IR-1/CR-1 Montreal DQ'd private message group goes public

[jackanddeona 310]

1 minute ago, mizzem said:

We don't have a digital screen so how do we prove it otherwise? We just get a warning that the pressure is low when it happens

 

You will have to call your manufacturer and see if that's compliant. it might be im not sure.

[mizzem 144]

1 minute ago, jackanddeona said:

You will have to call your manufacturer and see if that's compliant. it might be im not sure.

Thanks will do!

[Akaur 95]

1 hour ago, mizzem said:

We don't have a digital screen so how do we prove it otherwise? We just get a warning that the pressure is low when it happens

 

Also if you get a note from the actual mf stating tpms is not applicable I think that is also sufficient

[thinpea 32]

Hi! Does anyone know how long the CR-1 waiting period is at the moment? How long after getting married should it take for the interview to come?

[Lovepeace0303 310]

25 minutes ago, thinpea said:

Hi! Does anyone know how long the CR-1 waiting period is at the moment? How long after getting married should it take for the interview to come?

I don’t think you can define a timeline during COVID times. Anything can happen...also timeline is determined on a case by case basis.

[Templates 0]

I want to travel to Canada from the States for the holidays but I can not stay for 2 weeks . I just want to enter the new year with my hubby. Does anyone know if this will be a problem? What do I need to take with me to travel? I plan to buy one way ticket both ways and stay for 5 days . Please advise.

 

Thank you

[mizzem 144]

1 hour ago, Templates said:

I want to travel to Canada from the States for the holidays but I can not stay for 2 weeks . I just want to enter the new year with my hubby. Does anyone know if this will be a problem? What do I need to take with me to travel? I plan to buy one way ticket both ways and stay for 5 days . Please advise.

 

Thank you

 

1 hour ago, Templates said:

I want to travel to Canada from the States for the holidays but I can not stay for 2 weeks . I just want to enter the new year with my hubby. Does anyone know if this will be a problem? What do I need to take with me to travel? I plan to buy one way ticket both ways and stay for 5 days . Please advise.

 

Thank you

There is a mandatory 2 week quarantine in Canada when entering from the US. They will ask for your quarantine plan when you enter Canada, no exceptions for visitors that I’ve heard of.

[EJOyamot 39]

Thinking about the interview questions around the actual wedding...

my husband and I eloped here in Canada with only my 2 best friends and the minister present.  We plan to have a bigger reception with both our friends and family in Hawaii where we will be living once we are together...

It just struck me that interviewers may not like the word/concept of elopement? Has this caused problems for anyone in the past? 
 

thank you! 

[shammykay 63]

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One thing my husband did want to share is that he received a green paper after his successful interview.  Not a pink one.  Even though he has his passport back he is concerned this means something different and there could be problems at the border.  Anyone else have this letter instead of the pink one??  FYI, we are are IR-1 (married 12 years)

 

[fjxs 133]

1 hour ago, EJOyamot said:

Thinking about the interview questions around the actual wedding...

my husband and I eloped here in Canada with only my 2 best friends and the minister present.  We plan to have a bigger reception with both our friends and family in Hawaii where we will be living once we are together...

It just struck me that interviewers may not like the word/concept of elopement? Has this caused problems for anyone in the past? 
 

thank you! 

I did an elopement and didn't have any issues. I didn't ever call it that or get asked about it though. We did submit some photos from our wedding day with the I-130, and also some of the congratulations cards, etc, that we received (which shows that we did tell our family). I also submitted some pictures of us with each other's families. They are concerned with secret weddings - if you get married and don't tell anyone, none of your family knows, you've never met each other's families, etc, then that looks suspicious. 

 

I did have my justifications/reasons for an elopement prepared, so that if I was asked about it, I could answer the questions truthfully & reasonably without getting flustered or nervous. There are lots of legitimate reasons to do an elopement, and they are socially acceptable in many families. I did talk to a lawyer who said it's not really the government's business how you get married, and in his experience they aren't actually concerned with the details of your wedding – They are more concerned with how you present yourself to your friends and family, if you actually present yourselves as a married couple, if you are involved in each other's lives in the same way a married couple should be (e.g., you know each other's friends and families, you aren't keeping your relationship a secret, etc). 

[fjxs 133]

On 12/14/2020 at 1:06 PM, M Brown said:

I have another question for those of you who did your port of entry by car.  Does my US spouse (petitioner) need to be physically present at the border when I cross?  I was hoping to just cruise down there, get through the border to get the paperwork started (so they create and mail my green card) and then turn around and come back to my home in Canada so I can finish packing and moving/selling my house.  I've seen some conflicting info about whether my spouse needs to be there.  We have two small children and I want her to stay at home in the US and tend to them and not take the risk of traveling.  After packing and loading out my house, I was planning on driving across the border again to stay in the US permanently with my belongings in tow (moving company).  Any advice would be most welcome.  Thanks.

As someone else already answered, your US spouse doesn't need to be present at the border if they already live in the US. 

 

But I do just want to warn you that you may not be allowed to cross the border before you move. I know from reading other people's stories that some people have been allowed to, but some haven't. I called my own local border to ask if I could do this, and was told that I would only be allowed to activate my Visa/green card if I was actually moving to the US on that day, and I would only be allowed to cross the land border if I was actually activating my green card & moving to the US that day – I would not be allowed to activate my green card or cross the border for "non-immigration purposes". He even double checked with his supervisor for me.

 

I know in the past some people have been allowed to, but I decided not to try. I maybe could have said I was "moving" that day, but I wanted to be completely honest with what my plans were. My plan had been to activate my green card & cross the border, then pick up my husband and drive him back to Canada so he could help me pack my house & move. They said this would not be allowed. So instead I had my husband take a taxi to the border, walk across, and I just picked him up on the Canada side. So I still haven't crossed the border & activated the green card - still trying to get everything packed, etc!

[showag 52]

14 hours ago, DGF said:

"You must be as up-to-date as possible with your series at the time of your immigration medical." Based on that line and the fact that you don't have your vaccination record I'd go for option 1 of beginning an adult series if you have time for it. If not, the single adacel booster should suffice. 

Thank you for the clarification. My DQ date is June 18 so assuming I will get IL next month which doesn't give me enough time to begin adult series. Hoping the single adacel booster will work.

[sh114 17]

Hoping our interviews won’t be cancelled because of the December 25 lockdown😭

[EJOyamot 39]

5 hours ago, eketros said:

I did an elopement and didn't have any issues. I didn't ever call it that or get asked about it though. We did submit some photos from our wedding day with the I-130, and also some of the congratulations cards, etc, that we received (which shows that we did tell our family). I also submitted some pictures of us with each other's families. They are concerned with secret weddings - if you get married and don't tell anyone, none of your family knows, you've never met each other's families, etc, then that looks suspicious. 

 

I did have my justifications/reasons for an elopement prepared, so that if I was asked about it, I could answer the questions truthfully & reasonably without getting flustered or nervous. There are lots of legitimate reasons to do an elopement, and they are socially acceptable in many families. I did talk to a lawyer who said it's not really the government's business how you get married, and in his experience they aren't actually concerned with the details of your wedding – They are more concerned with how you present yourself to your friends and family, if you actually present yourselves as a married couple, if you are involved in each other's lives in the same way a married couple should be (e.g., you know each other's friends and families, you aren't keeping your relationship a secret, etc). 

Thank you for your answer. I’m struggling with it I guess because there is some drama around my family and my relationship. We met through my mother but when we started dating she became very abusive toward me and his family. resulting in me not speaking to her for a long time. 
I did tell her we got married though. 
 

so I have pictures of everyone together except my mom. And I just get worried about presenting that information when she is part of the how we met explanation. 😬

 

if I just keep my justification that we wanted a small ceremony in Canada and our large reception in Hawaii and bring my photos with me i should be ok and shouldn’t need to get into the parental details? 

 

 

[ONtoHOU 228]

7 hours ago, EJOyamot said:

Thinking about the interview questions around the actual wedding...

my husband and I eloped here in Canada with only my 2 best friends and the minister present.  We plan to have a bigger reception with both our friends and family in Hawaii where we will be living once we are together...

It just struck me that interviewers may not like the word/concept of elopement? Has this caused problems for anyone in the past? 
 

thank you! 

Our "legal" marriage ceremony was at City Hall and our two witnesses were city staff we have never met before!  No one in our family knows our "real" marriage date, they only know our anniversary as the day we held our public ceremony/reception performed by a friend. As long as you know the date of your legal marriage (TBH my interviewer only asked me for the year) and be ready to provide more details (RE who was there) you'll be fine.  But start by just answering the questions as they ask, you don't need to use the word elopement if you don't want to.