mam521

I'm no accountant, but I am a person who lived abroad while awaiting my turn to immigrate. I'd probably find an accountant who is versed in income tax law and amend your returns. You have to claim married when you're married, irrespective of whether your spouse resides in the US. You are trying to build a strong case for a bonafide marriage, after all. https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/nonresident-spouse

Your spouse needs an ITIN. You need to file income taxes appropriately. That's a big red flag. https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/nonresident-spouse

Congrats! You'll probably be happy that you did your oath in Canada. In my experience, it's treated as a pretty big deal. You're likely to be disappointed in the US when you cross that bridge because it had a much more cattle'esque and not so personal feeling.

You cannot book your actual immigration medical until you get your interview letter, but yes, you can go to your family doctor and have a titres test done to prove immunity for the required vaccines. Anything you're missing can then be administered now, ahead of your immi medical. This is important because some of the vaccines are multi dose, so it should give you time if you get onto it now. Yes, get a new passport now. Make sure you request for your old passport to be returned and you can update the passport information with the new one when you go to your interview. It will be far less of a pain if you do it now and you'll be good to go for 10 years.

What other COMMITTED things did you provide? Did you file your income tax as married, filing separately? Have you added her as a beneficiary to things like your life insurance and retirement accounts? Pictures, visits and conversations are all nice, but they aren't demonstrating long term commitment. Consulate shopping isn't going to fix your issues. Providing more solid evidence of your bonafide relationship will.

That link is a third party, not the consulate. I had my hand written original vaccine card from childhood and a print out for my flu vaccine (my interview was in March) and that was perfectly acceptable.

Agree with this. My biometrics was scheduled within a couple of weeks of submitting my application.

The US doesn't seem to "do" hyphens. Kid1 & Kid2 have hyphenated last names and none of their US ID has the hyphen, despite it being included on all paperwork. Their birth certificates and Canadian passports do.

What @Mike E said. Download the Mobile Passport app. That line at the airport is usually shorter than the regular line. Any line is annoying when you have had the luxury of TT though! The major airports also have "appointment on arrival" for the trusted traveler programs, so you can hypothetically come in through regular immi and go straight to the appointment line and update your TT account. I did it that way in May.

Side note, if you're currently living with your fiance, is there any reason you are not considering a CR-1 spousal instead of the fiance K-1 visa?

There are only 2 printers that print GC's. Passports can be printed in house at the passport offices. Not sure why the GC's are taking so long. Could be paperwork not being sent though from POE properly upon activation. Who knows? Regardless, an endorsed I-551 serves as all evidence needed to begin work, get a SSN and travel in and out of the US for up to a year. My GC took 177 days or something silly to arrive. If you have not received it after 90 days, send an inquiry through your MyUSCIS account. I also recommend signing up for USPS Informed Delivery. They send the cards that way and I could see the envelope on Informed Delivery before they notified me that it was in the mail. You are going to have to pay the lease out and purchase the vehicle and then go through the importation steps. As it is, you are going to have to find out if your insurer will allow you to have it in the US for that 6mo after you become a PR. Importing might not even be worth the effort, depending on the vehicle.

Yes. As it is, if you have a hand written Immunization card from a nurse from back when you were a child, they accept that. You'll be fine.

You can apply if you like as soon as you have your Certificate of Naturalization and have US passport photos taken. The process is outlined on the DoS website and will depend on your location. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/need-passport/apply-in-person.html

Sheila: How much money do you make? David: $800 a week (working 2 jobs, no less) Sheila: He's basically rich! He can afford to repair the entire family homestead! Tyray: Camilla's real! "Camilla": sure...we can be friends? Yeah, that's it...friends. Wonder what this 90 Day Fiance: Last Resort drama is going to bring. I dunno if I can watch it. I'm beyond over Angela.

Interestingly I was in Walmart yesterday and decided I'd take a quick peruse at the cat litter and grab some if it was reasonable. Man oh man! The 38lb pack of Scoop Away was $25!!! It's cheaper at H-E-B by at least $5 and was on sale when I was in there last week for like $17. Costco's packs are 42lbs and usually $16, but if it's on sale for $13, we buy the max (usually it's 4 per person). I should have toilet trained my cats when they were kittens. I have a friend who's shelter cat came trained - he used to pee on the toilet all on his own. Shortly after she'd adopted him, he strolled on into the bathroom when she was in there the one day, hopped up, did is business and wandered off. She was like "what did I just witness...". No complaints though.

The rule is in place because it meets DOT regulations. Aftermarket TPMS doesn't. The Federal Infrastructure bill addressed updates to some very outdated DOT rules, so these types of things are very much on the map as work is being done to bring the US more in alignment with some of it's European counterparts with their advanced safety features.

Keep it even simpler. When asked if she's visiting a significant other, say "yes" and nothing more. If the CO presses on and asks if you plan to marry, then she says "not at this time" or "we haven't gotten to that point in our relationship". If you haven't talked about getting married or agree it's not quite right at this time, it's not a lie. Be truthful, but don't offer any more information than what is requested.

I would highly advise freezing your SSN and consult your lawyer. That is identity theft and fraud. Also lock your accounts with your bank. Many credit cards and accounts can have access turned on and off through your banking app. If you don't already, have all transactions on any cards you own text you when they happen and definitely monitor Credit Karma to see if things pop up on your account. Sorry you're stuck dealing with all this garbage!

Being honest and telling the truth means you never have to remember the lies you told. If you're not honest, something will come back to bite you later on. It will probably be something seemingly simple and innocent, but with big implications.

What's your plan if your fiancé turned wife gets pregnant, but AP doesn't come until she's in her third trimester and can no longer fly? Too many moving parts here. Coming on a K-1 to marry and adjust indicates the beneficiary wants to be an LPR in the US, not run home. What if, when your wife is home, she decides caring for a baby without her family is a no go and wants to stay in Madigascar? Are you prepared to move there?

Gino and Jasmin....I can't... There's TMI and then there's really TMI!

Eh...I figure if they are pottying where they are supposed to an not in an undesired location, it's a win!

Our cats are a bit bougie - they have a Litter Robot. It was a LR3 upgraded to an LR3 Connect. Considered the new LR4, but I can't justify $700 for a pooper scooper when my old skool unit still works and the reviews on the new one are hit or miss. The old one is a bit noisy, but it's been going strong for many moons now. We had a Smart Scoop litterbox before we got the LR and then got one when we were back in Canada stuck in immigration purgatory for 18mo and couldn't bring LR with us. We simply missed our LR. Smart Scoop was inferior and used more litter than LR because LR does a better job of cleaning each cycle and not wasting litter. Supposedly the crystal litters are better because they have less dust. I personally can't justify the cost of some of the gimmicks that go along with the crystal litter - pH this and whatever that. We use the Scoop Away clay litter because it's often on sale at Costco and I like that there are 4 smaller, more manageable bags in the flat pack. I don't find it smelly and if I do notice the litterbox, it's because some teenaged slacker hasn't cleaned the drawer and added litter and I'm hyper sensitive to the smell. We have 2 badly behaved boomer kitties (16 & 13.5 years old) so the drawer gets emptied on Wed/Sun, just in time for M/Th trash pickup. People don't notice a litter smell. They are informed cats live here when the boomers come out and talk to our guests and demand worshipings. I have a friend who uses Arm & Hammer clay litter and her whole house WREAKS of that litter. Back when Hurricane Harvey happened, her house flooded so she came to stay and hubs had to tell her to switch litter because it was too perfumey and it was making him sick. The other consideration is food. Cats are obligate carnivores, so feeding them an appropriate food without fillers also helps the 💩 stink less. The boomers had to be put on wet food because the boy cat has urinary issues otherwise but it's worked out fine because he's also now a diabetic (in remission - thank goodness) and our food choices were good other than the bit of kibble he got in the evenings was more like McD's for cats. He was annoyed when we switched it, but he's over it. He gets his "snack" around 10pm. To alert us, he sits in front of my husband and complains to him. If ignored, he relocates to the carpet near the edge of the coffee table and sits up on his haunches, rubbing the front paw beans one paw at a time on the edge of the glass because he knows he's not supposed to. As soon as hubs stands up, boomer cat hops onto his feet and trots over to his bowl to await his reward. The 16yo cat (Siamese) will come issue a complaint with the Complaints Department if the water fountain isn't to her liking or the litter box isn't quite right. She's the one you can set your watch to when it comes to dinner time, too. 7am and 7pm, she's up in your face telling you that famine is imminent and she's a 100% poor, starved kitten who's withering away to nothing. She purrs like a Mack truck and is super noisy when she eats, too.

Re: ROC for the stepkids - they are all pretty close to or are graduating. Dealing with delays with removing conditions could hamper their efforts to attend post secondary schools in the US as many admissions organizations are not well versed in handling non-standard greencard enrollments. The 18yo and 16yo will likely also face further scrutiny with things like driver's licenses, etc. ROC might not be such a big issue for a spouse as long as you have all the time in the world, but any time kids are involved, any hiccup can be undesirably impactful for them.

I suspect the US will begin to crack down on some of these types of behaviors. Requesting reentry at regular intervals has to start looking rather suspicious at some point and goes against the spirit of permanent residency. Personally, I can't imagine the cost of packing up and moving across the world every couple of years just to retain PR. Not just the moving costs, but the application fees associated with the reentry permit and the greencard renewals as well as the other country's filing fees.