Hi all
No word from Montreal on my interview (shocking I know!!) but ...thinking ahead.... once I finally get the K3 and activate it...how long do we have to wait for work authorization? I am going to try and transfer with my present employer and don't even know when I should put in a request.

Growing old and weary waiting waiting waiting

Mon

EAD wait times vary but I think it's a safe bet to assume at least 90 days

You may be able to get a different visa, too, if your company can/would transfer to the US. Would it fit under one of the TN-1 job titles? That would be good for a year, and is indefinitely renewable, and you just apply for it right at the POE.

List of job titles:

# Accountant (baccalaureate, CPA, CA, CGA, or CMA)
# Agriculturist/Agronomist
# Animal breeder
# Animal Scientist
# Apiculturist
# Architect (baccalaureate or state/provincial license. Also see Landscape Architect, below)
# Astronomer
# Biochemist
# Biologist
# Chemist
# Computer systems analyst Must have: baccalaureate or post secondary diploma and three years' experience
# Dairy Scientist
# Dentist (DDS, DMD, or state/provincial license)
# Dietician (baccalaureate or state/provincial license)
# Disaster Relief Insurance Claims Adjuster Must have: baccalaureate or 3 years' experience in claims adjustment, and completed training in appropriate areas of insurance adjustment pertaining to disaster relief claims
# Economist
# Engineer (baccalaureate or state/provincial license)
# Entomologist
# Epidemiologist
# Forester (baccalaureate or state/provincial license) (Also see Sylviculturist, below)
# Geneticist
# Geochemist
# Geographer
# Geologist
# Geophysicist
# Graphic Designer Must have: baccalaureate or post secondary diploma and three years' experience
# Horticulturist
# Hotel Manager Must have: baccalaureate in hotel/restaurant management or post secondary diploma in hotel/restaurant management and three years' experience in hotel restaurant management
# Industrial Designer Must have: baccalaureate or post secondary diploma and three years experience
# Interior Designer Must have: baccalaureate or post secondary diploma and three years' experience
# Land Surveyor (baccalaureate or state/provincial/federal license)
# Landscaping Architect
# Lawyer (member of state/provincial bar, or LLB, JD, LLL, or BCL)
# Librarian (MLS, or BLS. BLS must be one for which another baccalaureate degree was a pre-requisite)
# Management Consultant Must have: baccalaureate or five years' experience in consulting or related field.
# Mathematician
# Medical Technologist/Medical Lab Technologist (Canada)/ Must have: baccalaureate or post secondary diploma and three years' experience (U.S. job must be in a laboratory to perform chemical, biological, hematological, immunologic, microscopic, or bacteriological tests, and analyses for diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease)
# Meteorologist
# Nurse, Registered (must have state/provincial license)
# Nutritionist
# Occupational Therapist (baccalaureate or state/provincial license)
# Oceanographer
# Pharmacist (baccalaureate or state/provincial license)
# Pharmacologist
# Physician (teaching and/or research only, MD or state/provincial license)
# Physicist
# Physio/Physical Therapist (baccalaureate or state/provincial license)
# Plant Breeder
# Poultry Scientist
# Psychologist (must have state/provincial license. Cannot qualify with just baccalaureate degree)
# Range Manager/Range Conservationist
# Recreational Therapist
# Research Assistant (baccalaureate and must work in a post-secondary educational institute)
# Social Worker
# Soil Scientist
# Statistician
# Sylviculturist/Forestry Specialist (also see Forester, above)
# Teacher (baccalaureate degree: must be coming to work for a college, seminary or university only); no secondary or elementary school teaching.
# Technician or Technologist, Scientific. (E.g.: Electronic engineering technician.) Must: work in direct support of professionals in one of these disciplines: biology, chemistry, engineering, forestry, geology, geophysics, meteorology, physics, possess theoretical knowledge of discipline, and solve practical problems in discipline, or apply principles of the discipline to basic or applied research
# Urban Planner
# Veterinarian (DVM, DMV, or state/provincial license)
# Vocational Counsellor
# Writer, Technical Publications (Technical Publications Writer) Must have: baccalaureate or post secondary diploma and three years' experience
# Zoologist

About 90 days for an EAD (I'm still waiting).

If your Canadian employer issues a transfer AND can keep you on the Canadian payroll until you get your EAD, problem solved. You're authorised to work for a Canadian employer already as a Canadian citizen.

Well that is quite the list of eligible jobs but I didn't make the cut as an airline agent! sigh. At least I have the option of being able to fly back and forth easily and can cross.. activate my K3 and claim residency in the US and still commute back up for work in Canada until the EAD. Just more back and forth and hassle until I can finally live with my husband! I feel for all of you that have to spend so much time apart from your loved ones while you wait for this process.
Mon