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I was going to suggest a buckwheat pillow. My friend swears by hers.

6-8 weeks is standard time for Montreal to reply to anything and as @JEN SHAH pointed out, it's typically just some copy and paste, standard issue message.

They'll just mail you the card. Next update should be tracking.

Informed Delivery from USPS had the information in there before the information was updated in MyUSCIS account, just as a FYI.

I understand the nervousness, and sorry to upset you, but I think it's important for people going through the process to understand all of the potential outcomes and not be blindsided if things don't go quite as expected. It's easier to move onto the next steps in any scenario if you know what the scenarios are. The interview isn't difficult if your relationship is legitimate. It's really more the formality of checking documents and making sure you are who you say you are. Deep breath - it will be ok!

Book with the airline. It's much easier and in the event of cancellation or other potential issues, the airline can assist you; 3rd party sellers often leave you stranded. Agree, too, with pay a bit extra and get a refundable ticket. Might be a bit before you can go anywhere but having that credit on your airline account is better than a big ole kick in the behind!

If they have their passports, what was used in the absence of the father or did he sign a DS-3053?

Also, "expedite" is a relative term in Montreal. Typically, it takes 6-8 weeks for Montreal to even look at something, let alone action it. Interview letters for January came REALLY late, and I don't believe anyone received them in February; I'd have to check the other thread. Fair warning, too. Just because an expedite was granted doesn't guarantee a 221g or DS-5535 won't be issued. Montreal is a challenging consulate these days.

Just due to language differences and for clarity purposes, custody of what, exactly? If it's a child, a court order is necessary.

You'll get better information if you join this thread:

This might sound harsh, but it sounds like you need to take a step back and remember that immigration is a privilege, not a right. USCIS expects that CPR's are in the US and will abide by the T&C of the visa which they were granted. The ROC filing window is well known when you receive 2 year conditional residency. This is a big deal and it's probably best to shelf any travel unless it's absolutely necessary until you have this sorted out. Yes, people travel, but you were out of country during an important part of your immigration journey and plan to be absent yet again for a long period of time. Biometrics is but one part of the process, but missing biometrics can be considered grounds enough for an incomplete application and lead to USCIS filing for immediate removal and you having to appear before an immigration judge. When issued a NTA for removal proceedings, the burden of proof for why you weren't able to complete the required tasks for your petition to remove your conditions falls on you. Because you didn't expect biometrics to be issued so quickly isn't going to serve as a strong enough argument.

CBP won't touch the status. I asked about it when we did ours. It is not within their jurisdiction to change the status of an immigration application. That is entirely up to USCIS. CBP pull the records from the repository, verify the records are available, they match and that the immigrant is entering prior to the expiration of the visa in the passport and that's where their job ends. The information is sent onto USCIS to issue the green card.

Yep. We just used the I-551 in the passport to travel as it was still valid. Also used it to get a SSN.

You should fill out your timeline so you can get more country specific information: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=468265 There is no specific timeline on when cases will be adjudicated after a person is issued a 221g or a DS-5535. Depending on why the 221g was issued, 6 months isn't actually that long for a number of consulates.

Did you request a combo interview? Are you 100% certain it's not a combo interview for both the ROC and the N-400?

As @JeanneAdil stated, if it comes incorrectly statused, file an I-90 and have it corrected. We had to have one of the kids' greencards fixed because of this. 2 out of the 3 greencards had been issued correctly, but one was CR. Filed the I-90 and it was replaced with an IR statused greencard, no issues.

You're welcome. Because of E-Verify and the new I-9 forms, businesses are supposed to be sending their HR teams to training. However, we all know how that goes sometime. I don't want to see people FINALLY reunited with their families losing out on really awesome job opportunities because an HR person didn't realize the laws. Immi is hard enough without added complication when it's supposed to be getting easier.

E-Verify instructions state explicitly that if an immigrant has applied for a SSN but hasn't yet received it, make a note on I-9 and continue to allow the employee to work. https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/guides/E4en.pdf New immigrants cannot be discriminated against. It's important to know your rights.

It's going to depend on the day and the time as to whether or not the MPC is open and whether or not it's faster. It's an option and if the line is shorter, roll with it.

The OP already has the visa and therefore US work & SSN entitlement. That's how they are able to actually work for the US entity. There are a number of Canadians that work for US entities this way. @HD_19 where is it that you think you want to live? Moving to the US is an expensive proposition and is your employer fine with you moving, despite being in a remote position? There are some implications for them with you being in Canada, so best to run it by them before you want to move. Also, you might want to find out if they'd sponsor an L1 so in the future, if you did want to move and stay, you could potentially petition for a greencard.

RBC has a comprehensive cross border banking package. I got a US credit card (not simply a USD, but RBC Georgia US credit card) based off of my Canadian credit before I moved and had opened a chequing account so I wasn't destitute. Usually smaller credit unions will open a bank account without a social, but the big banks (Chase, BoA, etc) won't do it.

As mentioned before, you also have to consider the US sponsor's domicile. There has to be a proof that the intent to move and actually be domiciled exists. It's harder to prove if you're constantly transiting.

True story! I have 2 cats - double the stinkiness!!!

True story. Dairy in the US is AWFUL. The industry is treated as a collective so you don't know the quality and cleanliness of the farms. The milk is picked up and trucked to a central location. The limit for SCC (somatic cell count or an indicator of a cow being sick) in the US is 750,000cells/mL in milk; in Europe, milk with a SCC of 400,000cells/mL is considered unfit for human consumption; Canada also has a 400,000cells/mL limit. Cows that are sick in Canada have to be taken out of milking rotation, their infections treated and no traces of antibiotics can be found in the milk before they are put back into milking rotation. Not true in the US. The US just hyper pasteurizes the milk products, leaving them devoid of the same quality their Canadian and European counterparts offer. Pasteurized cow puss...yum 🤢 Around 84% of cattle in the US carry Bovine Leukemia Virus (BLV) which isn't a required test in the US, not even in the herds that supposedly produce organic milk products and other raw milk products. This is important because there is a mounting body of evidence suggesting that there are higher rates of breast cancer in humans who consume these infected milk products. Europe is BLV free. Cereals - Froot Loops (among other cereals) in the US form are banned basically everywhere else due to the food dyes. Add to the other chemicals now in Cheerios and Quaker Oats. Lovely considering many kids eat these products on the daily. Crackers and potato chips - banned in other countries due to the use of hydrogenated oils of various types in addition to food dyes. The coveted Goldfish crackers, for example, contain Red Dye 40 in the US. Other countries like the EU and Canada have Goldfish that are coloured using all natural, plant-based dyes (beets in this case). Meat - American ground beef is banned for some disgusting pink slime additives that are put into it. Pork in the US is injected with a hormone that reduces the amount of fat on the pig. The hormone is banned across most of the globe including China, if that says anything. So, the schizophrenia - probably just exacerbated by our kittehs when they track in some toxoplasmosis. Anyway, I digress. Back to the topic at hand. If we go back to animals and you think about the cat food you need to feed your cat, which often isn't even made of "fit for human consumption" ingredients, how do we think this is potentially impacting our lil purry friends, too?

Keep them indoors and they're less likely to pick up toxoplasmosis. They are lil murder machines anyway - they are quite damaging to bird and reptile populations. https://www.catster.com/statistics/how-many-birds-do-cats-kill-statistics/