NVC Thread for Canadians

[Dualie 185]

As long as he confirmed the new date with the Consulate, I imagine there would be no worries.....

I find it much more interesting that NVC called to confirm this with you.... you're the second VJ member I've seen post about NVC calling to remind/confirm the interview...... interesting.....

Hmm...NVC call reminders...interesting. Better not bury my phone inside my parka or I will miss my call! I do agree that they could better use their resources in processing.

[mrs thb 331]

I've called 20 times in the last three days (including the same time as previous poster) and was never able to get through! LOL and still no mail from NVC.

i got through on my 2nd try last night...Gus was so nice in his delivery speech "ah yes, I see that your fee bills are not yet posted so that indicates your case number has not yet been assigned...please wait the 42 days then call back again". so i'll call back next week unless others with our timeline get theirs..

sunny here but cold...your not missing much

btw I was a k1 filer too, also in 2010.

[mrs thb 331]

Hmm...NVC call reminders...interesting. Better not bury my phone inside my parka or I will miss my call! I do agree that they could better use their resources in processing.

so, any updates????

[Tater&Bugger 3]

i got through on my 2nd try last night...Gus was so nice in his delivery speech "ah yes, I see that your fee bills are not yet posted so that indicates your case number has not yet been assigned...please wait the 42 days then call back again". so i'll call back next week unless others with our timeline get theirs..

sunny here but cold...your not missing much

btw I was a k1 filer too, also in 2010.

Oh wow! So what brings you back? Haha. We're you successful? You can PM me if you want so we don't hijack the thread.

[Dualie 185]

i got through on my 2nd try last night...Gus was so nice in his delivery speech "ah yes, I see that your fee bills are not yet posted so that indicates your case number has not yet been assigned...please wait the 42 days then call back again". so i'll call back next week unless others with our timeline get theirs..

I had a nice chat with Gus too! I have always lucked out with the nice ones. Ivy is really nice also.

No update yet except to say the medical is out of the way. We are enjoying Montreal very much. Contrary to some things I have heard, everyone we have encountered has been very pleasant and spoke English even when I tried out my pathetic French, lol!

sunny here but cold...your not missing much

btw I was a k1 filer too, also in 2010.

Wow. I just posted that on my tablet. Didn't work out so well.

[rowanheather 23]

Hi all -- Just had our AOS fee change to N/A! Waiting to confirm with NVC next week, but I think we've finally gotten our case complete!

How long did you have to wait for your case complete email? How about your interview email? Just curious how quickly things move from this point forward.

So excited to be finally at the last step of the process. That was a long 12+ months!

[NikLR 13,232]

It takes about a week for CC email. If you're lucky you'll get an interview date sooner than that! Otherwise you may have to wait until the first week of March.

[OnlyHope 4]

Hi all -- Just had our AOS fee change to N/A! Waiting to confirm with NVC next week, but I think we've finally gotten our case complete!

How long did you have to wait for your case complete email? How about your interview email? Just curious how quickly things move from this point forward.

So excited to be finally at the last step of the process. That was a long 12+ months!

Congratulations for CC......our AOS status changed on 30th Dec and we received email on 7th Jan .......interview email received on 17th Jan......the only time we called NVC was to confirm case complete.......good luck

[rowanheather 23]

It takes about a week for CC email. If you're lucky you'll get an interview date sooner than that! Otherwise you may have to wait until the first week of March.

Thanks, NLR!

Congratulations for CC......our AOS status changed on 30th Dec and we received email on 7th Jan .......interview email received on 17th Jan......the only time we called NVC was to confirm case complete.......good luck

Thanks OnlyHope -- just curious -- when is your interview?

[ncglenn 22]

Hi VJ friends,

I got my approval on Feb. 3rd at the Montreal Consulate. I should be receiving my passport and visa packet sometime next week. I'm not actually retiring from my job until June 30th, then moving permanently sometime in July. Is it ok if I cross into the US as a permanent resident right away, spend the day in Buffalo then come back? We would like to maybe do some banking at our USA bank and maybe browse some stores etc.

[ncglenn 22]

So apparently it is not cold enough in Winnipeg...we had to go to Montreal to get frostbite..lol!! Hubby and I landed just before 1 PM and managed to find our way to where the buses run from. The bus pass (Opus) for a week now costs $25.50, plus the charge for the card itself - $6.00, which totals $31.50. Still a good deal considering a taxi would charge $40 or more for one one-way trip from the airport to the hotel. We are going to be here 8 days, so well worth it. The 747 takes you right into downtown Montreal where everything is.

Blowing snow with a -31 degree windchill...sweet, but it can't damper our spirits. We are nearly done with this! Will share more as it goes. I have my medical at Medisys tomorrow morning at 11:15, and then we are literally free and loose on the city until my interview on the 10th. Good luck everyone! I will check in as things progress!!

Hey Dualie!

Are you enjoying the cold in Montreal?! We were watching for you at the hotel. Thought maybe we'd bump into you while eating breakfast. Good luck on your upcoming interview!

[mrs thb 331]

Hi VJ friends,

I got my approval on Feb. 3rd at the Montreal Consulate. I should be receiving my passport and visa packet sometime next week. I'm not actually retiring from my job until June 30th, then moving permanently sometime in July. Is it ok if I cross into the US as a permanent resident right away, spend the day in Buffalo then come back? We would like to maybe do some banking at our USA bank and maybe browse some stores etc.

me again, check out page 46 of this thread. NLR says you cannot enter the usa with this kind of visa optionally. once you enter, you have given up your canadian residency status. i know, your kinda of thinking nah, can't be...but we discussed it at length. kinds sucks if your only doing the buffalo thing. dualie said she made an inquiry with the border, wonder if she heard back...

hey dualie, did you hear anything back about this?

[Dualie 185]

Hey Dualie!

Are you enjoying the cold in Montreal?! We were watching for you at the hotel. Thought maybe we'd bump into you while eating breakfast. Good luck on your upcoming interview!

Yep, its freaking cold because its a damp cold. Lol. Too bad we missed you, we've been walking all over this town and enjoying it very much!

me again, check out page 46 of this thread. NLR says you cannot enter the usa with this kind of visa optionally. once you enter, you have given up your canadian residency status. i know, your kinda of thinking nah, can't be...but we discussed it at length. kinds sucks if your only doing the buffalo thing. dualie said she made an inquiry with the border, wonder if she heard back...

hey dualie, did you hear anything back about this?

I have received emails from CBP regarding this and what they said was there should not be a problem, HOWEVER, and here's the catch- it is at the discretion of the officer you are seeing at the time. He suggested calling the POE where you will be crossing and asking them specifically.

I have done some research and I know that Manitoba will continue to cover me medically for two months after I change residence outside Canada. I still will call Pembina / Emerson and ask them about crossing before I can quit my job, but I don't know if I want to take any chances with someone at the border in a bad mood. I will post anything else I find out, and I will probably start making inquiries on Wednesday when I am back in Winnipeg.

[mrs thb 331]

Yep, its freaking cold because its a damp cold. Lol. Too bad we missed you, we've been walking all over this town and enjoying it very much!

I have received emails from CBP regarding this and what they said was there should not be a problem, HOWEVER, and here's the catch- it is at the discretion of the officer you are seeing at the time. He suggested calling the POE where you will be crossing and asking them specifically.

I have done some research and I know that Manitoba will continue to cover me medically for two months after I change residence outside Canada. I still will call Pembina / Emerson and ask them about crossing before I can quit my job, but I don't know if I want to take any chances with someone at the border in a bad mood. I will post anything else I find out, and I will probably start making inquiries on Wednesday when I am back in Winnipeg.

thanks for helping out...stay warm, snuggling helps!!

good luck on Tuesday....it is Tuesday, right?

[ncglenn 22]

me again, check out page 46 of this thread. NLR says you cannot enter the usa with this kind of visa optionally. once you enter, you have given up your canadian residency status. i know, your kinda of thinking nah, can't be...but we discussed it at length. kinds sucks if your only doing the buffalo thing. dualie said she made an inquiry with the border, wonder if she heard back...

hey dualie, did you hear anything back about this?

Well if I cross and activate my residency and then have to declare my foreign income from Canada for my remainging time here that's not a problem as I've been helping my US wife who has been living and working in Canada the past 12 years. It's really quite easy. Just convert your income off your t4 slips to US currency, then fill out a 1040 form and also a 2555 Foreign Income Exclusion form. You only pay to the IRS if you make a whole lot more than I do. I read the rules on the Ontario Ministry Of Health and it the main points it says that would apply to someone like me are,

• you are a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or landed immigrant, or are registered as an Indian under theIndian Act;
• you make your primary place of residence in Ontario
• you are in Ontario for at least 153 days in any 12-month period.

If I remain living and working here until the permanent move, then wouldn't Ontario still be my primary place of residence until then? Wouldn't it be kind of like being a dual resident until I leave Canada for good?