One of the questions is about your visits to the US, and it asks for your most recent visit and then for additional visits. I am from winnipeg, so we went to grand forks ND all the time for shopping since I was a kid. How many years back do they expect you to go with this answer?

We submitted an I-130 in Nov. 2012 which was moved to the NVC and have filed electronically. We are at the stage where they have sent an email requesting original documents (birth certificates, marriage cert...etc), on their web page it also asks for a Criminal Record Check, but the letter from them does not request it. Will they request this at a later date?? Anyone know?? Their web site states that every applicant will need a criminal record check, So confused.

Hi All,

 

Wondering if anyone else has experienced this.

 

My wife and I have sent numerous checks drawn off our US account to her family members in Windsor as birthday and Christmas gifts over the last couple years. Everytime the checks are deposited into the recipients account and that persons account is credited the full amount of the check with no banking fees. No problems, everything goes smoothly.

 

This past week, my wife received a check from her Mother as a birthday gift, the first check we've received from Canada on our end. The check is drawn from her Mother's TD Bank Canada account. When I went to deposit it into our US account with our local bank, I was informed of a $7.50 transatction fee and also told that I would have to wait for 6 to 8 weeks for the check to clear and the amount of the check to be adjusted for the US/Canadian dollar exchange. I was also informed that their may be more fees acrued by TD Bank Canada for their processing of the check.

 

I spoke to my bank manager in detail about this and explained the differences between how the Canadian banks have handled our US checks compared to how his bank was handling the Canadian check. I'm not doubting what the local bank manager is telling me, but I'm curious to know if anyone else has run into this situation, and if so, what did they do? Does anyone know of another way of cashing the check without the fees?

 

Thanks

The Canada wiki states that DCF is allowed which it is not. Can anyone fix these up or only the original author?

Hi everyone my wife has her interview booked for june 27th at 10am.We would like to know what is the best time to be there? The website nvc sent us to read over says 20min before interview time any earlier we you will be turned away and everything we have seen on vj says be there before they open.

 

Thanks for all the help this site has gave us.