US Immigration from Canada

We are about to submit our I130 and I485 concurrently with the i765 and i131 as well.

Can anybody give us some advice on if we should be doing anything during the waiting to make things go smoother further down the road?

-When should we contact her home country of name change? Does it matter?

-Any relevant tax information?

-social security number?

-getting set up properly in the US?

Really just trying to stay ahead of the game!

Thanks

Hello,

I am completing Form I-130A and it is asking for the last 5 years employment information. I had a few questions as follows:

1. What address should I use, my employer is large and W-2's are issued from their NY office however I work in their Chicago office. I am on a TN as well to work in their Chicago address.

2. It is asking for the last 5 years employment history. My employment history is 4 years in the US with 2 employers and 1 year in Canada. I am confused if I need to list my Canadian employment twice. On the form, Employer 1 and Employer 2 will use the 4 years of my US employment. It then says if you need extra space complete Part 7. additional information. However, it also asks in Part 3 for my employment information when I lived outside of the US which would be my Canadian employment history. As such, I have listed the last 5 years employment history however not all of it is in Part 2. Do I need to put this Canadian employment history in Part 7 additional information for Part 2 and then leave Part 3 blank since I included it in Part 7 additional information?

My gut says to put my US employers (4 years of employment history) into Employer 1 and Employer 2 and then put my Canadian 1 year employment in Part 3.

Thank you.

My local Social Security office is now finally issuing SSN's again if you make an appointment to see them in advance. I called them to make an appointment for my K-1 wife to receive her SSN and they asked what her Visa status was at the present time. I explained that she crossed the border into the U.S. from Canada on March 18 (the same day that Social Security offices shut down) with her K-1 Visa and that we married in early May. I further added that we had then applied for her AOS and EAD/AP a week after our marriage and that we were awaiting approval. The very nice Social Security rep then asked me if the K-1 Visa had "expired". I didn't know what to say. She told me that since the K-1 Visa had "expired" my wife has no Visa status in the U.S. and won't until the EAD application is approved, and for that reason she cannot apply for a SSN at this time. The system would deny it if they tried. So my question is.. when exactly did my wife's K-1 Visa "expire"?

1) When she crossed the border into the U.S.?

2) When she married?

3) 90 days after crossing the border?

4) 6 months after her K-1 physical exam?

And is it true that she has no Visa status in the U.S. at present while awaiting her EAD/AP?

She badly needs that SSN to participate in society. Its been nearly 5 months since she crossed the border.

Thanks in advance to all who answer.

So me and my Canadian husband sent in a AoS package back in October 2019, we've had no issues so far other than having to send in a long form birth certificate. Our original interview was back in April but was cancelled because of COVID-19. He has done his biometrics and gotten his EAD and work SSN.

I can't help be so anxious about the interview. We've been married for 4 years. He was out of status (overstay) for 3 years pretty much as we had some emergencies pop up that required money which made it hard to file while providing for both of us. He's obviously been unemployed and we stay with my parents (I pay them rent). He came on a tourist visa in February 2016 to help me care for my Mom who had open heart surgery, we were gonna drive back and stay in Canada after a few months when she was recovered but I ended up getting promoted to full time at my current employer and decided I wasn't sure if leaving that job and my Mom was such a good idea and I guess since our plans were changing and we were gonna be separated he ended up proposing end of July 2016 and we were married in September at the courthouse where my Mom and a family friend was present.

The evidence I have is joint bank account for last 2 years, 3 years of joint tax returns, I added him on my main credit card as an authorized user (although there is no paper showing this that I can find but he has the card in his wallet). We have a joint phone plan for over a year and he is the beneficiary on my work life insurance. I've met his family (I don't have pictures though as this was 5 years ago) and he has met mine (which I have holiday pictures every year of him, me and my extended family). I also have evidence of one vacation together (all we have taken) with pictures and also pictures of us at a concert. I have evidence that we visited 4 times before this last visit. And lastly I have a ton of greeting cards (most still have the envelope with postage and our address and names) I kept from his mom and grandma to me and him over the last few years, some with a lot of writing since his grandma loves to write to him.

What I don't have is a joint lease or utility bills as everything is in my Mom's name ( but I do have an affidavit from her, and also his Mom too). We bought a car together (this was the event that most caused us to have to postpone our application as my car was a money pit and then finally died making us use any savings we had trying to keep it alive and then on down payment on a new car ) and I have pictures of us on that day with our but I wasn't able to add his name to it.

Unfortunately outside of holidays with my family we don't have many pictures. We are homebodies and game in our free time and I don't know how to provide evidence of that.

The things I'm most worried about is we met online in the game WoW and I am 13 years older than him. It's never been an issue for us but I know age gaps are frowned upon. Also his overstay and proposing on a tourist visa even though none of this was our intent, it's just what ended up happening.

Sorry for such a long post I'm just extremely anxious about the interview. My husband tells me to calm down and it'll be fine but I just want it to be over so he can work and we can start a family.

Is there any other evidence we can provide that I haven't thought of or do you think I have enough? And would any of my concerns cause any serious issues at the interview?

I can screenshot texts from the last 2 years on my phone to and from my husband, between my husband and my mom, or between me and his mom if needed.

Hello,

I have been reading a lot up on TN status (not for dual intent) expires June 2022 and confused going the CR1 vs AOS route following marriage to USC for GC.

I know that the CR1 is considered a "loophole" that does not violate the TN intent, but I cannot apply for it until my boys are with me on June 2021 using my TN status for TD status

My question is:

1. Should I wait to get married until they are with me on TD status and then apply for AOS with EAD and AP for the 3 of us (issue being I would have to get married right away and file I-130 and 485 with EAD and AP request in order to not violate court order that has boys visit with their father in Canada, but entry and immediate marriage has intent issues)

OR/

2. here on the TN/TD status and apply for CR1 which I am by lawyer we are able to travel between Canada and USA freely on the TN/TD status until CR1 and CR2 is approved (issue here is my TN status would only have 10 months left and I have read multiple times you cannot travel on TN while CR1 is in progress)

OR/

3. come here on TN/TD status I apply for AOS with EAD and AP following wedding and have the boys go through with CR1 while in US so they can travel to visit their father? (but does this invalidate the TD status if I have changed AOS status)

OR/

4. have the boys come to the USA on F1 status as a student and not use my TN status and then apply for CR1? or then AOS with them

If I had the boys on a F1 student visa then I could go the CR1 route myself with plenty of time left on the TN visa to work in US.

I just want to find the best route for my boys without losing their ability to visit their father in Canada or losing their pending GC