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A member sent in a report about the DCF guides not being accurate. The guides need updating. If members can post here the requirements to qualify for DCF it would be useful to be able to update the guides.

I will, we are waiting on a referral now.

Yes he did this as she was still a 2yr GC holder. The step mom here said they were granted custody, not adoption.

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Yes you will need to file for ROC for the child just like the the father. If the Father gets citizenship the child must have roc pending or already have his 10yr GC to be able to derive US citizenship when the father naturalizes. It is very unlikely the Father will get through the n400 process before the child's 2yr GC expires. You will need GC to send in with the fathers certificate to get a US passport. Also what visa did your husband enter on. Was it actually a K3 a spouse visa (as this is vary rare) or was it a K1 (fiancé Visas)?

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Ok so you are not becoming a PR, TN status is temporary. Although it can be renew a number a times it is supposed to be temporary. I know very little about the TN stuff. Some of the above will still apply, like taxes. You will file both if you earn in both countries. Your SSN and SIN cards will not be linked. Health care will depend on how long you are in the US. Since a TN is temporary that does change things.

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Sorry for the confusion. When you cross into the US to activate your visa that is when you become a US PR. That is also when you lose Canadian health care. Exit taxes are the taxes you will file for the Canadian taxes. All date will have the date of when you crossed to endorse your visa. I mentioned the US/Can borders as information is shared and they will see dates. Let me answer the below separately to help 1. No you cannot link your SSN with the SIN. Some ppl have had luck with certain credit cards/banks to link their credit history. Taxes will need to be filed the first year to close out the year with Canada these are called exit taxes by most of us. Now if you never earn another cent in Canada you will not have to file Canadian taxes after that. If there is a Canadian source of income then both taxes will need to be filed yearly. 2. For US immigration the immigrant cannot claim to have residency outside the US. Doing so can cause loss of your US PR status. How do you set up residency in the US. Well it starts with arriving at the border, the one with the visa gets the stamp in their passport. Then you arrive to the city/state you want to call home and start getting things like an address, DL. But you are pretty much a resident for all intents and purpose immigration wise once you endorse the visa. 2b. If your S/O is staying in Canada who is the soon to be PR? Is this staying in Canada something while the USC is moving back ahead of the spouse while waiting out the process? If you're talking about the two of you flipping back and fourth between the two countries this will be much more difficult then you think. The GC is for living in the US the majority of the time. If the BCP starts to see a pattern they will tell you to pick a country. It has happened before.

The date on your exit taxes is the date on your stamp. They are slow to connect the dots but have been cracking down of health care fraud. The borders computers are link they do share information.

Provincial health care is gone as soon as one enters the US and that PR stamp is placed in the passport. BC is one of the that ppl self pay in advance and they will have an extra 30ish days. The 6 months is for Canadian residents who travel out of Canada for 6 months for pleasure. Such as snow birds who go to Florida or Arizona. They never become a US resident so they do not give up their Canadian residency. As long as the Canadian PR is living in the US with a Canadian spouse that counts for the Canadian citizenship requirements.

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It was at 1am. It may not be legal here but there was one heck of a show out there. Daughter's cat like those creepy things too. I'm glad she went in. Hope your mom starts feeling better.

~~Thread moved to General Immigration Discussion, from Bringing Family of USC - as the OP's mother did AOS and is waiting on GC delivery~~

OMG Fireworks are also banned in the city here too. But it sure didn't stop some nutcase from setting some off at 1am. It was so loud I thought a transformer blew.

Can't bankrupt student loans in Canada unless the laws have changed. Work out a payment plan with them or tell them you are only paying a certain amount if they don't like it tell them to stick it where the sun doesn't shine. Once they have your US information they will hound you. Try not to give them any US info and work out a payment plan while still in Canada. My experience is they will stop working with you when they know you left Canada

It's not a personal experience but someone I knew was granted custody to take the child back to a non Hague country. It was not a short battle but she won. After the ex and her started working together and things went smooth. When her child was small the ex would fly to her, she would have him stay with them a few days then he and their daughter would fly back to the US. Most of the time it was him flying back and fourth but it worked for them. As the child got older she could fly on her own with the airlines unaccompany minor thingy.

I'm sure with the right lawyer and judge anything can happen.

That was all her own doing her. She needs to plan better.