US Immigration from Canada

If my spouse is eligible for citizenship after 3 years after coming on an ir1, when is my step daughter eligible (ir2)? Is it also 3 years? Or does she have to wait 5?

Hi there,

This may be a trivial question but I'd like to make sure that I do it properly and not overwhelm the officer. For those who had successful ROC approval, could you please answer the following questions:

1. Regarding credit card statements showing spouse is an authorized user, do we submit:

• 24 monthly statements (1 per month) or 8 total monthly statements (1 per quarter eg Jan, April, Aug and Dec only)?
• The credit card statements usually have 7 pages and 5 pages are irrelevant. I only thought about submitting the 2 pages with our names and transactions on it. However, the credit card statements usually enter the page number (eg Page 1 of 7 etc). If I cut the rest, the evidence would only show Page 2 of 7, 3 of 7 and the rest is missing. The question is, do we submit all 7 pages per statement cycle and let the officer deal with it or risk confusing the IO? For example, I was collecting some evidence the last months and after I reviewed it, I was overwhelmed...I was looking at the other pages to organize but I could not follow it so I just threw it out and decided to start fresh by going to my statements again. If I am overwhelmed about my own evidence, I can't imagine what the IO may go through . Should I sent all pages per statement?

2. Regarding Homeowners Insurance or Other Documents that are printed on both side (eg State Farm insurance prints on both side):

• Does USCIS scan both sides when they enter it on their system? In other words, if I submit an official document printed on both sides, the 2nd page may not be scanned with critical information by the contractor accepting your case in the beginning and the officer may miss important evidence during adjudication.

Please let me know what you did. The whole intention is to create a strong case and not overwhelm the officer. Basically, idiot proof my application. Thanks.

Hello I am new here so I am not sure if I am posting in the correct spot. I apologize in advance!

I am a US Citizen, married to a Canadian Citizen. We live in Canada and I am a PR in Canada. We want to move to the US, and unsure where to start. Seems like I need to apply for I-130, but confused on the domicile part. Would it be better if I move back to the US first to have domicile? If I move back to the US, can my husband visit for 6 months at a time. I know he will not be able to work, but we would rather be together. I am guessing from start to finish to get the GC is a long time, took us 10 months for me to receive PR in Canada so we have sort of done this process before.

Any help I would appreciate. TIA!

Posting this in the Canada area as I feel it makes the most sense here.

My NEXUS card expired on July of 2021, however I applied for renewal and was conditionally approved in 2020. For the last couple of years, I've found it virtually impossible to find a remote interview in any capacity, and any of the in-person interviews are at places I really have no other reason to visit for. It appears that all the locations in Canada are still closed, otherwise I would have tried to get an in-person interview in Calgary as I could at least take a vacation to visit family there and knock out two birds with one stone. I also had my husband apply for a NEXUS so we can travel via the benefits together, and his application is also conditionally approved, but he wasn't a previous cardholder, so he can't use the benefits yet.

Has anyone at all had any success with getting an interview for NEXUS since the pandemic began?

Hello all,

Helping another friend. She's Canadian (born citizen) and her husband is American (born citizen).

They married, and had a baby. The baby is 9 months old. She was born in Canada, her US father us on the birth certificate and they were already married at the time she was born.

They are filling for AOS (legally, three Mom and baby had no intention of remaining in the US when they came for a visit; however circumstances changed months after she arrived).

My only question is - the best way to establish legal US status for the infant.

Because they weren't intending to stay in the US they hadn't yet filed for the baby's record of birth abroad.

Do they add the baby to their I-130 during the AOS application?

Is there an alternate to the US Record of Birth Abroad form? (Bc it requires a visit to the consulate in Montreal, and even when they are able to visit Canada, that's the last possible option. Also, I think there's a time limit on this approach? And they'll be past it by the time the Mom's GC is approved and they can travel).

I think I'm missing a really obvious form bc of the terminology I'm searching.

Thank you all for your help.