US Immigration from Canada

Hi all, just at the beginning stages of this P3 package. 2 questions for you all

1. What is used for providing evidence for domicile in the US?

2. The petitioner has a different mailing address than what the USCIS has on file - as he has been moving around doing clinical rotations in the country. Is this a problem?

Thank you everyone!

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Good Morning Everyone,

I was going to use this response for another post I read this morning but felt it needed it s own post.

I know that this may not be the case with all couples but counseling is an option when you notice the relationship going downhill. The divorce rate in this country is partly due to finances but in my opinion also due to people not working out their differences. I have been married 7 years this past April and the truth of the matter is that:

1. Immigration is stressful in the best of times, let alone now with the pandemic.

2. When two people get to know each other and want to live together you find out each others quirks and that is not always fun.

3. Every person has gone through some type of trauma, whether it be due to fractured relationships growing up, living in poverty, or living in a war torn country.

I will share of my woes in my relationship over the years. When my now wife and I started this immigration process it was long and stressful. I was the detailed passive person and she had/has a strong personality. Suffice it to say this did not help during the process from K-1 submission to point of entry (POE).

Once I entered the United States and got married, this is when the hard work started. We lived together and we found out each others quirks. I was still the detailed person who stressed getting my Adjustment of Status (AOS) in on time and this put a strain on our marriage as we had the finances, it was just a matter of putting it into our budget, but I still worried about getting it in on time. Oh, and not to mention I could not work from April to September 2013, that did not help the bottom line, hence more stress for her as she was sole bread winner, but also stress for me as I did not have a driver s license and did not like being cooped up in the apartment. We kept trudging along and trying to work things out, me and my anger (I ll get to that later). We went through some rocky time during AOS.

Before getting married my wife knew that I had children from a previous relationship but this would not hit her in the face till my son came to visit for a summer. We have dIfferent parenting styles still to this day but are working through things. When my son came to visit ####### hit the fan and this had to be worked out. My son s grandmother, also s strong personality, had made my wife to be out to be the bad guy. Naturally, being passive, I did not stick up for my wife, so there are still issues there to this day that I am working through.

Fast forward to 6 months after receiving citizenship. Wife and I were going through some very rough times and my anger had really resurfaced and become uncontrollable. It got to a point where I had to take 2 weeks to think outside of what was going on in my own home due to the chaos that I felt as I had my issues and my wife had her own issues. I took two weeks and continued working but also went to see family in Canada. In that two weeks I made a decision that my wife and I needed to do counseling because our issues are more than we can handle on our own. We are currently in counseling and doing much better.

I say all this to say, before you even put in a petition for a fiance(e) or spouse, get to know the person, who they are, and their family dynamics as much as humanly possibly. If it turns out that you notice quirks before or after they arrive in the US I would encourage you to seek out counseling. This will look different depending on whether you are in the US together or separated. In my time of getting counseling so far here is what I have learned:

1. I cannot control other people, I can only control myself.

2. If left unresolved, my past hurts will spill over into my relationships (familial, friendship, and professional).

3. Marriage takes a lot of work (active listening, embracing others strengths, knowing that my spouse and I may say different things but both be right and that there is healthy conflict).

My hope is that this post may help one person to think through the fact that maybe its not your spouse that bothers you, but the memories of your past. If you have read this long, I wish you all the best on your immigration journey and marriage.

Hi guys,

We are gathering the evidence for our I-130 and wanted to know what your opinion was of our documents. Do we need more and/or stronger evidence?

1. Lease agreement for 2019 in both our names

2. Lease agreement for 2020 in both our names

3. Photos of our trips over the past two years (abroad, with my family and with her family)

4. Bank statement for our joint account (I added her last month so we only have 1 statement)

5. Beneficiaries of 401k (her on mine and me on hers)

We don't have receipts for tickets, hotels etc. I never bothered to save them. I think the above is sufficient but thought I'd check with experienced folks.

Thank you.

USCIS approved our I-130 and sent it to NVC on May 13th, and neither of us have received our welcome letter yet. I know everything is delayed but is that within normal processing times, or do I need to do something if it takes too long? Thanks.

Hi! I'm so sorry if this is in the wrong spot, I wasn't sure where else to put it!

I received my notice to appear because of an overstay a few months back. My master calendar hearing was meant to be in February but was pushed back to August. I haven't gotten any further information regarding whether or not COVID has affected that date, which is mid-August, so I have not yet seen a judge.

Unfortunately, due to COVID, I am on furlough from my job, and due to my overstay of more than one year, I am not eligible for unemployment, nor can I find another job. I came down on a K1 visa but my husband and I are now separated, so there is little reason for me to stay in the US. I'm already aware of the 10-year ban that I will face, but with little to no income, I have very few options left, and am planning to leave the US and return home to Canada in the coming weeks.

I still want to follow the proper channels for doing so. I'm trying to figure out how to contact DHS to let them know that I want to apply for voluntary departure/that I'm leaving the country prior to the date of my hearing, but I can't seem to find any useful information online for how to apply for it without seeing the judge first. I will not be able to afford rent in August, so staying until my mid-August court date is out of the question!

If anyone has applied for voluntary departure before their hearing before, how did you do it?