer decides based in many factors which are typically not disclosed to applicant. You can't predict it.
  14. If somebody says the oath out loud after interview, without leaving room and gets naturalization certificate - they don't need to attend anything else.
  15. Impossible. One has to get approved first before taking oath. Oath cannot take place during interview, only after interview. I had same day oath as the interview. Oath was about 1 hr after the interview.
  16. Just disclose your citations and speeding tickets. Officer will likely determine they should not affect your naturalization. I wonder if they can affect Good Moral Character requirement. If you do charity or something to counter negative things like speeding ticket, I'd bring evidence of that too.
  17. You can say "No". I said "Yes" and nothing came out of it. The mechanism for updating SSA status is broken. You have to visit SSA to do it yourself after becoming a citizen. It's not about SS card without restrictions, I also had unrestricted card. It's more about SSA updating their records marking you as a US citizen after you naturalize. Here's the whole story and further explanation:
  18. Did you live separately at any time in the last 3 years? Marital union is requirement that gets interpreted very strictly by some adjudicators. If you want to have 0 risk, just wait full 3 years of living in the US before filing N-400. Good luck!
  19. Yes. CBP can conclude you never started residing in the US without SSN and GC and give you NTA.
  20. You can assume. But don't be dissapointed if it takes longer. Usually you don't even receive letter with receipt within 3 weeks of filing. More realistic timeframe is 2-3 months until biometrics appointment.
  21. Sure, some of that marriage evidence from overseas can't hurt. Most of evidence should be since you moved here though.
  22. ~ Thread wad moved to What Visa Do I Need ~
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