US Immigration from Canada

Any advice on when/how to reach out to the Embassy your IR-5 interview will happen at to try and align interview dates for parents? This is for I-130's for both parents of a US Citizen.

• The Embassy is Canada/Montreal. Mother is just got DQ'd late October. This consulate/embassy is known for taking 1-3 months to even reach out with your interview date (which is usually ~1 month post that interview notification letter).
• I just paid NVC fees for dad this morning, and have all his docs so I hope to get all that uploaded this week, and hopefully a DQ'd status next week. So they would be ~1 month apart. Going to Montreal is a trip for my parents (hotel / travel costs / etc).
• I want to ask for my parents to get an interview date on the same day to help with all that.

Is it better for me to reach out now?

Is it better for me to reach out once my dad's is DQ'd ad officially sent to the consulate/embassy as well?

Is it better for me to wait until my mom get's the interview date notification and then reach out?

Anyone recently attempted to do the same at any consulate? Bonus if at the Montreal / Canada consulate!!

Hi all,

I recently got married, and my wife has been living in Canada, in a border city. She needs a B2 visa to enter the US, since she is a citizen of a country that requires a B1/B2 to enter the US. She recently got this visa, so I'm somewhat paranoid at the moment, and don't really want to do anything to get it revoked.

I am a US citizen, recently naturalized this year. I plan on moving in with my wife soon, but not yet (just personal and financial reasons). I have been frequently visiting her, 2-3 days per week mostly on weekends. I am also a citizen of Canada.

Applying for CR-1 is in the plans, but I have not yet done so.

I would like to cross with her into the US from time to time to visit. She doesn't have a car or a license yet, so I would be driving her back and forth, which isn't an issue for me. What are the chances of running into issues with CBP with this plan?

As for me, I have been honest with CBP/CBSA so far. I always tell them that I was in Canada visiting my wife; No, I have not applied for benefits; She lives there and works there. So far this hasn't caused me any issues.

Any insight will be appreciated!

I am currently a NATO-2 visa holder on assignment in the US with my US Citizen wife. Prior to obtaining my visa, we completed the I-130 submission which is still being adjudicated.

Upon receipt of the I-130 approval, we are considering pressing ahead with the remainder of the Consular Processing (Canada) and establishing my US Permanent Residency while concurrently continuing to serve on the temporary assignment for which I was granted the NATO-2 visa. Remaining a US resident at the conclusion of the assignment will not a concern.

My desire to complete the process while in the US now is due in part to the fact that the domicile requirement for my wife will be a non-issue - usually a challenge for those coming from Canada - given we are currently located in the US. My question - is there any reason this won t work? If for some reason the case goes into AP or is otherwise delayed, would there be any impact on my current visa? If everything goes smoothly, what would be the implications for my current NATO visa, given it is in my official passport (separate from my personal passport)? My intuitions tell me it would simply be cancelled.

Any insights anyone has would be appreciated.

My spouse immigrated from the Philippines legally, and a few years later so did her child who is a minor.

No green card for the child, and we haven't applied for certificate yet. We thought passport would be best for now.

The father is not listed on the child's foreign (Philippines) birth certificate and has never had any contact.

I am the step parent but not legal since I haven't adopted.

Can we still apply for US passport now? We can provide marriage certificate and my US passport, but we're only listing 1 parent on parental information since it says at parents birth. Is my information necessary or will just confuse everything?

Anyone ever heard of a similar situation?