mam521

I mow, he edges and blows. To be perfectly honest, I'd rather mow than vacuum!

At least it's not yet July...

Guessing page 27 or so of your passport? Safe travels and be ready - Texas summer is firing up and it's getting warm!

There seems to be a couple of issues here. First and foremost, your child has to be residing in the USA. If he's gone more than 6 months, he may require a reentry permit. I would highly recommend you bring him back to the USA ASAP so as not to violate the terms and conditions of his green card. Once you have your oath ceremony, your son should be able to get a US passport if you either have court ordered documentation granting you full custody or you have permission from the other parent to get his US passport. The initial passport appointment requires you, the other parent (unless circumstances listed are met) and your child to appear at either the post office or the passport office. IMO, there is no way for him to obtain the passport abroad because the circumstances by which it would be granted are not met. I'd be concerned that the consulate or embassy would deny because the child does not appear to be living in the US and has no reentry permit.

You do not have to start over, however, you should notify USCIS that you have become a citizen.

It's turning into many sweatband weather when mowing. Awful, awful humidity!

You guys are never going to believe this...I was scrolling Facebook on the weekend and Montgomery County Precinct 3's arrest notification pops up. I stop and ask hubs if the lady in the picture was the lady that dropped off the cat's paperwork. He confirmed, yes, it was. Y'all, the lady that used to own Monty was arrested for Delivery of a Controlled Substance Causing Death!!!! I can't even make this stuff up!

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.