mam521

Just a couple of things: 1. A passport shouldn't take months. 4-6 weeks if routine, 2-3 if expedited. 2. Have you considered a spousal visa? There's pros and cons to both fiancé and spousal visa but your partner would come across, able to work and travel internationally with a spousal visa. Their processing times aren't dramatically different.

I suppose technically he has to be admitted first, especially after a 5 year hiatus, but they can enter together. My hubs and I entered together with the kids when we activated my PR. I think it's more a case of a spouse entering the US solo for the first time - their petitioner has to be in the US.

Please fill out your timeline. You'd have eliminated a number of questions ahead of time, had you done so. https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=481781 Immigration is a privilege, not a right. Your partner is not entitled to live in the US any more than you are entitled to live in her country. Tossing comments around like skipping the queue and having an overall bad attitude isn't going to help your family on this journey. As many have stated, it is 100% possible for you to return to the US, establish domicile and work while your wife and child are in her home country. Many, many of us have done it. You are not special in any way when it comes to this situation. Immigration takes time, money and patience, end of story.

That is true. I suppose if there was US CBP pre clearance, you'd be cooking with gas!

Side note: get Global Entry and you won't have to deal with this, especially with that frequency of travel. 🙂

You can get them with crepe soles, rubberized soles and vibram soles these days. Like this:

The other clarification here - you will have to apply for the CR1 now, not once you're back in the US. You cannot adjust status at this point.

Have you tried Kohl's? My kid has been finding some interesting deals there for work clothes among other things at reasonable prices. I'm a moccasin wearer myself. The leather stretches and molds to my feet. I have a plain leather soled pair and a pair with a crepe sole so I can easily wear them outside. The later have been the morning school run fashion since "winter" (as you call it) arrived. They are more pricey but they last me a couple of years before I wear through the sole on the soft soles.

I would definitely make a concerted effort to organize yourself and keep documentation together. Additionally, I would start a spreadsheet with all travel history when you leave the US and update religiously. If you are asked to provide information, you will be required to do so in a timely manner. If you plan to naturalize at some point, you will need this information and your travel history. Have your partner help you, if you need to, but please take it seriously. If you have the old computer, I would have the hard drive pulled and attempt to recover your data. It is legitimately important and USCIS isn't going to accept "my dog ate my homework" as an excuse, if you know what I mean. Immigration is a privilege, not a right. We all need to remember we've requested the opportunity to come to the US and reside permanently and that it's not a guarantee.

Best advise is find a cross border accountant to manage your taxes and file your Canadian exit taxes. It's messy and the returns are due on different dates. They will also be able to help optimize your filings. Just a FYI - the TFSA is taxable in the US.

Anyone watch 90 Days: The Last Resort season 2? Ari and total control over Bini's social media but she says she's not controlling or manipulating him?

@K1visaHopeful is eluding to you haven't done a very basic update. Basic or not, it assists with predicting timelines. Profiles can be updated from mobile devices. As for timing, it's all up to case loads and the times stated in your My USCIS profile are a bit of a crapshoot and not typically that accurate.

She had spoken. It was HER chair. Back off and find your own...sheesh 🤣 What kind of slippers/shoes is Mama T-B looking for? And what have been the fit challenges?

What's this winter you speak of? It's stunningly beautiful outside 🌞...no more devil's ball sack heat and humidity and you said it yourself - barely sweatband weather these days! Winter comes in Jan or Feb when people with underinflated summer slicks and water in their windshield washer reservoir begin to panic about whether their antifreeze is right for "freezing temps" 🤦‍♀️. We got our 🎄 tree on Wednesday because people are weird here and they are likely nearly sold out at the tree place near the house. We got there an hour and a half after it opened and there were SOLD tags on at least a quarter of the lot that were out! Kid1 and I were highly entertained when a family bought a large tree but brought a small truck to take it home. There were half a dozen or so people trying to engineer a solution to get the tree fastened to the truck for transport. We didn't know how things were going to go with the junior cat, but he's content to lay under the tree. He's only pulled the one dinosaur ornament off like 3 times. There's a fight between him and the old lady Siam over real estate laying under the tree.

Your baby will need a CRBA and a passport before (s)he can enter the US anyway, assuming the child's father has the correct background to pass on US citizenship. If not, the baby will require their own approved I-130. I think @Lemonslice has a great point, especially with how slow Montreal is, with completing the interview and delaying the medical.

As long as her I-551 was properly endorsed upon her first entry into the US, she should be fine. Has she checked her physical greencard status on MyUSCIS? She can submit a request for why it's taking so long after 90 days.

Why doesn't your spouse join Visa Journey and come ask these questions herself?

Ah HA...this may apply to the OP! https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/new-immigrants/pr-travel-document.html

You still have to apply to renew the PR to keep it in good standing. I have a friend in the US that has Canadian PR thanks to his wife and he constantly has to renew.

My kid's ex got pulled over for speeding one day. Stupid 16yo didn't have his DL on him. The cop advised to take a photo of it and his insurance and keep it on his phone in case something like this happened because they can run numbers. Basically, any important ID like that - carry a photo. I didn't carry my GC when I had it. I had a photo of my card. If I traveled or would be in an area where I could potentially have to travel through an immi checkpoint, I carried it. Too expensive to replace. Ultimately, your choice but it's risky to lose. Maybe print a copy from your MyUSCIS account and leave the original at home if you are going to carry it.

Are we to assume you are under 18 years of age but 16 or older and you have obtained derivative citizenship through your father? Just making sure. Did the post office take your greencard to send to DoS with your application? You're within the processing window. You should have been given a receipt where you can request to track the status off your passport.

You cannot be discriminated against if you can present your passport with endorsed I-551. That said, the endorsed part is relevant in your situation. You're not eligible for the SSN until it's endorsed, indicating you've become a LPR of the US. Many HR personnel are not familiar with the I-9 rules, so I would recommend providing them if you are met with hesitation. As Demise mentions, it's the business' responsibility to report earnings to the IRS and that's why they want it.

DS-5535 is a form of extreme vetting. They will want like 15 years of travel history and some other garbage. The cases are sent to a central repository where a select team reviews them. It seems like Montreal hands out a lot, or were handing out a lot, but that may just be reflective of statistics because the community here is fairly active so there's talk about it. It does appear that Montreal is bad for skirting the buck and finding excuses for delays. It's 6 in one hand, half a dozen in the other and I do think, to their defense, it's a fairly busy consulate. If your name is common, AP takes longer, in general. If you've visited for a period of time or worked in a MENA country, AP takes longer and the risk of DS-5535 is higher. If you have a job on the Technology Alert List (TAL), you are at higher risk of being handed a DS-5535. If you're from a MENA country (sometimes even 1st gen Canadian) and have a TAL job, you're at higher risk. Occasionally, it's just a random number generator and elderly or children are chosen. Crapshoot, really. It's just important to know about it so you can adjust your expectations, if needed. Many people are still just moseying on through with no issues. It's those that are unaware that are really blind sighted, so that's why people mention it.

Complex carbs aren't the enemy, even with prediabetes. Simple carbs are. Lean protein focus and getting away from processed foods. Read the packages for actual portion sizes and grab an app like Cronometer and start tossing the food you eat into it - you'll learn pretty quickly where you're falling short. Doctors aren't typically great with nutrition counseling. Most insurance plans offer nutrition services free of charge - take advantage of it. I'm fat right now, too, but it's blamable on hormones. The doc and I are working on that. I had abdominal surgery 8 weeks ago and wasn't allowed to pick anything over 10lbs up until 2 weeks ago. Easing back into the regular but before surgery, I was lifting weights 3-5 times a week; I'm strong, but I don't look it. Muscle burns a lot of calories and lifting has been proven to help retain bone mass. My stepsister has been T1 diabetic since we were kids. She's very well managed. My ex and his mom are T2 diabetic. His eating is horrible! He was here visiting and I can't even count the number of York Peppermint Patties he ate. They sit in a candy dish on the counter and we'll grab one on occasion. This was occasion: every time he noticed the jar!

Comingling is more like you have listed one another on life insurance plans, pension and/or retirement savings, you have shared bills or memberships to places like Costco or the like, possibly a shared credit card - proof that you're actually intermingling your finances.