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Kittyfang   6

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:ranting: I'm trying to get my passport (first ever, not a renewal) and passport Canada is being a b****. I've looked up how Americans get a passport and their form is simple! Freaking Canada requires that I find a guarantor! The US doesn't even require that!

Oh, but just to make even MORE sense... If you're a Canadian abroad, you can use the mayor of any city as a guarantor (as long as he's known you for two years)... "Oh great, I'll ask our mayor, he's the one who married us!"... That'll work, right?... NOPE! That's for abroad! Canadians in the US get a special form THAT IS EXACTLY like the one for Canadians abroad, accept for the fact that MAYORS can't act as guarantor...

:bonk:

And that's when I had a psychotic episode, your honor.

/rant off

Thank you for listening... (F)

Edited by Kittyfang

Adjustment of Status

11/03/10 ------- AoS (I-130/I-485) Package mailed out (Priority Mail)

11/07/10 ------- AoS Package received and singed for

11/10/10 ------- NOA1 received for I-130, I-485 and I-765 (emails)

11/12/10 ------- NOA1 received for I-130, I-485 and I-765 (hard copies)

11/12/10 ------- Touches on I-130, I-485 and I-765

11/19/10 ------- Biometrics appointment letter received

12/06/10 ------- RFE for I-693 (I think the issue is that it was not signed. Called USCIS and will receive a letter in a few days explaining)

12/13/10 ------- Biometrics done

12/16/10 ------- EAD card in production (email)

12/20/10 ------- Received "Letter of Explanation" for RFE (Service Request to expedite my case. Called USCIS and was told to ignore that and just send in response to RFE.)

12/22/10 ------- Touch (Email for Post Decision Activity on EAD saying that a letter of approval has been mailed out)

12/24/10 ------- Received EAD in the mail

12/27/10 ------- Applied for SSN

12/31/10 ------- Received Interview letter

01/03/11 ------- Received SSN card in the mail

01/07/11 ------- Mailed out response to RFE (I-693)

01/15/11 ------- Email confirming USCIS received RFE response

01/31/11 ------- Approved!

Pre-Adjustment of Status:

2006 -------- Met Online

02/07 ------- Visited him in the U.S. for what was suppose to be a few weeks (Came in with birth certificate and health card. Health card expired a few months after)

08/07 ------- Decided to get married because we didn't want to be apart (in the U.S.)

10/10 ------- USCIS Medical Done

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Hugglebuggles   60

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Didn't they change the rules so your guarantor only needs to be a Canadian citizen that has ever held a passport? Surely there is someone back in Canada that knows you at least a little that holds a passport, no?I would call up some friends and family members and ask if they have one, then mail the form to them for signing. It would take a while but it would be done. And I agree, that is pretty stupid...

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Freaking Canada requires that I find a guarantor!

Oh, but just to make even MORE sense... If you're a Canadian abroad, you can use the mayor of any city as a guarantor (as long as he's known you for two years)... "Oh great, I'll ask our mayor, he's the one who married us!"... That'll work, right?... NOPE! That's for abroad! Canadians in the US get a special form THAT IS EXACTLY like the one for Canadians abroad, accept for the fact that MAYORS can't act as guarantor...

:bonk:

And that's when I had a psychotic episode, your honor.

/rant off

Thank you for listening... (F)

1. We have a VENT thread.

2. They've actually made it easier. Passport Canada allows any Canadian to be a guarantor, before you had to be within a certain cateogry to qualify as one such as a doctor. Do you not know 1 Canadian person? But I guess since you have been there illegally and now you want to file AOS, you can't go home to Canada to get your forms or your pictures guaranteed or you wouldn't be able to file. OR you can just send the forms to someone in Canada and have them send them back to you. Not that hard.

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"...My hair's mostly wind,

My eyes filled with grit

My skin's white then brown

My lips chapped and split

I've lain on the prairie and heard grasses sigh

I've stared at the vast open bowl of the sky

I've seen all the castles and faces in clouds

My home is the prairie and for that I am proud…

If You're not from the Prairie, you can't know my soul

You don't know our blizzards; you've not fought our cold

You can't know my mind, nor ever my heart

Unless deep within you there's somehow a part…

A part of these things that I've said that I know,

The wind, sky and earth, the storms and the snow.

Best say that you have - and then we'll be one,

For we will have shared that same blazing sun." - David Bouchard

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trailmix   77

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:ranting: I'm trying to get my passport (first ever, not a renewal) and passport Canada is being a b****. I've looked up how Americans get a passport and their form is simple! Freaking Canada requires that I find a guarantor! The US doesn't even require that!

The U.S. doesn't require that because for your first passport application you HAVE to show up in person. Now i'm sure that would be handy, if you lived in Canada and the U.S. consulate was just down the street - otherwise that would be a big hassle.

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Udella&Wiz   325

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So when you first went to the US, you didn't have a passport?

Anyhoo - Treble's advice would resolve the issue..have a family memebr be the guarantor, won't that work? Just mail it back and forth

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Kittyfang   6

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Didn't they change the rules so your guarantor only needs to be a Canadian citizen that has ever held a passport? Surely there is someone back in Canada that knows you at least a little that holds a passport, no?I would call up some friends and family members and ask if they have one, then mail the form to them for signing. It would take a while but it would be done. And I agree, that is pretty stupid...

I have an aunt that use to have one, but it's expired. But now, I am so fed up with this passport business that if she accepts, I am going to pay for her renewal and have her act as my guarantor.

I know that there is a form that I can file out, if I can't find a guarantor, but I don't wanna go that route. Reason being that, my health card (the only picture ID I have) is expired, so someone over at Passport Canada said that I can use my Social Security Card (as long as it's signed, it is) instead. So, if I use the SSC AND file out that form, I'm afraid they'll deny it simply because my paperwork has too many "exceptions".

Adjustment of Status

11/03/10 ------- AoS (I-130/I-485) Package mailed out (Priority Mail)

11/07/10 ------- AoS Package received and singed for

11/10/10 ------- NOA1 received for I-130, I-485 and I-765 (emails)

11/12/10 ------- NOA1 received for I-130, I-485 and I-765 (hard copies)

11/12/10 ------- Touches on I-130, I-485 and I-765

11/19/10 ------- Biometrics appointment letter received

12/06/10 ------- RFE for I-693 (I think the issue is that it was not signed. Called USCIS and will receive a letter in a few days explaining)

12/13/10 ------- Biometrics done

12/16/10 ------- EAD card in production (email)

12/20/10 ------- Received "Letter of Explanation" for RFE (Service Request to expedite my case. Called USCIS and was told to ignore that and just send in response to RFE.)

12/22/10 ------- Touch (Email for Post Decision Activity on EAD saying that a letter of approval has been mailed out)

12/24/10 ------- Received EAD in the mail

12/27/10 ------- Applied for SSN

12/31/10 ------- Received Interview letter

01/03/11 ------- Received SSN card in the mail

01/07/11 ------- Mailed out response to RFE (I-693)

01/15/11 ------- Email confirming USCIS received RFE response

01/31/11 ------- Approved!

Pre-Adjustment of Status:

2006 -------- Met Online

02/07 ------- Visited him in the U.S. for what was suppose to be a few weeks (Came in with birth certificate and health card. Health card expired a few months after)

08/07 ------- Decided to get married because we didn't want to be apart (in the U.S.)

10/10 ------- USCIS Medical Done

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Colleens   40

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:ranting: I'm trying to get my passport (first ever, not a renewal) and passport Canada is being a b****. I've looked up how Americans get a passport and their form is simple! Freaking Canada requires that I find a guarantor! The US doesn't even require that!

Oh, but just to make even MORE sense... If you're a Canadian abroad, you can use the mayor of any city as a guarantor (as long as he's known you for two years)... "Oh great, I'll ask our mayor, he's the one who married us!"... That'll work, right?... NOPE! That's for abroad! Canadians in the US get a special form THAT IS EXACTLY like the one for Canadians abroad, accept for the fact that MAYORS can't act as guarantor...

:bonk:

And that's when I had a psychotic episode, your honor.

/rant off

Thank you for listening... (F)

You could send your photos to a friend or family member back home and have them sign them for you. As long as they are a Canadian Citizen, are over 16 and have a passport....they can do it for you. It will take a couple of days to mail them back and forth, but it is doable!

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Kittyfang   6

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Didn't they change the rules so your guarantor only needs to be a Canadian citizen that has ever held a passport? Surely there is someone back in Canada that knows you at least a little that holds a passport, no?I would call up some friends and family members and ask if they have one, then mail the form to them for signing. It would take a while but it would be done. And I agree, that is pretty stupid...

I have an aunt that use to have one, but it's expired. But now, I am so fed up with this passport business that if she accepts, I am going to pay for her renewal and have her act as my guarantor.

I know that there is a form that I can file out, if I can't find a guarantor, but I don't wanna go that route. Reason being that, my health card (the only picture ID I have) is expired, so someone over at Passport Canada said that I can use my Social Security Card (as long as it's signed, it is) instead. So, if I use the SSC AND file out that form, I'm afraid they'll deny it simply because my paperwork has too many "exceptions".

I do have people in Canada that can help. My point is that the guarantor thing is stupid.

Oh and to all my admirers that follow me from thread to thread, saying nice little things. HI! How's that glass castle holding up? :)

Edited by Kittyfang

Adjustment of Status

11/03/10 ------- AoS (I-130/I-485) Package mailed out (Priority Mail)

11/07/10 ------- AoS Package received and singed for

11/10/10 ------- NOA1 received for I-130, I-485 and I-765 (emails)

11/12/10 ------- NOA1 received for I-130, I-485 and I-765 (hard copies)

11/12/10 ------- Touches on I-130, I-485 and I-765

11/19/10 ------- Biometrics appointment letter received

12/06/10 ------- RFE for I-693 (I think the issue is that it was not signed. Called USCIS and will receive a letter in a few days explaining)

12/13/10 ------- Biometrics done

12/16/10 ------- EAD card in production (email)

12/20/10 ------- Received "Letter of Explanation" for RFE (Service Request to expedite my case. Called USCIS and was told to ignore that and just send in response to RFE.)

12/22/10 ------- Touch (Email for Post Decision Activity on EAD saying that a letter of approval has been mailed out)

12/24/10 ------- Received EAD in the mail

12/27/10 ------- Applied for SSN

12/31/10 ------- Received Interview letter

01/03/11 ------- Received SSN card in the mail

01/07/11 ------- Mailed out response to RFE (I-693)

01/15/11 ------- Email confirming USCIS received RFE response

01/31/11 ------- Approved!

Pre-Adjustment of Status:

2006 -------- Met Online

02/07 ------- Visited him in the U.S. for what was suppose to be a few weeks (Came in with birth certificate and health card. Health card expired a few months after)

08/07 ------- Decided to get married because we didn't want to be apart (in the U.S.)

10/10 ------- USCIS Medical Done

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thetreble   19

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so someone over at Passport Canada said that I can use my Social Security Card

Wait....how did you get a social security card?

I do have people in Canada that can help. My point is that the guarantor thing is stupid.

According to you, everything about every process is hard and stupid. We follow you from thread to thread because I have never seen one person write as many threads as you do and we love to pick on you. We really do.

"...My hair's mostly wind,

My eyes filled with grit

My skin's white then brown

My lips chapped and split

I've lain on the prairie and heard grasses sigh

I've stared at the vast open bowl of the sky

I've seen all the castles and faces in clouds

My home is the prairie and for that I am proud…

If You're not from the Prairie, you can't know my soul

You don't know our blizzards; you've not fought our cold

You can't know my mind, nor ever my heart

Unless deep within you there's somehow a part…

A part of these things that I've said that I know,

The wind, sky and earth, the storms and the snow.

Best say that you have - and then we'll be one,

For we will have shared that same blazing sun." - David Bouchard

Kittyfang Proficient

Kittyfang   6

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So when you first went to the US, you didn't have a passport?

Anyhoo - Treble's advice would resolve the issue..have a family memebr be the guarantor, won't that work? Just mail it back and forth

Nope, no passport. It wasn't required. Heck, I had family members surprised that I even had to show ID... Then agian, they use to go the the US when NOTHING was required.

So, yup, going to have to go the family member route.

Adjustment of Status

11/03/10 ------- AoS (I-130/I-485) Package mailed out (Priority Mail)

11/07/10 ------- AoS Package received and singed for

11/10/10 ------- NOA1 received for I-130, I-485 and I-765 (emails)

11/12/10 ------- NOA1 received for I-130, I-485 and I-765 (hard copies)

11/12/10 ------- Touches on I-130, I-485 and I-765

11/19/10 ------- Biometrics appointment letter received

12/06/10 ------- RFE for I-693 (I think the issue is that it was not signed. Called USCIS and will receive a letter in a few days explaining)

12/13/10 ------- Biometrics done

12/16/10 ------- EAD card in production (email)

12/20/10 ------- Received "Letter of Explanation" for RFE (Service Request to expedite my case. Called USCIS and was told to ignore that and just send in response to RFE.)

12/22/10 ------- Touch (Email for Post Decision Activity on EAD saying that a letter of approval has been mailed out)

12/24/10 ------- Received EAD in the mail

12/27/10 ------- Applied for SSN

12/31/10 ------- Received Interview letter

01/03/11 ------- Received SSN card in the mail

01/07/11 ------- Mailed out response to RFE (I-693)

01/15/11 ------- Email confirming USCIS received RFE response

01/31/11 ------- Approved!

Pre-Adjustment of Status:

2006 -------- Met Online

02/07 ------- Visited him in the U.S. for what was suppose to be a few weeks (Came in with birth certificate and health card. Health card expired a few months after)

08/07 ------- Decided to get married because we didn't want to be apart (in the U.S.)

10/10 ------- USCIS Medical Done

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Hugglebuggles   60

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Didn't they change the rules so your guarantor only needs to be a Canadian citizen that has ever held a passport? Surely there is someone back in Canada that knows you at least a little that holds a passport, no?I would call up some friends and family members and ask if they have one, then mail the form to them for signing. It would take a while but it would be done. And I agree, that is pretty stupid...

I have an aunt that use to have one, but it's expired. But now, I am so fed up with this passport business that if she accepts, I am going to pay for her renewal and have her act as my guarantor.

I know that there is a form that I can file out, if I can't find a guarantor, but I don't wanna go that route. Reason being that, my health card (the only picture ID I have) is expired, so someone over at Passport Canada said that I can use my Social Security Card (as long as it's signed, it is) instead. So, if I use the SSC AND file out that form, I'm afraid they'll deny it simply because my paperwork has too many "exceptions".

I do have people in Canada that can help. My point is that the guarantor thing is stupid.

Oh and to all my admirers that follow me from thread to thread, saying nice little things. HI! How's that glass castle holding up? :)

Wow. You make it very hard to be nice to you. Its like you like it when people are rude...

Edited by Hugglebuggles
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Kittyfang   6

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so someone over at Passport Canada said that I can use my Social Security Card

Wait....how did you get a social security card? I have a Canadian SSC... I was legal back in Canada... Before I started my life of crime hehe

I do have people in Canada that can help. My point is that the guarantor thing is stupid.

According to you, everything about every process is hard and stupid. We follow you from thread to thread because I have never seen one person write as many threads as you do and we love to pick on you. We really do.

Actually, I think this is about hte only time I've ranting about anything. I think the passport process is retarded, not the immigration one. And I start a lot of thread because I'm a curious girl. The only dumb question is the one that isn't asked. :thumbs:

Adjustment of Status

11/03/10 ------- AoS (I-130/I-485) Package mailed out (Priority Mail)

11/07/10 ------- AoS Package received and singed for

11/10/10 ------- NOA1 received for I-130, I-485 and I-765 (emails)

11/12/10 ------- NOA1 received for I-130, I-485 and I-765 (hard copies)

11/12/10 ------- Touches on I-130, I-485 and I-765

11/19/10 ------- Biometrics appointment letter received

12/06/10 ------- RFE for I-693 (I think the issue is that it was not signed. Called USCIS and will receive a letter in a few days explaining)

12/13/10 ------- Biometrics done

12/16/10 ------- EAD card in production (email)

12/20/10 ------- Received "Letter of Explanation" for RFE (Service Request to expedite my case. Called USCIS and was told to ignore that and just send in response to RFE.)

12/22/10 ------- Touch (Email for Post Decision Activity on EAD saying that a letter of approval has been mailed out)

12/24/10 ------- Received EAD in the mail

12/27/10 ------- Applied for SSN

12/31/10 ------- Received Interview letter

01/03/11 ------- Received SSN card in the mail

01/07/11 ------- Mailed out response to RFE (I-693)

01/15/11 ------- Email confirming USCIS received RFE response

01/31/11 ------- Approved!

Pre-Adjustment of Status:

2006 -------- Met Online

02/07 ------- Visited him in the U.S. for what was suppose to be a few weeks (Came in with birth certificate and health card. Health card expired a few months after)

08/07 ------- Decided to get married because we didn't want to be apart (in the U.S.)

10/10 ------- USCIS Medical Done

 
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