US Immigration from Canada

Hi Everyone,

I've been looking over this forum and I'm glad that there is a community who is looking out for each other. This year I have finally decided to apply for my children's American citizenship. We are in Canada and I will be applying for the N600K application online. I'm a measure 3 times and cut once kind of person so I did a dry run of the application by printing it out and filling out the information prior to the online application so I could become familiar with the information they will be requesting I fill out. In addition, I have spent countless hours locating and scanning all important documents and ensuring I have a payment method that is acceptable the USCIS.

Here is what I know about the N600K application:

-You must set up a separate account for each child

-N600K is for children 18 years of age or younger

-Fees can be filled out online

-Make sure that your Child's name is the profile name and not your own

-Processing times are a lot longer than there were 2 months ago

What I need to know prior to filling out the application:

-I set up the first profile and now I have no idea where to go to start the process. How do I find the N600K application in the portal?

-I was told that when you have multiple children that the filed offices will most likely take all the kids at one time. Is that true? If so, how can I indicate that I have more than one child with an application?

-How much documentation is too much? I have report cards from grade school, ID cards (driver's licenses, child ID, passports, etc), college transcripts, baptismal certificates, marriage certificates, my first and last pay stub from my previous employer along with a letter of employment, dean's list certificates, grade school/high school/college diplomas, SS info, etc... my mom kept a lot of items for me. I have way more than enough to show that I lived in the US for over 30 years and I don't want to bombard the agents but I don't want to leave anything out.

-At the end of the application, will I be asked to input my credit card information or is that through a different portion of the portal? I don't want to have any gaps.

-Will USCIS chose the closest office for my kid's applications to be processed through or can I choose that? I would like to have a specific office since it is closest to my family.

Assistance on the N600K application (ONLINE):

-I will not need assistance with any other individuals applying for me. I was and still am a US citizen and I have plenty qualifying information and documentation to showcase this. However, do I need to show any information regarding my parents and family who still live in the US?

-At the beginning of the application it is asking for the "Child's A-Number", what is this?

-Where do I find the "USCIS Online Account Number" or since this is my first time applying will I have one/need one?

-Since I live in Canada, will I need to fill out State or Zip Code fields in the online form? I have been reading up on the application Do's and Don'ts and it said something about filling out these with your province as the state and 00000 as the zip code. Is this the case with the online form?

-Speaking of filling out information properly, if I do not have information for certain sections will I need to include "N/A" or "Not Applicable"? I have heard that you should not leave any section blank.

-My husband is not a US citizen, will I need to provide information or upload documents to verify his identity (passport, driver's license, etc)

Once we have completed and been approved for our kids to have their citizenship, we are then going to go through the process of moving to the US. My husband is not a citizen and we are going through different options for all of us to move seamlessly. We have been looking into the green card application (out of country of course), and an E2 visa as he would like to run his own business once we move. Does anyone have any advice on what we should apply for in order for all of us to move down together? We don't know if it would be better to apply for an E2, move and then apply for a green card or to apply for the green card (through marriage) and then move. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all and I look forward to hearing your suggestions and getting this process started.

Hi all.

My wife and I live in Canada. She is American, I am Canadian. We want to move to the US to be close to family.

What is the best and fastest way we can do this? I am so confused with all the visas etc.

I think we need to start with an I-130 but that s all I know so far. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

We are not apposed for my wife to go to the US alone if she finds the right job but not for an extended time obviously.

Regards!

Hello all,

We are one of the lucky ones and got our CR1 visa expedited by the consulate in Montreal. However, we have been waiting to hear back from them about scheduling an appointment. Has anyone here gone through this process and know what a rough timeline would be for this? When I logged in to CEAC, it said the application was being reviewed at the consulate. My wife is 6 months pregnant, and I'm set to deploy in 30 days with no return back home for up to 9 months. We also claimed financial hardship. So I'm guessing the combination of these things got us the expedite. Our DQ date is 6 August. The last communication we received was on 8 August, saying they would reach out shortly to schedule an appointment. Is there anything I can do at this stage? I thought I would have heard from them by now. Thanks in advance for your guidance!

Jason

Anyone who had recent approvals for both parents (I-130)? Looking to see typical timeline for both getting approved. Mom got approval yesterday...still waiting on dad.

Hello!

This forum -- and visajourney as a whole -- is such a cool resource to those of us earlier in our process; thanks to the amazing people who stick around even after their USCIS journey is over to help other couples!

I'm a US petitioner and we're doing the K-1 route, filing our I-129F soon (yes, we know the advantages and disadvantages over just getting married )

As my fianc is Canadian, I've obviously been closely following the whole Montreal DS-5535 threads.

My fianc 's employer is a research institute, and has the words Research Institute in the name. His own duties are NON-SCIENTIFIC; he does logistics/shipping work. But, we're wondering, with the elevated DS-5535 handouts at the Montreal consulate, if just the fact this is his employer is likely to seem TAL-aligned and have us go through the delays that go with the DS-5535. No problem but obviously not fun to wait haha

My fianc works NOT AS A SCIENTIST OR DOCTOR; he has no post-secondary education in the sciences at all, and no Masters/PhD/MD... but then again, education isn't listed on the I-129F, so going into the K-1 interview when he's at that stage, that won't be already established.

Anyways, would love to hear if this as his most recent/current employer seems likely to add the DS-5535 wait to the timeline we should be anticipating.

And/or if preemtively bringing a resume to the K-1 interview (when we get to that ) and an affidavit from my fianc 's direct supervisor stating that my fianc 's work isn't actually scientific would help curtail that possibility?

Appreciate any replies and excited to be joining this cool community!! Thank you!!