Consular Report of Birth Abroad Help!

[chrisNmanda 0]

ChrisNmanda - you needed to have paternity tests? Oh goodness, we certainly don't have that, but isn't his name on the birth cert/reg of live birth enough?

And what if my husband has lived in Canada for 10 years up until last year? We can provide his high school and college transcripts, to show that he was indeed domicile, but we don't have W2s.

Also, you have to provide proof of evidence of financial support for the CRBA? I didn't think that was necessary.

Yikes.

Thank you so much! I will go read your message now.

If you guys are married the paternity test isnt necessary. Me and Amanda waited to get married for the fiance visa so they required proof that he was mine. If your married you will need to bring your marriage license. As far as your situation with domicile i would just show what you have in the states. I also didnt think financial support would be an issue but i had 7 years worth of w2's, I have only been out of college for 5 years, and the officer actually questioned and gave me a hard time because 6 years ago my gross income was only 15k for the year. I was completely shocked about that but they did want evidence of support. Keep in mind this was our experience, from reading threads on this site, it doesnt seem that there are too many set things to bring, it all depends on the officer you get. thats why you have to bring EVERYTHING. Good luck with everything and congrats on your new baby boy.

[Blitz 3]

If you guys are married the paternity test isnt necessary. Me and Amanda waited to get married for the fiance visa so they required proof that he was mine. If your married you will need to bring your marriage license. As far as your situation with domicile i would just show what you have in the states. I also didnt think financial support would be an issue but i had 7 years worth of w2's, I have only been out of college for 5 years, and the officer actually questioned and gave me a hard time because 6 years ago my gross income was only 15k for the year. I was completely shocked about that but they did want evidence of support. Keep in mind this was our experience, from reading threads on this site, it doesnt seem that there are too many set things to bring, it all depends on the officer you get. thats why you have to bring EVERYTHING. Good luck with everything and congrats on your new baby boy.

Thank you. We'll be totally screwed if they ask for proof of support because my husband has been a student the past year, and as a result we needed a co-sponsor for my immigrant VISA (which was approved at the NVC stage, at least). Ugh. I can't believe how complicated everything has to be....and the rules seem to change on a whim!

Oh! One other question, but did you provide your Canadian Immigration Record, which shows your original date of entry into Canada? I see that's #9 on the list of what they require, and I hope a copy of my husband's work permit will be sufficient.

[antda 13]

I'm freaking out! I haven't been on here in awhile b/c I had my 2nd baby 3 weeks ago (a boy!) and my husband is currently in the US with our daughter. My interview in Montreal is March 18. We don't have the kids' consular report of birth abroad (CRBA) certificates yet, and we were planning to get those after my interview. I had read on here that I didn't need to have my children's CRBA to show in order to get my immigrant VISA, but now I read a thread that made it sound like I do!??!??! But I don't know if it's even possible to get it done before March 18! Help!

Blitz-Congrats on your baby boy (lol..so I did get the gender right..btw..feel free to update the Canada baby thread to0)....

And may you enjoy the happiness that your new bundle of joy brings to you and yorur family.

Good luck for your interview coming up and good luck with your CRBA too...

Ant

Edited February 23, 2010 by Ant+D+BabyA

[chrisNmanda 0]

Thank you. We'll be totally screwed if they ask for proof of support because my husband has been a student the past year, and as a result we needed a co-sponsor for my immigrant VISA (which was approved at the NVC stage, at least). Ugh. I can't believe how complicated everything has to be....and the rules seem to change on a whim!

Oh! One other question, but did you provide your Canadian Immigration Record, which shows your original date of entry into Canada? I see that's #9 on the list of what they require, and I hope a copy of my husband's work permit will be sufficient.

not quiet sure i understand what you mean on the Canadian Immigration record. I dont recall having to have any thing like that. However i do have all the receipts from every boarder crossings since Amanda and I decided she would be immigrating here. I brought them, but they just thumbed through them and didnt make copies.