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

[April M 28]

6 hours ago, rafale1973 said:

Hi guys, I crossed the border on December 15. Since I crossed I still haven’t received my SSN, I was telling myself that it might take more time due to the holidays. So today, my husband and I decided to call one of the office near us, and the agent on the phone told me it can take 30 days before being issued. Why some people received it like 7-10 days after crossing the border. The fact that I don’t have my social just make in a way where I can’t change my drivers license and putting down my chance of getting a job as the majority of the employers want their employees social... 

We were told we need to call after 15 days in the states and make an appointment and go in person to get it. 

[G.B.M 2]

On 12/30/2020 at 1:53 AM, Lovepeace0303 said:

The Senator office/representatives are absolutely useless. I would rather speak directly to the Consulate myself than go through them and waste my time. It’s hard to just “forget” about something you’ve waited almost 3 years for, but will do what I can. 🙏🏽👍🏼

It's true. Senators are not workable in the state department unless they break the law. If it's more than a year case in consulate, then you can consider a mandamus. 

[YPYP 34]

Had my interview yesterday (Dec. 31) at the Consulate, everything was pretty straightforward.

 

I came in, handed my passport to the consular officer at window 6 and waited about 35 minutes to be called up to hand in my original forms.

 

Coming into the interview, I had my 2020 Police Certificate in hand. I had done my medical with Dr. Zatzman on Dec. 4 and he sent it to the consulate Dec. 9th. No issues with either.

 

The original forms that I was asked for were: 

1. Birth Certificate

2. Marriage Certificate

3. Canadian Police Certificate

4. UK Police Certificate (from when I went to law school in the UK in 2012)

 

I was asked if there were any changes from the 2018 Affidavit of Support. To which I responded "no" and that I had the my spouse's 2019 1040 and W2 me. The consular officer said, if there were no changes from 2018 to 2019 for my spouse that he didn't need any 2019 documents and that the 2018 tax forms "were just fine".

 

I sat down for about 25 minutes and then got called up for my formal interview.

 

Again, very straight forward. All in all I was asked probably 20 questions, which seemed to be the norm as I could overhear the questions being asked to everyone before me. Questions were:

 

1. Have you read the pamphlet that you were given earlier (on domestic abuse)? 

2. Can you tell me what was in it?

3. Tell me where you and your spouse met?

4. Did you start dating right away? 

5. What does your spouse do?

6. What industry is that?

7. What is the name of the company?

8. Is that an investment bank or a hedge fund?

9. Where does your spouse live?

10. Where will you live when you move to the US?

11. Does your spouse own or rent the apartment in Manhattan?

12. Does anyone else live there?

13. What do you do for a living?

14. Will you be able to transfer your job to the US?

15. Have you every been charged or arrested with a crime?

16. Have you ever been turned away at the US border for ANY reason?

17. How often did you and your spouse see each other before getting married?

18. When did you get married?

19. Have you been previously divorced?

20. Do you have any children?

21. Have you travelled out side of North America in the previous past 5 years?

22. What is the longest that you have ever stayed in the US as a TOURIST?

 

He then said, "everything appears to be in order so I am going to go ahead and issue your visa today. I am going to give you back your birth certificate and marriage certificate. I am going to hold on your two police checks.  It will take up to 3 weeks to have your passport back in hand. Welcome to the United States"

 

My take away is this- if you did all the preparation that was requested prior to coming to the interview and everything in your marriage with your spouse is legitimate then YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. It's normal to be nervous coming into Consulate, everyone there was nervous, as they should be, it's a pretty important moment in your life. But once it's over you realize that there was really nothing worry about.

Edited December 31, 2020 by YPYP

[Hawk Riders 814]

On the brink of the year's end, I want to wish us all a better 2021!

[mam521 2,126]

17 hours ago, Lovenature said:

Kentucky. Looks like you got more information than me on the SSN. I'm in the same boat as you, I need it to get my driver's license and for work.

You don't require it to work.  I've already posted about this.  If you look at the instructions on the I-9 form that the employer has to fill out, your visa in your passport is sufficient identification and proof of status for you to work.  Most HR people aren't familiar, however.  

[April M 28]

8 hours ago, G.B.M said:

It's true. Senators are not workable in the state department unless they break the law. If it's more than a year case in consulate, then you can consider a mandamus. 

In the office they have immigrant liaison's that is who helps. Emailing with them and filing the right papers so they can legally help you. 

[DGF 730]

22 hours ago, JACHA said:

Question - My wife got a new job (same occupation - nurse) and also moved to a new place. Is there any documentation we need to fill in before hand to submit during are interview (or prior to our interview) to make note of these changes? The job pays more than what where she initially worked when we submitted our docs so it shouldn't effect the financial component of the sponsorship. And she did mail forwarding so any mail that goes to her place will get re-routed to her new place. I want to avoid making any changes as much as possible just to avoid adding any additional processing time. I'm expecting our interview for February (May 22 DQ). 

My husband got a new job title and promotion so we brought an updated i864 to the interview. I'd also let them know about the address change, which you can do at the interview but it wouldn't hurt to email them ahead of time too, because I think (but am not sure) that some mail including green cards do not get forwarded even when mail forwarding is in place. 

None of that should cause any additional processing time. Good luck!

[State and Maine 190]

2 hours ago, YPYP said:

Had my interview yesterday (Dec. 31) at the Consulate, everything was pretty straightforward.

 

I came in, handed my passport to the consular officer at window 6 and waited about 35 minutes to be called up to hand in my original forms.

 

Coming into the interview, I had my 2020 Police Certificate in hand. I had done my medical with Dr. Zatzman on Dec. 4 and he sent it to the consulate Dec. 9th. No issues with either.

 

The original forms that I was asked for were: 

1. Birth Certificate

2. Marriage Certificate

3. Canadian Police Certificate

4. UK Police Certificate (from when I went to law school in the UK in 2012)

 

I was asked if there were any changes from the 2018 Affidavit of Support. To which I responded "no" and that I had the my spouse's 2019 1040 and W2 me. The consular officer said, if there were no changes from 2018 to 2019 for my spouse that he didn't need any 2019 documents and that the 2018 tax forms "were just fine".

 

I sat down for about 25 minutes and then got called up for my formal interview.

 

Again, very straight forward. All in all I was asked probably 20 questions, which seemed to be the norm as I could overhear the questions being asked to everyone before me. Questions were:

 

1. Have you read the pamphlet that you were given earlier (on domestic abuse)? 

2. Can you tell me what was in it?

3. Tell me where you and your spouse met?

4. Did you start dating right away? 

5. What does your spouse do?

6. What industry is that?

7. What is the name of the company?

8. Is that an investment bank or a hedge fund?

9. Where does your spouse live?

10. Where will you live when you move to the US?

11. Does your spouse own or rent the apartment in Manhattan?

12. Does anyone else live there?

13. What do you do for a living?

14. Will you be able to transfer your job to the US?

15. Have you every been charged or arrested with a crime?

16. Have you ever been turned away at the US border for ANY reason?

17. How often did you and your spouse see each other before getting married?

18. When did you get married?

19. Have you been previously divorced?

20. Do you have any children?

21. Have you travelled out side of North America in the previous past 5 years?

22. What is the longest that you have ever stayed in the US as a TOURIST?

 

He then said, "everything appears to be in order so I am going to go ahead and issue your visa today. I am going to give you back your birth certificate and marriage certificate. I am going to hold on your two police checks.  It will take up to 3 weeks to have your passport back in hand. Welcome to the United States"

 

My take away is this- if you did all the preparation that was requested prior to coming to the interview and everything in your marriage with your spouse is legitimate then YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. It's normal to be nervous coming into Consulate, everyone there was nervous, as they should be, it's a pretty important moment in your life. But once it's over you realize that there was really nothing worry about.

I wonder if a application withdraw is considered denial at a US border... I recently had that happen at Toronto Pearson when I was going to visit my wife for the holidays. Lost my job due to covid and ended up having to sell my house so they said I have no ties to Canada. Even tho I’m still financially stable.

[Hawk Riders 814]

5 hours ago, State and Maine said:

I wonder if a application withdraw is considered denial at a US border... 

It's different from a denial, but make sure to disclose it.

[darth vader 133]

1 hour ago, Hawk Riders said:

It's different from a denial, but make sure to disclose it.

What kind of application did you withdraw and why? If you can share more details, I can answer.

[State and Maine 190]

4 minutes ago, darth vader said:

What kind of application did you withdraw and why? If you can share more details, I can answer.

I withdrew my tourist visa application.

they didn’t really give me a option and said they could make it hard going forward if I didn’t withdraw. Our lawyer said she’s never had it happen before but everyone says Toronto is tough to enter through

[darth vader 133]

Just now, State and Maine said:

I withdrew my tourist visa application.

they didn’t really give me a option and said they could make it hard going forward if I didn’t withdraw. Our lawyer said she’s never had it happen before but everyone says Toronto is tough to enter through

We need more details than this. Are you Canadian citizen? Where did you apply for visa? Who are "they" that made you withdraw? What did you withdraw, your visa application or request to enter U.S.? Please provide as many details as possible.

[State and Maine 190]

17 minutes ago, darth vader said:

We need more details than this. Are you Canadian citizen? Where did you apply for visa? Who are "they" that made you withdraw? What did you withdraw, your visa application or request to enter U.S.? Please provide as many details as possible.

Sorry for the lack of detail. I’m a natural Canadian citizen and was travelling by air to the US. I was going for 2 weeks with a return ticket and while going through customs. I was asked if I’ve applied for a greencard. I answered honestly and said yes. No sooner was I taken to secondary where they almost interrogated me. I’m currently unemployed and live with my sister for the time being so they(us border services) said I have no ties to Canada and asked me to sign a paper stating I am withdrawing my application to enter the USA. At the same time I was told not to try to enter again without my greencard. This was all at Toronto Pearson airport... I was escorted to a special door that opened and closed automatically behind me. 

Edited January 1, 2021 by State and Maine

[darth vader 133]

1 hour ago, State and Maine said:

Sorry for the lack of detail. I’m a natural Canadian citizen and was travelling by air to the US. I was going for 2 weeks with a return ticket and while going through customs. I was asked if I’ve applied for a greencard. I answered honestly and said yes. No sooner was I taken to secondary where they almost interrogated me. I’m currently unemployed and live with my sister for the time being so they(us border services) said I have no ties to Canada and asked me to sign a paper stating I am withdrawing my application to enter the USA. At the same time I was told not to try to enter again without my greencard. This was all at Toronto Pearson airport... I was escorted to a special door that opened and closed automatically behind me. 

You are a Canadian citizen, you don't have a tourist visa. What you withdrew was your request to enter U.S. It has no impact on your immigrant visa whatsoever. Relax!

Edited January 1, 2021 by darth vader

[Rocio Torres 5]

Hi everybody,

 

I  received my immigrant visa. I arrived to Orlando  on December 27.  I would like to know if  I have to apply for: 

 

- Green Card

- SSN  ( I have an ITIN,  what I need to do... to have my SSN)

 

Thx