US Immigration from Canada

In this specific section about "youth criminal charges", states that is one possible reason for denial but approve after an appeal. I'm just wondering specifics of that fact pattern for anyone to share with me.

My Canadian wife has a "youth criminal charge" when she was 18, she is now 45. It was a "shop lifting" charge (never went to trial since it was eventually dropped). That is the only blemish on her RCMP record. Any ideas if this is going to be a problem (i.e., rejection right away) where I need to file an appeal?

She has an interview in Montreal next month. I tried to get a more detail police record from the town she grew up and they told me there's no other information since the charges were dropped.

Hi, My son sponsored myself and my wife (his birth mom) for the family member visa. He was born in the US and has lived there since 2012. We each received our i-130 approval letters, filled out the required information on the US Dept. of State Consular Electronic Application Center website (https://ceac.state.gov/IV/Login.aspx) then submitted that, followed by submission of i-864 from our son for both of us. The only correspondence I have received back since submitting the i-864 is for myself. I have made multiple inquiries about the status of my wife's application but no reply.

Is her application now bundled with mine because she is referred to in my copy of the i-864 as the Intending Immigrant #2? I was sent a request to be fingerprinted and submitted that, yet she was not asked. Is this normal? Or has her application been misplaced?

Why I am concerned is that I received my notice of appointment at the Montreal consulate and want to make sure that her interview will also occur at the same time. We live in a suburb of Vancouver and don't want to have to travel to Montreal twice.

Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone,

I am currently getting closer to the expiration of my 2-year marriage-based GC (hubby is a U.S. citizen) and will be filing I751.

Meanwhile, I wonder if I'd be eligible for directly filing citizenship in conjunction with i-751.

Here's my timeline:

• Entered the U.S in November 2021 on a K-1 Fianc visa
• Got married in January 2022
• Received my 2-year GC in March 2023

I read through the USCIS website. For marriage-based Citizenship, one of the conditions says:

• Be a lawfully admitted permanent resident of the United States for at least three years immediately before the date you file Form N-400;

Does a "lawfully admitted permanent resident" start from the date indicated on my GC? or starts when I entered the country? The term is not clear to me and would make a big difference as If the case is the latter, I would be eligible for citizenship (November 21 - November 24). Has anyone experienced the same?

Thank you for your help.

It is so sad that we have reached part 4 of this thread. I'm wishing this madness comes to end soon.

Also a Reminder that this thread is for support and updates for Montreal cases only.

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Hello folks.

I had my medical exam done October 22nd, and on the 29th they said they sent the results to the embassy. On October 31st I got my interview, everything went well but they sadly didn"t have the results, only the vaccination records. So of course, they issued me the 221g, telling me not to worry about it and that they would issue the visa as soon as they receive the results. They didn't tell me to do anything, that they would be reaching out to where I did my medical exam. November 19th, I emailed them again to know if they receive the results and called the clinic where I did my medical. Clinic said they messed up and actually sent me the results instead of sending it to the embassy...sigh. Confirmed then that they were sending them. 3 days later I called them to confirm they did, and they again confirmed me they did it. Today, the embassy answered my email, 3 weeks later saying they still do not have my results... I don't know what to do at this point. I'll be calling the clinic tomorrow once again but I was wondering if I can email the results I received myself? I did try but I'm unsure if they 100% want the clinic to be the ones to send it to them/. I really need some advice.. It's been 40 days since my interview and it's really getting discouraging since I've been waiting for over 2 years to get to this point. The US Embassy in question is Montreal,Canada.