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So what is her plan, outside of an exchange, for him, regardless? What is her plan for a custodial decision maker, for accommodation, for health insurance, for extra curricular activities and associated fees, etc? Only some of those items are managed with an exchange, but not all. If all of those items are to be managed, a private school which includes lodging is more likely what she's looking for.

After becoming documentarily qualified, Montreal is slow. Probably a letter in 4-5 months, interview in 5-6 months. Please fill out your timeline, @jantika

@AJSin1 and @RRBM please fill out your timelines.

Undocumented individuals have some constitutional protections, but are not entitled to all constitutional protections. Regardless, this person is not an undocumented individual. This individual has willfully misrepresented themselves and concealed material facts when procuring citizenship. This is 100% a violation of the INA as listed under the 14th amendment. This person has violated immigration law and by continuing to present themselves as a US citizen, could face criminal prosecution as well. As stated by the OP, this individual's children are not in the US and were not born in the US; therefore the children are not entitled to any US "rights" or benefits.

The "land of the free" and the associated rights are for citizens, law abiding naturalized citizens and law abiding permanent residents. You were not born in the US and you have committed fraud, a completely criminal and highly punishable offense . The US owes you absolutely nothing. The US owes your children absolutely nothing. In this instance, "rights", like respect, are earned. You've done nothing to gain "rights" and respect. Just the opposite.

If you're on FB, there's a group called Canadians Living in the US with an Exit Plan. Good info there.

100% pain in the rear!

Your information is best captured by filling out your timeline: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=474102 and then sharing here:

Have you checked your MyUSCIS account to see if the card has been issued? You can send an inquiry if it's been more than 90 days. That said, ours took over 170.

Correct. Covid vaccines are not required for AOS, but are for consular processing. https://www.uscis.gov/tools/designated-civil-surgeons/vaccination-requirements

Governments share info. If it's not "technically" legal in the US, they send it to the UK, in the interest of national security and have the UK report back the findings. People who think they are sneaky just aren't. Someone, somewhere, is always watching. The OP needs to remember CBP are looking out for the best interest of the US to keep borders secure, facilitate trade and prevent terrorism. USCIS are ultimately responsible for applying immigration law. If CBP thinks your fiancé is questionable and a potential threat, as defined by policy, by overstay or potential illegal work, they will exercise their right to apply the policy. Again, the US owes nothing to your fiancé, just like her country owes you nothing and could threaten the same to you if you demonstrated the same pattern there.

Congrats on finally getting the interview scheduled! If you search the forum, there are many reviews people have written regarding the Montreal Consulate. The biggest takeaway is you can't bring in phones, smart watches or tablets, so leave those in your hotel. You might be able to get a locker, but if you have somewhere safe, just leave them there. Also, no bags. Bring your paperwork in a folder or something (I used an accordion flexi-folder with a zip) but no bags. Bring a magazine or a book because you could be there for a while.

Oooohhh...an edjumacated chica!

Please fill out your timeline: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=485108

I didn't include any bank statements because we don't share a bank account. I included a mortgage statement, house insurance statement, a vehicle purchase, vehicle insurance for all of our vehicles, statement of beneficiaries for life insurance, copies of our DL's showing we live at the same address and plane tickets from a trip that was recent. I suppose the other required items were there (marriage certificate, etc). No issues, no RFE's.

And from 2021

Not unless you were given anything at your interview that you were instructed to provide to CBP. You should fill out your timeline: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=478261

You can still come on an L1. They are independent petitions. When you filed your I-130, I'm assuming you indicated you would be doing consular processing? Someone here can correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe you can do AOS unless you start over. Your current petition so based on marriage to a US citizen. If you were to come and attempt to adjust, it would have to be off of your work visa, so filing an I-140, waiting for it's approval, then filing the I-485, I-765, etc. It will take longer than a year. Many people are issued work authorization but still have a long road ahead before they receive an interview and then finally, the greencard. If you leave it as is, you'll have to go back to the UK for your interview, but you're a few months away from I-130 approval and then the London consulate doesn't take long for interviews. Hopefully you'd have your spousal based GC before your work term ended. No reason a spousal green card should be negatively impacted by a work visa.

You have to read a written statement out loud, write a verbal statement and then you will be asked questions verbally. Depends on your interviewing officer for how they manage the testing. Mine dispersed the questions throughout verifying my submitted information. If you get 6 in a row correct, they stop there.

Not so simple for Canadian passport photos. Just like the Montreal Consulate is sticky about things, Passport Canada is ridiculously sticky about passport photos, sizing, shadows, backgrounds and who can take them. It's really annoying as a Canadian abroad because I could take my own photo with a far superior camera that would turn out better than a Walgreens any day of the week, but it's not accepted.

CBP will likely ask as well, to verify the address provided during the interview was correct, upon entering the US for the first time with your temporary I-551.

US Citizenship Test 2025 app. For real. Just set it to ask you 50 questions and do them over and over until you score 96% or higher. You can tell it to do less questions if you only have, say 10 minutes to work at it. Worked a treat!

Disagree. Hubs is the chef. He is damned good at it, too. He loves himself a good kitchen appliance. @TBoneTX if you can master the air fryer, there's no reason you couldn't master an Instant Pot! I cook well, but I prefer to bake. I made gluten free chocolate chip banana muffins for Kid 1 on Tuesday and then Kid2 and I made oatmeal chocolate chip cookies on Wednesday. They were tasty! Only a few left of each. Kid2 was petting his cat and turned to me and said "our homemade stuff is so much better than store bought, you know.".

Your body is supposed to be a temple, not a dumpster that you toss garbage into!

@visaquestion1234 and @W199 - kindly fill out your profile timelines. It certainly helps with answering questions and for others to gain insight into timelines.