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Why is the I-94 expired? What entry status does the I-94 list?

Please fill out your timeline: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=481901 On an L1B, you can technically find your own lawyer and attempt to complete your own greencard petition. L1A is going to require your company to petition for you. Priority dates may be challenging. IMHO with what you've listed as your background and the fact that you've not worked as an executive level leader, you won't qualify for the EB1 greencard. EB2 is likely where you'd fall.

Thank you for clarifying. If you'd fill out your timeline, these questions wouldn't have had to have been asked. A number of people had interviews rescheduled for January due to President Carter's funeral. I wouldn't doubt something got messed up in the shuffle. Hopefully your Congressperson's e-mail gets answered in due time. Does your child have their own interview scheduled at all?

You will be automatically issued your SSN upon activation of your visa. It should arrive about 2 weeks after you activate and cross the border. If you don't receive it, head into a SSA office and they can check in the system as to whether or not a number has been assigned. You may require an appointment for your local SSA. When you arrive at the border, the CBP will confirm your address. If it hasn't shown up as updated to the new one, they will input the address then so your greencard goes to the correct place, especially if you've already paid the fee and the address listed was your old address. If not and you're paying the fee now, put your new address into the system. I'm happy to see so many of these cases are FINALLY being cleared. Definitely needed before the next administration takes office!

The expectation is you're moving to the US to be a permanent resident, not a part time resident. The re-entry permit is a good way to manage things. That said, keep in mind how decisions will be taxed in both countries since you'll be required to file in both the US and Canada. I highly recommend hiring a GOOD cross-border tax accountant to manage this and your Canadian exit taxes. As @appleblossom said, after 90 days, send an inquiry. We waited about 6 months before ours were sent. Your endorsed I-551 in your passport serves as a temporary greencard for up to a year, so at least you have that!

@siamnet74 please fill out your timeline: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=482347 What visa category are your partner and stepchild? If in the CR/IR category, the child does not qualify as a derivative beneficiary and will require their own approved I-130 and DS-260 before an interview can be scheduled for said child. If this hasn't been completed, I would wait to schedule your spouses' interview, file and call USCIS, request to speak to a Tier 2 agent and ask for an expedite. Same goes after the I-130 is approved when it goes to DoS.

If you've sent an email to the montreal-iv-dv email address, they will eventually get back to you, but it's usually like 6-8 weeks later. Montreal is a SLOW consulate, as @Vicnic mentioned previously. I'd also consider getting your US representative involved. A year is not acceptable for a family reunification visa.

Ugh! I wouldn't want to reschedule, anyway, as much of a nightmare as it is. Too much uncertainty! Good luck!

Please fill out your timeline: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=476362 We went through Coutts/Sweetgrass and it was no issue. Truck, Uhaul trailer and a dog. Stopped and told the CBP officer that we needed to activate our visas, passed him the paperwork for the trailer and the dog. He asked us to roll down the window to see the dog. He passed back our paperwork, asked us to pull around the building to park and come in. We went in, the agents had our passports (x3). The one agent hadn't activated a visa so another agent had to show her were the documents in the repository were. Stamped, told "welcome to America" and "welcome home!" to hubs and sent on our way. 10 to 15 minutes spent inside before we were on our way again.

It's been a minute - holidays were busy! TB, I agree with Ontarkie - time to move on. She's right, too. You want someone who sees the fact that you and ex-Mrs. TB have a healthy, working relationship that prioritizes Mini-B as a sign of someone of great moral character with priorities in check. You should see the fact that she went right to assuming you and Ex-Mrs. TB were still a thing as a red flag. You do deserve a great person! If only more separated/divorced parents would just learn to move on and get along. My ex and I get on fine and neither hubs nor the ex's current wife have an issue. In fact, when the ex comes to town, he typically stays at our place to get maximum time in with the kids. The new wife and her kids have as well. It's called adulting and more adults need to partake! HEB has it all figured out. They hire cashiers and baggers. They offer customer service. Kiosks and self checkouts might have their place, but not in a service industry. I also give HEB credit because there one of the few places left with great first jobs for teenagers with growth opportunities and they pay well. My not kid (friend's son and Kid1's bestie) worked from the time he was 16 until he left for uni and has been working his behind off over the Christmas break. He's happy he's returning to dorm life with a much happier bank account than when he came home!

I'm late to the game here, but Sphynx cats are a lot of work because they require more attention to manage their skin due to the lack of hair. They are oily and require regular bathing. Opening the toilet lid, toss the cat in, close and flush isn't gonna work... My friend had a Devon Rex and a Cornish Rex. I jokingly referred to the wavy fur as the perm the old ladies in the nursing homes get. Their coats were super soft and they basically didn't shed. They did require more maintenance for cleaning oily necks and cleaning ears and eyes. The Batcat is almost always guaranteed to start peeing on you the minute you try to put him in the carrier. We now do it outside and hold him such that he doesn't pee all over me and then get him in the carrier. Put him in the car and he yells the entire time. Siam will go but then hollers at the top of her lungs and may or may not poop in her carrier. Montesaurus hollers at the top of his lungs, too. When Siam was much younger, she used to travel often with us and never rode in a carrier. I'm contemplating a ripple rug for Monty. He was zoomiying yesterday and sounded like an elephant upstairs. All of a sudden, he comes racing down the stairs with a shoelace in his mouth,. Dunno where he hunted his "snake" from but apparently he was having fun occupying himself!

As I stated, the I-130 is only the first step in the process. I definitely would NOT be making any plans to move until the DS-260 is approved and an interview scheduling is imminent. It will be a balance - if you own a property in Canada and need to sell, you want to do that before moving to the US to avoid capital gains taxes. That said, you NEED to be able to demonstrate intent to domicile in the US. Hence the mentioning of a potential lease agreement with family, etc or, you head across and he moves in with family or friends in Canada while the remainder of the process plays out. At the end of the day, immigration is never easy, cheap or fast and sometimes you need to make sacrifices for it to work. You establishing domicile may be one of those sacrifices that has to be made so he can join you. Create the USCIS account, fill out and file the I-130, pay the fees. That's about all you can do right now. It will get the process started and you'll receive a NOA probably through your online account within 24-48 hours indicating the process has started. After that, it's a game of waiting. Keep track of all travel in and out of the US. In fact, generate a spreadsheet with all travel for the last 5 years. Keep that spreadsheet up to date, even after he gets his greencard, because he'll need it if he wants to naturalize.

Hi and welcome Once you get the ball rolling, you can fill out your timeline here: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=476171 There is a guide if you search the forum. You are correct - file the I-130. Once approved by USCIS, the case will be sent to the National Visa Center (Department of State) where your husband will fill out the DS-260 and you and your financial sponsor will fill out the Affidavit of Support (I-864). You are correct - having a joint financial sponsor will make things much smoother. Spousal visa is essentially guaranteed, barring no issues with criminal history, etc. It will also mean that, because you'd do consular processing, your husband would enter the US with a 10 year greencard, ready and able to work. There may be an option to get a job and find a sponsor, but no guarantees. Two years is a very fair and pragmatic estimate. Thank you for being realistic about the timeline! The biggest challenges in Canada are obtaining the correct police records check from the RCMP. It is not the anticipated "for a visa" type, but rather the "other" variety that has the entire RCMP holding. You can go to the Commissionares or there are some other fingerprint places that do these checks. Make sure you do it when it's needed because it does have an expiration. If he has lived anywhere for more than 6 months outside of Canada after the age of 16, he will need to obtain those PRC's as well. Your husband won't be welcomed to book the immigration medical until an interview is scheduled. However, he can ensure his vaccination records are up to date with the CDC required vaccines while he's still covered under provincial health care. Some are multi-dose vaccines, so that is something to consider. Montreal is a stickler for domicile. Good plan for you to go to the US before the interview. The other option would be to establish a lease agreement with family or wherever you plan to stay if you don't have your own place right away. You have more than required identity. Just provide what is asked. Filing online is typically cheaper and easier. As for proof of relationship, looks good. Affidavits aren't strong evidence, so if they are a headache, don't worry about it. Strong evidence is the financial cominglings you've presented. I'd add beneficiaries for life insurance policies, pensions and retirement savings to the list.

Just a side note here, but make sure your preschooler has their CRBA and US passport. Sometimes people forget the kiddos need their own ID/Visa/etc, too!

State policy. Being a border state with large numbers of migrants, DPS won't issue a DL without proof of lawful presence. Keep in mind, when people show up at the border and claim asylum, they are also paroled into the US under the same terms - authorized stay until a determination regarding lawful presence is made. I suppose it's a grasp at straws by the state to try and keep people "legal" but there's a high percentage of non-licensed and uninsured people on the road, regardless. Hence, ridiculously high insurance rates.

Please fill out your timeline so others know what type of visa you were trying to obtain and your timeline: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=482918 The congressman or senator is going to depend on where you will be living in the US. For many people, these are family reunification visas that have been sent into AP, so their family members are already in the US.

^^^This. It's also why people can't get a SSN when they are adjusting until they actually have work authorization or their greencard. The SAVE verification won't indicate you're lawfully present and DPS are a stickler for it. They will not give you a DL until your EAD or GC are approved, whichever comes first. Has your category changed from F2A to CR1 in your online profile?

That's because she's technically being paid by unemployment, not the company she works for. Just make sure she is NOT taking any of the other Canadian Governmental benefits like child tax credit because they will 100% make her repay those amounts. And, make sure she's withholding sufficient tax from her UI because the government typically does not and it is considered taxable income. Once she is ready to return to work, if she chooses to remain with the company, she will require work authorization in the US and permission from her company to work from the US (tax rules are funny). O1 won't allow her to work, EB2 would. If she is qualified to get her own TN, that would work, too.

Your partner cannot work in the US without work authorization, even if the employer is Canadian.

If there's no real lease agreement and you can just drop everything, it's gonna look sketchy to USCIS. It's also sketch because most people from North American countries need to work. Was your wife gainfully employed in Canada or were you the sole income? She just dropped everything and started looking for jobs in the US, knowing you didn't have status beyond a visitor visa in the USA? It's a story of a bit too much convenience. Are you guys aware of the filing costs? AOS, ROC, etc? Yeah...all a little dodgy. Dare I say dodgy like some of the high fraud dodgy cases from high fraud countries. Expect scrutiny.

Did you do it? I bought a second LR3, used from Marketplace. You can tell my older unit is an older unit...the newer one is a touch quieter and less "beta" version than mine. Still just buy the litter from Costco. Having a good tracker mat seems to make all the difference in the world for how much ends up outside of where the boxes are!

Do you have a partner that needs to work in the US? Just like with a TN, an O1 will not allow a spouse work authorization. Just food for thought.

Oh, and you may want to ask here: I think someone else had to add a new baby not that long ago. One last thing, if you can fill out your timeline, it's a great help: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=482221

Continental drift happens faster than Montreal responding to messages. The consulate typically averages about 6-8 weeks to respond to anything. Make sure you have all of his paperwork (birth certificate, passport) and take it with you to the interview.

Never the ending one wants. Sincerest good luck!