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Your name has not changed yet. It won't change until the Oath ceremony. Hence the letter in your old name.

Actually if you are married to a US Citizen, it is three years minus 90 days after you became a LPR, provided you have completed three years of being married to a US Citizen on the day that you apply.

As soon as you are eligible.

Depends on your state, and if they are classified as criminal charges or civil charges. Here in Texas automated tickets are civil charges...so no need to disclose. If they are criminal charges...then yes need to be disclosed

You don't need to prove that you are a PR, just the fact that you are allowed to work. They cannot ask you which documents you can produce...you can choose...lookup form I9. You can choose to present a SS Card and DL or various combinations listed on the form.

You should apply from Illinois. Since you are going to Houston for a temp. work assignment, but maintaining your permanent resident in Illinois...that is where you apply from. IMO no need to file AR-11 or texas ID.

Don't panick.... If you have a written payment arrangement with the IRS...you should be fine. thanks

two I-130s Marriage certificate...only for your father...to prove that he was married to your mother when you were married...and you were born in wedlock.... Slightly different procedure for kids born out of wedlock to bring their father in.

Deducting USCIS expenses is risky game....and some CPA's will tell you that you can deduct them. One example he gave me....if you own a business....and claiming that US citizenship allows you to file for an "S" corp...so cost of becoming a US Citizen is a business expense. Similarly passport...

You can start collecting the paperwork needed. Their marriage certificate etc.... But sign and mail it in only after the oath.

You can safely ignore the security warning in this case. They have not purchased the certificate issued by trusted certificate authority. They are most likely using a self-signed certificate.

I'm guessing in your case, the court came to your ceremony...that's why you did not have appear in court. A lot of ceremonies used to be judicial ceremony with a judicial official present.

It is F1 students only from countries that have a tax treaty with US do not have to pay SS and medicare taxes. India is one of them.

Do you really need a letter of renunciation? I thought it was as simple as handing the indian passport along with the visa application.

3. USCIS does not care if you cheated on your tax returns....it is not their job, nor are trained in tax law...which can be very complex. All they are interested in ...is if you filed your taxes. Just because IRS did not catch your fraud on your tax returns...does not mean you got away with...

Just started my process at Houston Consulate OCI Application Mailed: 2/2/2009

I agree you have to pay the fee, I think the fingerprinting for I-131 is just one finger...and for N-400 it is all 10 fingers....so different process.

If your interview is next week, take what you have. For years that you do not have transcripts...take copies of your own tax return. If the IO is not happy with that...ask for more time to produce transcripts....

Regardless weather you get a citizenship or not...you are not at risk of loosing your Green Card...if your marriage was in good faith.

At JFK now they have a third line...just for Permanent Residents