US Immigration from Canada

I am an Indian citizen living in Canada on a student visa. I've met my girlfriend (now fiance) for five times in the last five years. Three times when I was in the US (I held an F-1 visa which is now CWOP) and twice so far in Canada. I am the one who made the trips to her place. Is my number visits to the US adequate? (we have an age gap of 16 years, me being the younger one)? Is there a hard and fast rule regarding the number of times the engaged couple should have met? Thanks for the responses in advance!

Hello,

my fiancee is currently visiting me because we had not seen each other for over one year due to covid 19 and Canada would not let me visit her. She has gotten the packet which tells her the next steps. She has to fill a DS-160. Does she have to be in Canada in order to complete it?

We started filling it out and there is a question which asks when is the last time she was in the United States. I do not want to answer incorrectly. If anyone has information on how to answer, please help me. Thanks

My fianc (USA) and I (Canadian) are planning to file a k1 visa. I used to go to school in the US and stayed a year for work under an F1 Visa. During that time I received a SSN. What happens when I go to the US under the F1 visa? Is my SSN still valid or is there anything I need to file?

Thank you

I got an email today saying my visa interview will be on April 7th.

My fianc in the US has yet to file her 2020 tax returns (we can do it in the next couple of days) so I am not sure if the scheduled interview date is too soon. We want to use her 2020 tax returns as she well exceeds the 125% poverty limit but her 2019 tax returns barely make it.

Should I send an email to my embassy asking for a later interview date? I read another post saying it would take roughly 2-3 weeks for my fianc to get her IRS transcript which might be too late. Or if I keep the date, should I file the 2020 tax return ASAP and just bring the 1040 + all W2's for the 2020 year?

Hello,

I am a Canadian applicant for a K1 Visa. My fiancee is in WA, and we filed our I-129 back in early February of 2020. We received our NOA2 Notice of Approval , Dated May 22nd 2020.

Since then, we have received no communication from the NVC, or the Embassy in Montreal. There were a few concerns about this, as we never received any notice from the NVC that our case was received, and that a case file was created for us.

1) I am noticing on this website's timelines, people are entering Case receiving dates from the NVC. We never received any welcome package or any other communication from the NVC. In fact, the only way we know they have it is that I called them several times and got our case number and invoice number. They then told me that they don't send out welcome packages or confirmations anymore, and that the only communication we should expect is the letter from the Embassy (the next stage in the workflow). Is this normal for other people during the process, or was this what other people experienced during Covid 19 slowdowns?

2) Our case says "at the NVC" when I check its status on CEAC. Am I supposed to create the DS-160 or will I get prompted to do so later?

3) Does anyone have any idea what the processing timeline is for NOA2s dated in late May 2020? I have tried contacting the embassy several times, and we only get an automated message instructing us of the COVID slowdown and backlog.

My fiancee and I are panicking that we missed something and it will screw our entire application. We have already been waiting a year and don't want to have to wait another year.