Visa Package?

[djc 0]

Well, we finally received our visa in the mail. I wish that were the end of it, but now we're stressing about moving!!

Was there supposed to be any info in the package that we received? We got the passport and the Do-Not-Open Envelope, but no info on activating the visa or moving or Social Security Numbers or anything like that.

We also have a SSN from prior visas to the US for work, anyone know if the SSN will stay the same number or if they will create a new one? I can't find any info about this, maybe I'm looking in the wrong place. Anyone?

Thanks in advance.

[Earmuffs 1]

your SSn will be the same forever and ever.

[djc 0]

Awesome........

I was afraid they'd create a new one. They don't always seem on the ball, ya know...

your SSn will be the same forever and ever.

[Earmuffs 1]

oh I know..

today my father in law told my wife that his friend that WORKS IN IMMIGRATION said I dont need a green card since we are married..

[djc 0]

Yes... I love it when people keep telling me that since we're married, we don't need to do "all that immigration stuff."

[samaci 0]

I love it when it hear "so are you an American Citizen now, seeing as you married an American??".......... I have to keep telling them all... "Negative Rubber Ducky!"

[djc 0]

Yup... just because you live in America, you are American!!! Ummmm hello?? Canadian forever....

Samaci, did you get anything else in your visa package besides the passport and Do-Not-Open envelope?

[Flames9_RN 358]

Even better when it comes from someone at immigration,lol Enjoy the move.

At POE ur just going to state ur here to activate the visa! Are u flying or driving?? They will take the do not open envelope, maybe ask a few questions, finger print ya, stamp the passport and thats about it. very easy.

[Emancipation 2]

I only recieved my passport and my "do not open" package. I seem to recall a single slip of paper with instructions to not open the sealed envelope, and perhaps something about activating the visa (memory failing me) but other than that- no further instructions.

I also had an old SSN in a formerly married name - and the number was reused and i was issued a new card.

Hope it helps!

Edited December 4, 2007 by Emancipation

[djc 0]

We are driving! That's it? Just tell them that we're doing the Visa Thang and it will all work out?

Do we need to make a manifest or anything?

Everything else we've done for immigration has come with pages and pages of instructions, so getting this package without being bossed around is unsettling! LOL!

Even better when it comes from someone at immigration,lol Enjoy the move.

At POE ur just going to state ur here to activate the visa! Are u flying or driving?? They will take the do not open envelope, maybe ask a few questions, finger print ya, stamp the passport and thats about it. very easy.

Awesome news about the SSN!

Funny how there are no strict instructions on moving and bringing your stuff over and all. I've become so obsessed with doing it right and doing it right the first time, I'm used to reading and rereading directions twelve times before I do anything.

I only recieved my passport and my "do not open" package. I seem to recall a single slip of paper with instructions to not open the sealed envelope, and perhaps something about activating the visa (memory failing me) but other than that- no further instructions.

I also had an old SSN in a formerly married name - and the number was reused and i was issued a new card.

Hope it helps!

[thermophile 0]

Hey d

here's the list that ABF gave us. our manifest was fairly lame-15 boxes books, 10 boxes kitchen, 10 boxes clothes, and electronics. I filled it out after packing for basically 2 days straight and just didn't care anymore. Everything was in my name as a returning citizen rather than in the hubby's name, which you could do too. maybe that makes it a little easier? the hubby still had the car, so the one border guard that wasn't working on importing the hubby offered to fill out a reimportation form for the car. This is really the least painful part of the process.

Requirements for shipping household goods from Canada into United States:

1. Proof of Status - VISA, Passport and Birth Certificate. You must have a picture ID. The local ABF terminal will need photocopies of these when the shipment is picked up.

2. A complete itemized list of your items with an approximate dollar value of the shipment.

3. A completed U.S. Customs Form 3299, https://forms.customs.gov/customsrf/getform...f-3299-form.xft

4. You will need to supply all of the above documents to the driver upon pick up of the loaded trailer. The driver can present the paperwork to the Customs & Border Protection Agency (CBP) for clearance at the border.

5. ABF is not responsible for clearing the shipment with the CBP.

6. If preferred, you may hire a broker for clearing of your items at the border.

7. If the shipment does not clear customs at the border, the shipment may move inbond, at the discretion of CBP, and must be cleared prior to delivery. A bond fee will be assessed.

8. The most common reasons a shipment fails to clear at the border are:

1. If paperwork is not filled out properly

2. All necessary paperwork is not provided

3. Improper/Insufficient identification

9. All U-Pack shipments are quoted in U.S. dollars. Any applicable custom fees are not included.

[thermophile 0]

Hey d

here's the list that ABF gave us. our manifest was fairly lame-15 boxes books, 10 boxes kitchen, 10 boxes clothes, and electronics. I filled it out after packing for basically 2 days straight and just didn't care anymore. Everything was in my name as a returning citizen rather than in the hubby's name, which you could do too. maybe that makes it a little easier? the hubby still had the car, so the one border guard that wasn't working on importing the hubby offered to fill out a reimportation form for the car. This is really the least painful part of the process.

Requirements for shipping household goods from Canada into United States:

1. Proof of Status - VISA, Passport and Birth Certificate. You must have a picture ID. The local ABF terminal will need photocopies of these when the shipment is picked up.

2. A complete itemized list of your items with an approximate dollar value of the shipment.

3. A completed U.S. Customs Form 3299, https://forms.customs.gov/customsrf/getform...f-3299-form.xft

4. You will need to supply all of the above documents to the driver upon pick up of the loaded trailer. The driver can present the paperwork to the Customs & Border Protection Agency (CBP) for clearance at the border.

5. ABF is not responsible for clearing the shipment with the CBP.

6. If preferred, you may hire a broker for clearing of your items at the border.

7. If the shipment does not clear customs at the border, the shipment may move inbond, at the discretion of CBP, and must be cleared prior to delivery. A bond fee will be assessed.

8. The most common reasons a shipment fails to clear at the border are:

1. If paperwork is not filled out properly

2. All necessary paperwork is not provided

3. Improper/Insufficient identification

9. All U-Pack shipments are quoted in U.S. dollars. Any applicable custom fees are not included.

[knowledge 0]

Congratulations Djc!!!!

[M&H 0]

Congratulations Djc

but, i just want to ask you a qustion ???

how long did take your visa when we gat in the mail .. 'cuz my husband he gat improved on OCt 30, and they tooke his tarvel documnet cuze he dosent have a passport and they told him we going sent it in the mail within 2 weeks now it been more then that and we didnt gat it

[Glady 0]

I love it when it hear "so are you an American Citizen now, seeing as you married an American??".......... I have to keep telling them all... "Negative Rubber Ducky!"

I got 2 do not open envelops and nothing else. i did my POE detroit wnd they were suprise that i had 2. As it turns out one was for K3, a visa i never followed up on .