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Check your wife's I-94 to see how long they issued her stay for. It may well be that it's only that month. Having lost her job impacts her ties to Canada and may lead the officer to suspect she will overstay or potentially not return to Canada. The CBP officer can see that there is an immigrant visa case pending. That said, a visitor visa is treated as a separate entity to the pending immigrant visa, but the officers can use all information to determine eligibility for entrance into the US and for how long of an authorized stay they will allow. Always check your I-94 when on a non-immigrant visa.

Given you've had a year to digest what people had suggested and still seem to want to minimalize the seriousness of your crimes, I'd suspect there's a high likelihood that you wouldn't get past the interview stage. Immigration is a PRIVILEDGE and you don't seem to take that seriously. Repeated encounters with the police were just the beginning of your issues. It indicates a pattern. Then, the charges against you - you don't think they are that serious but the US takes uttering any type of threat extremely seriously. You claim you uttered a threat to a police officer during a traffic stop. Entire US high schools get locked down and put under heavy police presence and the perpetrator arrested for uttering what someone deems an "innocent" threat. It 100% is a big deal and is taken seriously. Find an attorney and possibly even a therapist to work on your anger issues. Clearly something needs to be done to calm yourself down and manage your issues with authority. At least that would possibly demonstrate acceptance for your behaviors and a seriousness for stopping the repeat pattern.

Please fill out your timeline. What country are you from?

Typo...meant birth country.

What's your country of citizenship since Canadian citizens are not eligible for the DV?

The I-130 sits with USCIS and will follow the flow. I think it's about a year for approval, as you'd mentioned. The remaining steps afterwards are with the Department of State (National Visa Center). Then, you deal with Montreal. Montreal is a notoriously slow consulate, so just keep that in mind. They usually take 3-5 months to issue interviews. Excellent to hear that your parents are actually young retirees. The next thing is what will keep them young!

Anyone watch 90 Day: Love in Paradise?

I'm going to guess the algorithm is programmed to pick based on lists of criteria, so the CO doesn't have to. That in mind, some small children have been tossed into this mess, so it isn't 100% targeted choice, per se.

If she's DQ'd, just leave it alone. She can take the new tax filing information to her interview and the CO can update the case then. Don't worry about the photos. New ones will be requested for medical and interview. Just hold tight until you get further instructions.

There are many naturalized Canadians who've applied for LPR in the USA. You are not a first by any means. Your parents will require their birth certificates from their home country and if they are not in English, a certified translation will be required. Same goes for the marriage license. They will be required to provide the police certificates, as you've indicated. As long as they don't go back to that country between obtaining the certificate and their interview, no issues, even if it expires. So, it is something you can work on now. The I-130 is pretty easy. The DS-260 is a pain because they will have to list all of the addresses they've lived at since they were 16. I recommend starting a spreadsheet and getting those in order because it might take a minute to figure that one out. They'll also need a 5 year travel history for trips to the US. Also a ways out is the medical, but if there are any series of vaccinations that need to be completed, might as well get them while they are covered under provincial health care. That in mind, have you looked into the cost of medical insurance in the US for them? It may be eye wateringly expensive, depending on how healthy they are or aren't.

Also good to note, is just because you get a marriage license, doesn't mean you can marry immediately in all states. In TX, we had to wait 72 hours. Not a big deal, but something to be aware of as you plan everything.

The baby is going to have to go through the same process as any LPR. You can attempt to have the case expedited, but there are no guarantees. It's just how the rules of the game are. Your wife's visa will be good until 6 months after her medical. You guys may have to consider her activating her PR and immediately returning to Canada until baby's case has processed.

Are you a US citizen that meets the requirements for CRBA? If you do, then you will have to obtain the CRBA before bringing baby to the USA. If not, the baby needs their own I-130 and to go through the process like mom did.

You need a letter of compliance from the manufacturer. Does it have TPMS (not TPLS)? If not, just sell it in Canada. When(if) you get it to Houston, you're going to have to get a VIN inspection done, the emissions inspection and find insurance for it. You may want to check what the insurance would be for the salvage title and what they'd give you if something happened. That may also determine your decision.

Did you pay for tracking to ensure that the passport made it to the Consulate? Montreal is notoriously slow for actually receiving packages and updating cases. 6 to 8 weeks is pretty average for there, although there have been more people reporting updates within a month. Being of Indian descent, there will be more scrutiny on the AP background checks just due to the similarity in many Indian names. Don't panic yet - this is not unheard of with the Montreal consulate!

An asylum seeker is granted the right to stay in the US while their case is being adjudicated. It's basically permission to be in the US until they have a date with an immigration judge, but that's as far as it goes. During that permitted time, the person must file the appropriate paperwork to request that they not be deported and be allowed to stay legally. They only have a year to do this. I'm guessing the 4 years is how long it could potentially take for that case to be adjudicated. The information is here: https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-and-asylum/asylum But seriously, I'm with @Daphne . on this one - if you didn't know her previously, this whole scenario seems really hasty and somewhat suspect.

It's not a matter of the Consulate or Embassy, but a requirement by USCIS in accordance with the CDC. https://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/pdf/vaccine-requirements-according-to-applicant-age-p.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/panel-physicians/vaccinations.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fimmigrantrefugeehealth%2Fpanel-physicians%2Fcovid-19-technical-instructions.html#covid-19-vaccination

You're looking at the short term game when you should be playing the long game. Lying to CBP will come back to bite you. Maybe you get through the K1 process fine, but then you still have to adjust status AND remove conditions. After that, naturalization. At any time, your hopes and dreams could be dashed because you made an unintelligent decision to lie to CBP. Is your fiancé ready to move to Malaysia if you mess this up and get caught? Don't lie and don't do devious things. Immigration is a PRIVILEGE, not a right. There are rules for a reason and lying to CBP is doing yourself and your partner no favors.

Just on a side note, has there been any consideration of getting married and filing for a spousal visa, rather than a fiancé visa? There are pros and cons to each, but a big pro these days is the spousal visa is significantly less expensive and would allow your partner to enter the US without restrictions on work and travel.

Yes, but I had to be prepared to go anywhere, if need be. That said, we did expedited passports for my kids in December. Appointments at the Post Office on the 19th, both were printed on the 26th and shipped out. One came on Dec. 29th and the other just after the New Year. Pretty darned fast considering there's a pair of holidays in there.

It's probably good to note you'll be entering the US on a K1 visa. Greencard holders aren't required to adjust status, so the process is a little bit different. Don't want anyone to get confused and panic by reading AOS when it's not applicable . Good luck with the rest of your journey!

As long as you follow the rules for consular processing and have no abuse of the ESTA with reasonable visits, you shouldn't have any issues. Good luck!

Maybe, maybe not. Many people believe the right to vote is the primary reason for immigrants to want to naturalize and are a bit blind to other benefits. In my case, voting wasn't the top of the list. The potential educational resources for my kid were a top priority (and I don't like giving USCIS money every 10 years ).

Agree, however I do think might is the operative here.

I told my interviewing officer (who was a judge) because I'd already been in the US on a work visa prior, so I had nearly a decade in the US and my oldest will be headed to university soon so I want said child to be eligible for any and all scholarship opportunities, including ones only available to US citizens. He must have taken that as satisfactory because here I am, a citizen, waiting on N-600's for my kids.