US Immigration from Canada

I'm the immigrant and my US citizen spouse is the sponsor. We need to use a joint sponsor and that joint sponsor -- my retired father-in-law - is using the value of his home as proof of assets. We ve had the appraisal done.

Despite the laws changing regarding spousal visitations, my Canadian passport has only two months of travel left on it, making it invalid for me the visit the United States and also creating complications with my CR-1 process.

The passport offices in Canada have been closed for around four months, and recently have some exemptions:

You can only get travel document services in Canada if you have a valid reason to travel urgently.

Valid urgent travel reasons include if you re travelling

• for a medical reason because you have a serious illness
• because of the serious illness or death of someone you know
• because you ll have financial problems from the loss of a job or business
• to support an essential service
• for humanitarian reasons
  • You need a letter from your organization that lists the humanitarian reasons.

The loss of airfare or other travel expenses is not a valid reason for urgent travel.

If you submitted an application in person or by mail and you don t need to travel urgently, we ll process it when normal services resume.

If you don t need a passport or travel document urgently, wait until normal services resume.

As you may have noticed, these urgent restrictions don t outline spouses or immediate family members, making it impossible for me to travel to the USA and- if I get my green card interview scheduled in Montreal I wont have a valid Canadian passport to give them.

I ve called and discussed this with Canadian passport services and they ve simply restated that only the services outlined are included. I ve also written an email to my local member of parliament. I have nothing else I can do but wait, continuously wait like I ve been for my green card during all of this grief.

Can anyone help me understand how to renew my passport. I m at my wits end.

Hi all,

I'll eligible to apply for my N-400 online or by paper. A couple of things:

1. I'm filing under the 5-year rule; I have my 10-year green card but am now divorced from my American spouse. I reached the 5-year mark in April 2020. Just now getting to applying (and beating the fee increase on 2 Oct!)

2. I don't particularly care about the speed (cause it's all taking forever anyways ) but I want to make sure that if I file online, there is somewhere to upload supporting documents (extra lines for addresses/jobs etc)

3. Anyone else out there applied whilst divorced? Did you provide a copy of your divorce decree? Anything else I need to know?

4. With the N-400, am I supposed to provide supporting documents (divorce papers, letter from counselor saying we attended marriage counselling sessions, anything else??) like we had to do with all the other applications in this last 5 years?

I would love your thoughts on any/all of the above. I have the paper one all filled out but online seems smoother and more streamline if I can upload what need and provide supporting docs if needed. Thanks so much all!

Meagan

I am an American citizen and my husband is Canadian. We were married in a small ceremony in Canada last February (2019) but have not yet filed I-130 for a lot of reasons. We both live close to the border and have been together in a long distance relationship for going on 11 years now, so it worked out fine for us to visit back and forth regularly until we had the money saved up to file.

Shortly before border travel bans between US and CAN were enacted, my husband came to stay with me with the intention of staying for a couple weeks. He took that amount of time off work (he works in a restaurant), and when we crossed together, he was admitted entry with no issue. We travelled together because his car was in disrepair, and it's not uncommon for us to drive back and forth together when visiting one another. However, once he was here, things in MI took a sudden sharp turn south in regards to Covid.

Rules about crossing have been confusing and somewhat difficult to follow since, and we were unsure of what would happen should we try to cross back into Canada together. His work was understanding of the situation, especially as they had to reduce staff hours due to Covid restrictions themselves, and so he decided to stay here for as long as possible. Now that we are coming up to his 182 days and having to plan to bring him back to Canada, I am heartbroken at the idea of having to be here alone and unable to see my husband with uncertainty of when borders will be open. Both of our mental health has taken a huge hit, as we both already struggle with anxiety/depression outside of the Covid crisis and everything else going on at this time.

Our original plan was to file for I-130 once he was in Canada and we were planning to file that as soon as I come back from taking him home...However, I would like to know if there is any way at all possible that we could instead file for an AOS and allow him to stay here instead? I own my home and make enough money that I could support both of us until he gets his Green Card, and his family/friends in Canada would be able to at least visit him here during that time if he could not travel.

We are just struggling mentally and want nothing more than to be together at this time.

Hi all,

I am completing form I-693 for AOS (not on a K1 visa) and have some questions regarding the most efficient way to complete the form. My questions are as follows:

1. Should I get the STD tests for syphilis and gonorrhea completed by my primary care physician first and then bring those results to the Civil Surgeon?

2. I have a booklet of my vaccines, if I am missing one is it most recommended to get the vaccination from CVS once the Civil Surgeon has identified missing vaccinations?

3. Do I need to go back to the Civil Surgeon after I get my missing vaccinations or do I simply show them to the USCIS officer?

4. How long does it normally take to complete form I-693?

Any other experiences/tips would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.