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My fiancé will be entering the United States in a little over two weeks!  I am flying to visit him over Memorial Day weekend and we will fly back together from Toronto.  He will be going through pre-check at Pearson International Airport.  We usually get to the airport three hours early, but I imagine they will want to ask him more questions because he is immigrating.  How early should we get to the airport?  I don't want to feel stressed for time. 

 

He isn't moving very much stuff to the US, so we are bringing all of it with us; we will each have two checked bags.  We will also be traveling with his cat (send us positive thoughts!!!!!).

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Hey! I went through Pearson as well back in January and honestly it was so quick and easy I couldn't believe it. The guard asked a few questions 'when's the wedding? Are you travelling with your dress?' Etc. And told me about how it co-worker got married overseas and forgot her dress! 

 

I gave myself about 2 extra hours and I didn't need it! I'd say an extra hour is sufficient. It took longer to get through the security line than it did waiting to go through immigration. I waited about 20 min! Good luck! 

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27 minutes ago, Keepchill said:

Hey! I went through Pearson as well back in January and honestly it was so quick and easy I couldn't believe it. The guard asked a few questions 'when's the wedding? Are you travelling with your dress?' Etc. And told me about how it co-worker got married overseas and forgot her dress! 

 

I gave myself about 2 extra hours and I didn't need it! I'd say an extra hour is sufficient. It took longer to get through the security line than it did waiting to go through immigration. I waited about 20 min! Good luck! 

Thank you!  That is so helpful!

 

What a sad story that she forgot her dress for her overseas wedding!

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03/09/2017                 NVC assigned case number
03/13/2017                 Case left the NVC
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07/29/2017                 Wedding ceremony with family and friends

 

Marriage-Based Adjustment of Status:

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06/19/2017                 Chicago lockbox received

07/03/2017                 Notification texts & e-mails

07/12/2017                 NOA hard copies arrived in the mail

07/25/2017                 Biometrics letter arrived

08/02/2017                 Biometrics appointment

11/06/2017                 EAD and AP approval notice arrived in the mail

11/08/2017                 EAD card arrived (145 days after we sent our AOS packet)

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07/21/2018                 Submitted paperwork to renew EAD/AP

09/01/2018                 Interview notice arrived in the mail

10/03/2018                 AOS interview (474 days after we mailed our paperwork)

11/08/2018                 InfoPass appointment to inquire about green card.  Learned that our file had been moved to the
                                       storage room for approved cases, but had not been marked "approved" in the computer system.

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12 minutes ago, MapleLeaf29 said:

Thank you!  That is so helpful!

 

What a sad story that she forgot her dress for her overseas wedding!

You're so welcome! I know exactly how you must be feeling, I'm sure I felt the exact same way in January!!

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Give yourself the extra time; because your POE might be easy, doesn't mean the 5 people ahead of you are and they could delay things for you. My POE was around ~50-ish minutes of waiting for a free CBP officer, less than 5 minutes of actual interaction and POE process itself.

03-19-2021: Officially an American Citizen 🇺🇸 Entire journey from initial K-1 Visa filing to Naturalization took 5 years, 8 days.

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On 5/13/2017 at 7:37 PM, MapleLeaf29 said:

My fiancé will be entering the United States in a little over two weeks!  I am flying to visit him over Memorial Day weekend and we will fly back together from Toronto.  He will be going through pre-check at Pearson International Airport.  We usually get to the airport three hours early, but I imagine they will want to ask him more questions because he is immigrating.  How early should we get to the airport?  I don't want to feel stressed for time. 

 

He isn't moving very much stuff to the US, so we are bringing all of it with us; we will each have two checked bags.  We will also be traveling with his cat (send us positive thoughts!!!!!).

Curious to hear how the POE at Toronto went?

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