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mam521 last won the day on March 3

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    SPRING
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    Texas

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    Naturalization (approved)
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  • Local Office
    Houston TX
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    Canada
  • Our Story
    I lived in the US on an L1B visa for 5 years, 2 months. I met my husband in that time and we married. I left the US to prevent a visa overstay.

    Initially, DH was a PR. He received his citizenship in Jan 2019. We upgraded our petition at that point. After I-130 was approved, we endured 89 days, 22.5 hours of waiting before my I-130 magically showed up at NVC. The CEAC website was undergoing maintenance when I was trying to fill out the IV. After some frustration and losing data more than once, I learned how to manipulate the system to work and got the forms filled out. RFE setback for my CRC and a request for a marriage certificate for my Littles and we were finally DQ.

    We narrowly escaped the covid Consulate closure - our interview was the Monday, the Consulate closed Friday. We were approved and finally headed "home" on April 1, the day after our 2 year anniversary.

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  1. Nah...dog. Dog's eat their vomit. And the cat's, too. Ok now, back to regular scheduled programming...😸
  2. @Neonred she's cute!
  3. I realize the satire here but Danica Patrick ruins any F1 race she attempts to commentate or interview at. AWFUL. Mute the television bad. Rachel Brookes, Natalie Pinkham, Bernie Collins - all do a great job. Danica - hard pass.
  4. 🤬 I agree that there should be a day that the street gets done. It's really annoying when the lawn dudes come for this neighbor one day and the next crew the next day. We're maybe a little bit lucky because my elderly neighbors, my lazy neighbors and the business owner neighbor all use the same lawn guys so they do them all at once. Impressive! We need a Costco trip but it will be $$$...ugh.
  5. The NOA's have been taking a lot longer lately. I wouldn't panic yet.
  6. Please fill out your timeline. You may find this thread helpful:
  7. The additional travel history can be shared at the interview. Bring the new W2 and if you have proof of filing, that too, in addition to the previous year's transcripts, as uploaded previously. The fact that the tax deadline isn't until April 15th is here nor there when trying to provide verifiable proof of income for sponsorship. When all tax documents show up, the return should be filed ASAP. Good luck!
  8. It's not going to matter. The tax transcripts are going to list the wife's information anyway. Follow pushbrk's instruction and fill out the I-864a.
  9. I assume it's everyone who isn't a PR or citizen. "Applying for a visa to enter the US"
  10. Forgive my ignorance if this has been posted, but is there actually a list of the visa types aside from "visitors to the US staying more than 30 days" that have to register with USCIS? Is it a blanket requirement? Are dual intent visa holders required to register? I ask because I mentioned to my friend with a TN visa that I believe he needs to register because it's a non-immigrant visa stay in excess of 30 days. He was going to verify with his corporate lawyers because he assumed that as an employment visa, he was exempt. Simply curious.
  11. By doing Consular, he enters with greencard in hand, no adjustment, potentially no removal of conditions, just keep calm, carry on and as long as your marriage is strong, he can apply for citizenship after 3 years. If you're married 2 years plus a day or longer when he crosses the border, he will get a 10 year greencard. Consular has a certain level of "cleanliness" associated with it when it comes to packing up, moving and starting life. Adjusting means he can't travel back and forth to Canada unless he has advanced parole, which is a real crapshoot much of the time, but is really questionable with this administration. He can't work until he has work authorization. The process will ultimately cost a lot more because of all of the steps and if you spend any time on here, many people are stuck in removal of conditions proceedings for forever. Many apply for citizenship and request a combo interview because it takes so long. Canada is hardly overseas and has a different agreement with the US when it comes to visas. Canadians are some of the most notorious bunches for overstaying because it's visa on arrival, here's your B1 stamp, ttyl. CBP typically don't check; it's left up to the person. Unless, of course, CBP start to see a pattern. There are rules to retain provincial social benefits in Canada, as I'd mentioned, residency and presence being part of that. The Canadian federal government deems you a non-resident if you don't have significant residential ties and you spend more than 183 days away. So, while CBP may stamp a 6mo entry into the passport, it doesn't mean there aren't consequences "back home" to deal with.
  12. Just keep in mind as soon as you have the temporary I-551 endorsed, you become subject to US taxes. For example, if you sell a property in the UK, you will be taxed on the proceeds. This is something people often overlook. If you didn't tick the box on the DS-260, you will need an appointment with the SSA; there are no more walk ins. These can be hard to come by, just as a heads up.
  13. It's definitely easier to have the access because any future renewals or petitions can typically be filed through it, in addition to the tracking. If you haven't already, sign up for USPS Informed Delivery. I knew from Informed Delivery that our greencards had been mailed before the notification was issued that they had been sent.
  14. Couple of things. The calculated time is on a rolling calendar. So, has he visited in the last year, prior to this visit? If so, how many days in that 365? He may be over the limit. Another thing is his provincial social benefits like health care are dependent on him being physically present in the province. YMMV, depending on province. What ties to Canada does he have? Rent/Mortgage? Car? Insurance? What does his I-94 say as an admit until date? Pending I-130 through consular. AOS likely to be denied because he entered on visitor status with future immigrant intent already established by the August filing. I would bail out and go home with this administration. You don't want any flags of any kind or potential reasons for future denial.
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