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Should probably renew or apply for a new passport while you're back in Canada. Everyone living abroad should have a passport. Canadians are just lucky that there's some handshake type agreements between CBSA and CBP that allow them to enter without a passport by land only. If there was an emergency and you had to fly, you'd never be able to board a plane crossing international borders.

If you have a record, they will accept it. Call and confirm. Never listen to heresy. We've had many, many MANY people come through here and I've never heard of anyone having any issues when they've presented vaccine records or titres tests. If you search the doctors names in the top right corner, you'll have many, many reviews pop up. Most are positive and the delays with medicals are sometimes that of the doctor's office, but sometimes that of the Consulate and their receiving times for documents.

I wouldn't believe things you read online and would call directly and ask. Many people here have used titres tests in the past. If anything, it's likely better because it proves you still have the actual immunity. Some people get vaccinated and never actually develop long term immunity. I can't comment to the Ontario panel physicians. I was coming from Alberta to interview with myself and my kids and only had 3 weeks from interview letter to interview, so it made the most sense, time and budget wise, to spend a week in Montreal and get both the medicals and interviews knocked out.

No idea. I don't think it has an expiration date on it because it's measuring a point in time. At X point, you did or did not show immunity to this virus. Same with vaccine records. Unless it's a vaccine that is given on a regular interval like Tdap, the doctors assume you're immune if you can show a date you were vaccinated on. In the case of diseases like chicken pox, if you've had it and tell them, they will believe you. They can check for it but I guess they trust you'd have no real reason to lie about chicken pox. Anyone who's had it or shingles knows it sucks!

If you had them as a kid and have retained immunity, it will show up on your titres test. I had HepA/HepB before traveling internationally when I was in Canada so I wasn't missing anything coming from Canada. You have plenty of time to work on titres and getting anything you're missing. I wouldn't wait though. You'll be DQ'd in no time and then the panic will set in lol.

No, because she will have to do her medical anyway and will discuss with the civil surgeon. The civil surgeon will complete form I-693 and will include it in her medical packet that will get sent to the consulate. The CO may just double check that the I-693 is complete.

Yes. The registration is really signing up to have your passport delivered back to you. You can choose Canada Post or pay extra by courier. Don't freak out if you can't register immediately. Sometimes it takes 24-48 hours before the system will allow you to get in there and get it done.

Excellent news! Glad to hear someone finally gets to move forward!

Is the UK your place of birth? How common is your name? Have you visited and MENA countries? Do you have an occupation that perhaps can bring to question national security concerns? AP will look at all of these things. If you tick any of these boxes, that could explain it.

The unfortunate reality is you may end up naturalizing before the F2A category becomes current. However, after you've naturalized, you can "upgrade" her case because there are no numerical limits on visas available for spouses of American citizens. From there, she'll get pushed ahead for her consular interview.

I also would leave. You don't want any black marks on file if you ever plan to naturalize in the future. It isn't likely ideal in your mind, but you have to think long game now.

I would if you haven't made it through. Just request a combo interview when the time comes!

Texas isn't actually that slow for N-400's these days. Under 4 months for me and I did N-600's for my kids and they were under 2 months. Houston FO. It was a bit but not dramatically longer for @Crazy Cat's spouse in Dallas and IIRC, they had ROC in process as well, but it was pretty quick. ROC does seem to take forever, unfortunately.

The PD comes into play in the order the schedule. If they are giving interviews to people who DQ'd in a block, say Mar. 5 through Apr. 5, the people with earlier PD's will be given interviews first. Your DQ date is what will remain key though. Just because you have a PD 6 months earlier than someone else but your DQ date is a month later than that person doesn't mean you jump them in the queue. If your PD is before theirs and you both become DQ on the same date, your interview is likely to be one of the first of the day on the date they schedule them. No guarantees, but it's a factor.

Of late, it's been about 6-8 weeks after. It will depend on your priority date as well as your DQ date. That said, once upon a time, it was 3-4 weeks. Let me tell you, trying to arrange flights, accommodations and medicals for an interview 3 weeks away was anxiety inducing...

I genuinely appreciate Europe's no tip culture. Monty cat has been stalking the boomer cats. We tell Kid1 to deal with her "child" when he's misbehaving and I tell her to play with him daily because he gets bored. We have SleepyPod carriers for the other 2 cats, so hubs found a good deal on one on ebay for Monty. It's easier to fit everyone if we have 3 of the same carriers. It arrived today and Hubs took it upstairs to show Kid1 since we hadn't told her we ordered it. He opens the door to her room and she straight away says "was he being bad again?!" 😂 She thought the cat was in the carrier for time out and was being brought to her! Nah...he's curled up, looking cute and innocent in the dog's bed but it just tells you what kind of a little ####### he's been that that was her assumption straight away!

Definitely, because this sounds SKEEETCHY. I'd be calling NVC and asking, not waiting around for someone to call me. Additionally, I'd be looking at all aspects of credit history for dodgy business.

My question would be how can you prove residency if you've been on the move? Also, does she meet the physical presence requirements? https://www.uscis.gov/forms/uscis-early-filing-calculator It's pretty clear you have to be settled for 90 days in one spot to file and have proof that you're settled. https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid%3AUSC-prelim-title8-section1427&num=0&edition=prelim It's citizenship. You really don't want to attempt to skirt USCIS when you're this close to the finish line only to misrepresent and be denied.

Poor kitty...but then it's like why'd you go in there in the first place?! Right?! That said, another invest is right behind Alberto so we'll see what it decides to do.

This really rubs me the wrong way. My ex had his cat go missing and they didn't notice for 3 days! Kid1 heard meowing at their bedroom window and let the poor cat in. They went back to their security cameras to see when she got out. "Oh...we didn't notice because she has an automatic feeder and an automatic litterbox and she often just hangs out in the basement." Come ON...you didn't notice she didn't come for pets for 3 DAYS?!?! We do a pet inventory before bed because very occasionally, a cat will slip out into the garage when we're putting recyclables out or something. They do like to check things out out there and we usually leave the house door cracked when we know they are out there. They have been trimmed. He's just a jerk cat and confused about his identity since he has the Batman symbol on the back of his neck over his shoulder blades. He's a black classic marble tabby with golden tan markings, so even the colouring fits his batty logo. The dog needs a pawdicure. She hates it but I hate clicking claws on the tile floors.

I created an account for my kid and filed the N-600 that way. Filed at the end of March before the fees went up. Biometrics was within a couple of weeks and they had their certificates by the middle of May. If you don't already have your kiddo's passport, do that first.

This isn't the first time we've heard that the CBP officer doesn't stamp the passport. It perplexed the lot of us. How is anyone supposed to know when that year is? I also don't know how this impacts getting a SSN considering the SSA says you can use an endorsed MRIV and usually the stamp is the endorsement. If you paid your fee, your card should come. If you log into to your MyUSCIS account, you can follow updates. Additionally, you can sign up for USPS Informed Delivery and you'll see the envelope appear in your postal tracking. It seems the majority of people have been getting their greencards in reasonable time.

Bang on their door and ask what the deal is or call animal control. That's just not fair and essentially how we ended up with Monty. That said, Frankie cat is fixin' to become a bathmat if he doens't stop spider catting along the mattress from the underside of the bed at 4:50am. I was dead asleep and apparently my fingers were between the headboard and mattress. All of a sudden I had a paw pawing at me. Pulled my hand back and got a "meow!". Then he spider catted with those claws along the mattress and I nearly throttled him. He used to do this years ago and has picked it back up the last 3 nights. Need to remember a water bottle so I can shoot him so he quits. I used to just toss his behind out but he and Monty cat still haven't come to terms with the fact that they are roommates, despite it having been like 3 months already. Got your Wellies and your 'brella ready? Soggy couple of days coming up.

Your status will automatically update in the system from CR to IR and you'll get a 10 year greencard. It should be a non-issue, especially if you make your 2 year anniversary before your interview. Our interviews were before we were married for 2 years, but less than a month out from our anniversary. It goes by entry date - so if you enter the US to activate that visa after your 2 year anniversary, it updates. We entered the US the day after our 2 year anniversary for this reason - we didn't want to have to remove conditions.