started process 2 years ago, can we finish through DCF?

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I'll try to make this as short as possible. My husband (Canadian) and I (USC) started the US immigration process shortly after getting married fall of 2003. Fall of 2004 we applied for Canadian immigration for me, since I was almost done (I thought) with grad school and was nearly ready to move to Canada. I immigrated to Canada Dec. 2004, a month later we finally got his I-130 approved. We've just let the I-130 sit, since we wanted to live in Canada. but I'm still in school in the US, splitting my time between Canada and the US, and it looks like we'll need to move back to the US at least for a few years while I finish school and start my career. The I-130 is still good, we got a letter from NVC saying that if we don't do anything by June 2007 it will expire.

So, I'm just trying to get back into the immigration mindset. Where do we go from here? Should we send the two things that NVC sent us (I-864 fee and Choice of Agent form) back to NVC or should we switch to DCF? We live in Calgary so going to a US Consulate is really easy, would it be useful to go talk to someone at the consulate? How long will this process take-months or years? or at least how long till my husband could work in the US? (his job is not NAFTA eligible)

thanks

k

*cross-posted on CR-1

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