mam521

I think it's important to remember that immigration is a privilege, not a right. You're asking immigration to allow a person that is not a US citizen permission to enter the country and are essentially pinky promising that the person you want to bring will be a benefit to the US, not a nuisance. You could move to your wife's country if the wait there is less. There's nothing stopping you guys from being together. You're just finding it inconvenient because it doesn't suit the circumstances you'd like it to.

Yes, but an immigration judge is supposed to hear both sides of the story. In the case of not filing ROC, all UCSIS has to say is no petition received and it's over. They don't even need to show up. There's very little a petitioner can do to change their minds with this filing and it's written as such in the USCIS rulebook (I think it's chapter 3 or something). This is one of those petitions you do NOT want to miss filing. True story. Pay up, sucker! I guess you can get away without a reverification if you don't have a job or don't switch jobs. The problem here is the employer can get in trouble for employing someone who doesn't have work authorization. The I-9 rules have been changing and as it was, many HR departments didn't understand them to begin with. What a mess!

@yangshang0: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=383127 @Anonymous35460: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=472840 This will help others on the forum with estimating timelines.

How has this person remained employed? And have they been filing income tax? I don't know how because failing to file ROC = no valid status, both work and travel. The IRS would have had to have had an address. By not filing ROC, the burden of proof 100% lies in the beneficiary. USCIS basically hands it to the judge and can essentially say did not comply, therefore must be removed. No more proof required to present to the judge. This is a big no no, let alone a three year big no no!

Please fill out your timeline: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=459921 What was the reason for the 221g? Were you asked for a resume? Is your career in STEM? There is no definitive answer on how long AP will take, unfortunately.

The I-130 approval is only the first step in the process. There are successive steps after that require more time and further approvals.

Some smaller credit unions are also willing to open accounts without a SSN.

Do you have an approved I-130? Please fill out your timeline: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=473200

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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!