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I got naturalized last Friday and I have to travel this coming Friday. Once I knew my oath date, I scheduled an appointment at the NY passport agency (which is a State Dept office) for Monday morning. I had to wait 45 minutes on Monday morning. You just need a DS-11 form, two passport-size...

and with the oath, is definitely the most satistying! shredding tons of papers I accumulated over the last 4-5 years! It feels great! :D

I was scheduled to attend a special naturalization ceremony this morning at 9:30 at the USS Intrepid Museum to celebrate Veterans' Day. I got there at 9:20 and I thought I was going to be early. There was no line at security and I breezed through. I was directed to a counter where USCIS...

Today I was scheduled for my interview at 10:45 at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan. I actually decided not to go to work in the morning (I would have had to leave at 10 anyways). I live in Soho so Federal Plaza is a 20-minute walk away. I left my apartment at around 10 and I was there at...

LHR has got to have the worst passport control for US-bound flights. I'm not talking about immigration (just like in the US, there's no immigration in exit in the UK), but those E-SEC (or ICTS) people who check and scan your passport and your status in the US before you even proceed to the...

Besides copy of green card and two passport-size pictures what do I have to mail (based on marriage to US citizen)? Here's what I'll enclose in the application: - Copy of marriage certificate (which they already have since I applied for AOS anyways) - Copy of my wife's certificate of...

I got my I-751 approved and the approval letter clearly said that my new classification is IR6. However, I received my card today, name and last name correct, date and country of birth correct, it does expire in 2019 but the category is still CR6. It's an obvious mistake by USCIS. How long...

Just got my I-751 approved, I will apply for citizenship in roughly 3 months. Do you know when my tax transcripts for 2008 will be available? I filed my 1040EZ in early February but since I had to pay a huge amount, I sent them the check a few days before April 15. Also, what's the fastest...

I am supposed (and eligible) to apply for naturalization this summer. However, I'm receving offers to be an expat in other countries, where taxation is even lower. Obviously, if I go as a USC, I will pay a huge amount of tax to the US. Should I not become a USC and decide to move abroad...

what about if someone applies with the 3-yr rule through marriage to a US citizen? Am I still required to list all my trips for the last 5 years? I was on H1B before and therefore a non-resident. I definitely don't have any problem with the continuous residence requirements, but I really have...

My green card expires today. Of course I filed for I-751 and got my extension. The thing is that: - I filed my I-751 at VSC so I'll probably get my 10-yr green card right before I will file for N-400 - I extensively travel abroad, for both business and vacations - For Thanksgiving we...

I know it shouldn't be a problem at all but I received my NOA1 with my first name mispelled (while the one in the address window was spelled correctly - clearly, they typed the notice and it wasn't computer generated). My NOA2 (clearly computer-generated) had my correct name, as it should be...

Hello, My wife's best friend immigrated to the US in 1992 as a refugee and has been a resident since 1992. Her whole family got US citizenship. She did not yet because of a problem on her green card (inverted day and month on her DOB and she thought she had to fix that first). Now, I...

Hey everyone, I have a situation with one of my wife's best friend. She came here as a refugee from the former USSR when she was 9 y.o. She's 24 now, grew up here, her whole family got US citizenship. She did not yet because when they gave her a green card they inverted day and month in...

Hi everyone, I just offered my help to a dear friend (Russian guy naturalized USC), whose fiance just came here to NYC from Russia on a K1 visa. What are the differences between the regular AOS process (like the one I had to go through) and an AOS from a K1 visa? They are going to get...

Hi all, This is for a friend of mine. Next week he's getting married to his long-time girlfriend. She is in the US on a visa waiver visa. She will return to her home country after marriage (in city hall in NYC). How is he going to obtain a H-4 for her? What is the process and the form...

Hi all, This is for a friend of mine. Next week he's getting married to his long-time girlfriend. She is in the US on a visa waiver visa. She will return to her home country after marriage (in city hall in NYC). How is he going to obtain a H-4 for her? What is the process and the form...

The world is small. I have the auditors for a pre-audit in my company. I was talking to one of them today and I found out that he's Italian, from the very same neighborhood in Milan where I am from and we went to the very same college in Italy. Anyways, he has been married to a US citizen...

Hi, We all know how to use a GC when entering the US. What about when leaving the US? I always gave my I-94 at the check-in counter. Is there anyone who'll swipe my GC like they do when you clear US Immigration at POE? If not, how are they supposed to know when somebody left the country?

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