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Entered US through Pearson/TO on Feb 12. No GC or Welcome letter yet!!

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I entered the US on a CR-1 visa on Feb 12,2009 and my POE was the Pearson Airport in Toronto. It has been almost a month now and I haven't received any welcome letter or GC.

Any suggestions on what I should do regarding this ?

Also a bit of background on my entry:

At the Pearson airport, I handed over my documents package and visa to the immigration officer at the booth. He started looking at them and had a look on his face that depicted that he had no clue. I in my head was going "Oooo OOOOOO". He opened my sealed package and then asked someone else for help. After he got some clue he sent me off to the room closeby where some plain rude officers took my fingerprints, etc. I was told to sit down only to be called in a few seconds.

The officer was angry about the fact that the package had been opened. I was calm and told her that one of ur officers at the booth did that. Thereafter I gave em his name and asked to confirm with the same guy.

Anyways the rest of the stuff goes on fine ... no major questions .. no welcome speech .. nada !! My visa was stamped as admitted with CR-1 written by hand between the stamp.

Now I am just confused ... its been a month and I had to come back to ottawa to finish work n all ... My wife in Cali hasn't received anything from anyone !!

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I thought it usually takes about a month to get your welcome letter?

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It takes around a month or so, so your still in the window. Your stamped visa in ur passport is good for 1 year for re entry into the USA if u travel. And if ya havent recieved ur SSN yet, go and apply at the SSN office. You can download the required form at SSN.gov and bring ur cdn passport with you.

Canadians Visiting the USA while undergoing the visa process, my free advice:

1) Always tell the TRUTH. never lie to the POE officer

2) Be confident in ur replies

3) keep ur response short and to the point, don't tell ur life story!!

4) look the POE officer in the eye when speaking to them. They are looking for people lieing and have been trained to find them!

5) Pack light! No job resumes with you

6) Bring ties to Canada (letter from employer when ur expected back at work, lease, etc etc)

7) Always be polite, being rude isn't going to get ya anywhere, and could make things worse!!

8) Have a plan in case u do get denied (be polite) It wont harm ur visa application if ur denied,that is if ur polite and didn't lie! Refer to #1

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It takes around a month or so, so your still in the window. Your stamped visa in ur passport is good for 1 year for re entry into the USA if u travel. And if ya havent recieved ur SSN yet, go and apply at the SSN office. You can download the required form at SSN.gov and bring ur cdn passport with you.

Do I need to apply explicitly for a SSN ?? I thought that if you check off that option in the DS-230 (I think) one would not need to apply for it.

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It takes around a month or so, so your still in the window. Your stamped visa in ur passport is good for 1 year for re entry into the USA if u travel. And if ya havent recieved ur SSN yet, go and apply at the SSN office. You can download the required form at SSN.gov and bring ur cdn passport with you.

Do I need to apply explicitly for a SSN ?? I thought that if you check off that option in the DS-230 (I think) one would not need to apply for it.

Yup, you still need to apply for an SSN. I really don't know why they give you that option on the form, I checked it too. But no one that I know on here actually GOT an SSN from checking that box. We all had to go in person and apply.

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Thanks Guys !! Is there any way that I can call a number to get the status on this. I only have my passport with the visa stamped on it ... nothing else ;-)

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