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Hi everyone again! - We have an update on this: We just checked on the website and her N400 interview is by the end of March. Now the thing is that the wait time has increased to 7 months 🤔 Is it reasonable to think the Oath ceremony is celebrated a few days after? We would like to answer these, and thank you so much for contributing to the post: M23 is willing to accept the wait. F23 can cover for us until M23 is able to contribute. We have not seen much yet but our current expectation is for the work permit (To allow M23 to exist here with a bank account, a driving license, and a job) to take less than a year and the conditional green card around 1.5 to 2 years... We are not sure since the processing times seem to depend on where you file. We would be filing from Nevada, which we think needs to be sent to Phoenix. In addition, the filing costs are increasing... Hopefully in order to process cases faster but it's a stretch. We originally discussed filing a Fiance visa. We do have some doubts, and as we get closer to the date we would like to start drafting the case filing using examples from VJ and requesting help if needed as well. Could anyone let us know if M23 can be out of status while the case is being processed by USCIS and he hasn't received his work permit yet? i.e. Being a passenger in a car, traveling to another state by plane... How would he address himself if he is questioned by authorities? Since the 90-day stamp is expired on his passport, but he would have a case number with USCIS. Thank you again for everyone's help on this. We really appreciate it!

Alright, if it's not allowed we wouldn't want to risk it at all... Thank you so much for answering that! I hope that someone can shed some light on this as well

We would be filing from Nevada. Same as the naturalization. M23 has a job back in UK, should he drop it as soon as possible? Chances are that he could continue online until we file for everything, but we are not aware if at any point this would be an issue. The increase of fees wouldn't be a huge problem, we would try to DIY so we keep the expenses at a minimum and could save for a house.

Hi everyone, we are a young couple M23 & F23 that has been dating for over a year. F23 has been living for the past five years in the USA as a green card holder (Sponsored by her family) and M23 is Spanish, currently living in UK. Since we started dating, M23 is currently on his 3rd visit to the USA on an ESTA (for 2-3 weeks each time). F23 has visited him another 2 times for an additional 2 weeks each. F23 filed N400 in late October, and she is in the process of getting her citizenship. On the website it says that the case is being reviewed after completing the biometrics appointment in November. We would have eventually filed for a Fiance visa once she was able to sponsor me as a citizen. However, as of today, the approximate time jumped significantly and it seems the citizenship application could be processed way earlier than expected. As of today, the website says that the approximate waiting time until the case decision is 3 months (Does that mean that the approximate time for the interview is 3 months or for the full case approval to be 3 months if the interview goes ok?). We are both very stressed from this long wait and if it's possible to make such a big move obeying the law we would really appreciate it. Let us list some questions/concerns: If F23 gets her citizenship before M23's ESTA 90 days expires, can we file for an AOS if we marry? M23 booked the flight back only 3 weeks after entry. If the N400 takes longer than his ESTA days, would we have grounds to still legally file for AOS despite the overstay until F23 becomes a citizen and we get married? M23 has entered with an ESTA always stating that he was visiting F23, and on the form he has entered her address as to where he was staying for the trip. Is her citizenship in danger if M23 overstays because of the above scenario? Imagine that she is granted citizenship, could she lose it if somehow the judge flags these circumstances as fraudulent in a future interview for our marriage? Thank you so so much to everyone in advance!