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khymster   0

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Has anyone taken a trip to Canada that is a greencard holder and had any problems getting back into the USA?

My Journey:
Met online 2005
1st meeting in Jakarta: Oct. 7,2010 - Oct. 10,2010
I-129F Sent: Dec. 17,2010
I-129F NOA1: Dec. 29,2010
2nd meeting in Jakarta: March 12,2011 - March 16,2011
I-129F Approval: May 26,2011
NVC Received: June 6,2011
NVC Left: June 9,2011
Consulate Received: June 13,2011
Packet 3 Received: June 21,2011
Packet 3 Sent: July 14,2011
Packet 4 Received: July 8,2011
Interview Date: July 21,2011 Approved same day
Visa Received: July 27,2011
3rd meeting in Jakarta: Sept. 16,2011 - Sept. 19,2011
US Entry: Sept 20,2011 POE JFK
Marriage: Oct. 8,2011
Mailed AOS/EAD/AP Dec. 1,2011
NOA2: Dec. 5,2011
BIO Appointment Dec. 23,2011
I-485 Transferred to CSC Dec. 21,2011
EAD/AP approved Jan. 27,2012
COMBO card received Feb. 6,2012
RFE text: August 10,2012
Received RFE hard copy August 14,2012: missing 2 vaccinations & G325A not signed
Replied to RFE August 31,2012
USCIS receives RFE paperwork Sept. 4,2012
USCIS text: Sept. 18,2012 -- I485 card production ordered
Sept. 24,2012: Received Green card in mail
Earliest ROC file date June 15th, 2014

I-751 sent June 26th 2014

Delivered June 30th 2014

Received I-797 July 5th 2014

BIO appointment July 30th 2014

Received text/email 10 yr Green card production ordered January 16, 2015

Received 10 yr Green card January 26,2015

Mailed I-90 (typo on Green card) January 28,2015, BIO appointment February 23,2015, New GC approved on June 23rd, 2015, mailed on June 29th.

Citizenship file date June 15th, 2015

TBoneTX Grand Master

TBoneTX   45,540

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*** Thread moved from main AOS/Family-Based forum to the Working & Traveling forum. ***


06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

Kathryn41 Grand Master

Kathryn41   3,205

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
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As long as you have your green card and your passport (not necessarily required but often asked for anyway) you shouldn't have any problems re-entering the US from Canada. Border guards are very familiar with green cards and green card holders, so you should be fine. Canadian authorities are also familiar with green cards and green card holders and treat them the same as US citizens.

If you are going with a US citizen (partner or otherwise) they do need to have their US passport or one of the other designated documents under the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) and present it at the border on their return.

Enjoy your trip to Canada. It's beautiful at this time of year.

Edited by Kathryn41

“...Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, would it? There'd be no scope for imagination then, would there?”

.― Lucy Maude Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

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CC90 Collaborator

CC90   90

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A CBSA (Canada border people) berated one person in my party for presenting a foreign passport instead of a US greencard. They said they don't want to see the passport.

You'll have absolutely no problem.

 
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