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Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Canada
Timeline
Posted

Hi all

No word from Montreal on my interview (shocking I know!!) but ...thinking ahead.... once I finally get the K3 and activate it...how long do we have to wait for work authorization? I am going to try and transfer with my present employer and don't even know when I should put in a request.

Growing old and weary waiting waiting waiting

Mon

Posted

You may be able to get a different visa, too, if your company can/would transfer to the US. Would it fit under one of the TN-1 job titles? That would be good for a year, and is indefinitely renewable, and you just apply for it right at the POE.

List of job titles:

# Accountant (baccalaureate, CPA, CA, CGA, or CMA)

# Agriculturist/Agronomist

# Animal breeder

# Animal Scientist

# Apiculturist

# Architect (baccalaureate or state/provincial license. Also see Landscape Architect, below)

# Astronomer

# Biochemist

# Biologist

# Chemist

# Computer systems analyst Must have: baccalaureate or post secondary diploma and three years' experience

# Dairy Scientist

# Dentist (DDS, DMD, or state/provincial license)

# Dietician (baccalaureate or state/provincial license)

# Disaster Relief Insurance Claims Adjuster Must have: baccalaureate or 3 years' experience in claims adjustment, and completed training in appropriate areas of insurance adjustment pertaining to disaster relief claims

# Economist

# Engineer (baccalaureate or state/provincial license)

# Entomologist

# Epidemiologist

# Forester (baccalaureate or state/provincial license) (Also see Sylviculturist, below)

# Geneticist

# Geochemist

# Geographer

# Geologist

# Geophysicist

# Graphic Designer Must have: baccalaureate or post secondary diploma and three years' experience

# Horticulturist

# Hotel Manager Must have: baccalaureate in hotel/restaurant management or post secondary diploma in hotel/restaurant management and three years' experience in hotel restaurant management

# Industrial Designer Must have: baccalaureate or post secondary diploma and three years experience

# Interior Designer Must have: baccalaureate or post secondary diploma and three years' experience

# Land Surveyor (baccalaureate or state/provincial/federal license)

# Landscaping Architect

# Lawyer (member of state/provincial bar, or LLB, JD, LLL, or BCL)

# Librarian (MLS, or BLS. BLS must be one for which another baccalaureate degree was a pre-requisite)

# Management Consultant Must have: baccalaureate or five years' experience in consulting or related field.

# Mathematician

# Medical Technologist/Medical Lab Technologist (Canada)/ Must have: baccalaureate or post secondary diploma and three years' experience (U.S. job must be in a laboratory to perform chemical, biological, hematological, immunologic, microscopic, or bacteriological tests, and analyses for diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease)

# Meteorologist

# Nurse, Registered (must have state/provincial license)

# Nutritionist

# Occupational Therapist (baccalaureate or state/provincial license)

# Oceanographer

# Pharmacist (baccalaureate or state/provincial license)

# Pharmacologist

# Physician (teaching and/or research only, MD or state/provincial license)

# Physicist

# Physio/Physical Therapist (baccalaureate or state/provincial license)

# Plant Breeder

# Poultry Scientist

# Psychologist (must have state/provincial license. Cannot qualify with just baccalaureate degree)

# Range Manager/Range Conservationist

# Recreational Therapist

# Research Assistant (baccalaureate and must work in a post-secondary educational institute)

# Social Worker

# Soil Scientist

# Statistician

# Sylviculturist/Forestry Specialist (also see Forester, above)

# Teacher (baccalaureate degree: must be coming to work for a college, seminary or university only); no secondary or elementary school teaching.

# Technician or Technologist, Scientific. (E.g.: Electronic engineering technician.) Must: work in direct support of professionals in one of these disciplines: biology, chemistry, engineering, forestry, geology, geophysics, meteorology, physics, possess theoretical knowledge of discipline, and solve practical problems in discipline, or apply principles of the discipline to basic or applied research

# Urban Planner

# Veterinarian (DVM, DMV, or state/provincial license)

# Vocational Counsellor

# Writer, Technical Publications (Technical Publications Writer) Must have: baccalaureate or post secondary diploma and three years' experience

# Zoologist

Adjustment of Status / EAD / AP
Day 000: 2007-12-27 Mailed Application
Day 002: 2007-12-29 Received at Chicago Lockbox
Day 003: 2007-12-30 "Received Date"
Day 007: 2008-01-03 All 5 NOAs (K1 + K2 AOS, K1 EAD, K1 + K2 AP)
Day 008: 2008-01-04 K-2 AOS Touched
Day 011: 2008-01-07 $1610 Check cleared
Day 011: 2008-01-07 All 5 physical NOAs received
Day 012: 2008-01-08 K-1 files Touched, but not K-2
Day 014: 2008-01-10 K-2 AP Touched
Day 016: 2008-01-12 Biometrics Appt. Letter Received
Day 029: 2008-01-25 Biometrics Appt.
Day 043: 2008-02-08 K-2 Notice of interview received
Day 044: 2008-02-09 K-1 Notice of interview received
Day 056: 2008-02-21 APs approved and EAD card production ordered
Day 126: 2008-05-01 Interviews
-----------------------------------------------------------
K1/K2 Application
Day 000: 2007-03-16 Sent out I-129F Package
Day 012: 2007-03-28 NOA1
Day 082: 2007-06-06 NOA2
Day 103: 2007-06-27 NVC Received
Day 105: 2007-06-29 NVC Forwarded to Montreal
Day 117: 2007-07-11 Montreal Sends Packet 3
Day 125: 2007-07-19 Receive Packet 3
Day 129: 2007-07-23 Send Checklist and Forms Back
Day 131: 2007-07-25 Montreal Receives Packet 3
Day 137: 2007-07-31 Medical
Day 169: 2007-09-01 "Wedding" (aka the $10K party)
Day 192: 2007-09-24 Receive "Packet 4" (Interview letter)
Day 238: 2007-11-09 Interview in Montreal
Day 245: 2007-11-16 Visas Received
Day 248: 2007-11-19 Moved to USA
Day 249: 2007-11-20 Legal wedding


Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Canada
Timeline
Posted (edited)

About 90 days for an EAD (I'm still waiting).

If your Canadian employer issues a transfer AND can keep you on the Canadian payroll until you get your EAD, problem solved. You're authorised to work for a Canadian employer already as a Canadian citizen.

Edited by misa

K3 Timeline - 2006-11-20 to 2007-03-19

See the comments section in my timeline for full details of my K3 dates, transfers and touches. Also see my Vancouver consulate review and my POE review.

AOS & EAD Timeline

2007-04-16: I-485 and I-765 sent to Chicago (My AOS/EAD checklist)

2007-04-17: Received at Chicago

2007-04-23: NOA1 date (both)

2007-05-10: Biometrics appointment (both - Biometrics review)

2007-06-05: AOS interview letter date

2007-06-13: AOS interview letter received in mail

2007-07-03: EAD card production ordered

2007-07-07: EAD card received! (yay!)

2007-08-23: AOS interview (Documents / Interview review)

2007-08-23: Green card production ordered!!!

2007-08-24: Welcome notice mailed!

2007-08-27: Green card production ordered again... ?

2007-08-28: Welcome notice received!

2007-09-01: Green card received!

Done with USCIS until May 23, 2009!

Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Canada
Timeline
Posted

Well that is quite the list of eligible jobs but I didn't make the cut as an airline agent! sigh. At least I have the option of being able to fly back and forth easily and can cross.. activate my K3 and claim residency in the US and still commute back up for work in Canada until the EAD. Just more back and forth and hassle until I can finally live with my husband! I feel for all of you that have to spend so much time apart from your loved ones while you wait for this process.

Mon

 
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