US Immigration from Canada

https://ca.usembassy.gov/message-to-u-s-citizens-in-canada-u-s-consulate-general-toronto-resumes-most-american-citizen-services/

August 13, 2020

Location: Toronto

Event: U.S. Consulate General Toronto resumes public appointments for American citizen services

Information:

The U.S. Consulate General Toronto is now accepting a limited number of appointments for most U.S. citizen services. You can request an appointment for routine and emergency passport services, Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA) services, and adult citizenship claims by emailing us at TorontoPassport@state.gov. Please note that appointment numbers are limited to prevent crowding, and therefore wait times for appointments will be longer than normal. We appreciate your patience and support for our mutual efforts to prevent the further spread of COVID-19.

We are not offering routine visa services at this time. For information on visa appointments, visit https://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-ca/niv

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https://ca.usembassy.gov/message-to-u-s-citizens-in-canada-u-s-consulate-general-toronto-resumes-most-american-citizen-services/

For people who still have OSAP loans being paid off, how did that work when you moved to America. I m not keeping my Canadian bank account. Will they just withdraw the monthly payment from an American account?

So I just wanted to post this to help people on how me and my husbands interview was done in North Carolina. Our PD was 10/28/2019. We had 1 RFE for Canadian long form birth certificate and original interview was for 4/21/20 I think before being cancelled because of COVID-19. Interview was rescheduled for today, 8/14/20. We got there and there was almost no one in the parking lot, like 10 cars max. After security we were immediately sent to a room with 2 chairs facing a tablet. Our officer was on the tablet and told us he needed time to review our case before he began the interview and he told us we could chit chat with each other while he was muted, which we did lol. About 10 minutes later we started, he asked for my husband's B2 visa (which he doesn't have because canadians just get a stamp in their passport). He asked if we had any more evidence to submit and asked for the medical exam. He went through the I130 and I485 and then asked me like 4 questions, how did we meet and such and that was it. I wasn't expecting a digital interview in fact I hadn't heard anyone talk about it but this is how the office we went was conducting them. (We were allowed to take off our masks since we live together too)

Also the documents we submitted go into a folder in a box with other people's folders and the officers aren't allowed to touch them for 72 hours (COVID-19) so because of that they are not giving same day approvals, he said. I assume they need the signature at interview on the last page of the I485 as well as the medical exam before approving? Hopefully all goes well for us and this information helps someone. We got lucky and our officer was nice and he made us feel comfortable.

So I know that the NoA2 can be renewed based on the Embassy during the interview in 4 month increments of up to a year....BUT what about once it expires after the year?

With some embassies not having any idea when they will open, some NoA2s will expire at that year mark. Mine for example, expires the middle of Jan 2021..

So what happens if the embassy doesn't resume services, and the NoA2s have their year completed?

Sorry if its been asked before, I tried to look through old posts, but most are about like the less than a year renew.

Can not find I944 on their website but really need a copy to start at least filling out! Would really appreciate it!