US Immigration from Canada

HI all,

I applied for naturalization in August last year & had my interview today in Detroit.

Everyone from security check point, check-in desk and my interviewer were super friendly!!

After my name was called we went into the office & before starting, swore I would tell the truth.

She asked to see my identification (driver's license, passport, permanent resident card & SSN card if I had it & I did).

Made sure my info was correct (address, name).

Asked 6 civics questions:

What is the highest court in the United States?

Under our Constitution, some powers belong to the states. What is one power of the states?

If the President can no longer serve, who becomes President?

The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.

Name one state that borders Canada

Where is the Statue of Liberty?

A sentence came up on the tablet in front of me and I had to read it out loud.

Then , she verbally said a sentence which I had to write out on the tablet.

She went over a few of the personal questions on the N400 (parents, my current and previous jobs within 5 years).

Then asked (I think most?) of the Yes/No questions on the second half of the application, which there was no issues with.

Made some small talk, but I kept that to a minimum I just wanted to get through the main part of the interview!

Then she told me I passed! I brought a binder of evidence to prove my marriage and residency but none were asked for.

Said I should get a letter with an oath date & it would be at that field office. Unfortunately guests still aren't allowed to accompany us but maybe that will change by that date

Overall great experience.

HI...quick question. I submitted my application as a PR since 2013 as married to a US citizen in March 2020. The IO at my interview a yr ago changed my application to be independent of my husband and processed it based on the fact I've lived here 5+ years. Does this make any difference to the processing? Because I've been approved but still waiting for my oath ceremony to be re-scheduled from sept 15, 2021. My husband wasn't allowed in to the interview because of covid and I felt sort of vulnerable because I didn't know if she should do that or not and I didn't know all the rules or impact of everything.

Currently waiting 6 months for a reschedule of the oath ceremony and 24 months total.

OK so my worst fears have come true.... I was DQ'd Jan 6, said 'oh $#!%' I need my new passport done now (yes I know I waited too late and we just had so many family things and covid things and other things going on I wanted to keep it with me just in case I had to travel back to the US for an emergency).

My new passport is being created now (changed to married name) and of course the NVC has caught up with their interviews and I received my email this morning (YAY!) however I am concerned about not having my passport back in time for the interview, or the medical examination.

I will be calling Passport Canada to expedite with additional fees as they said this was an option, but what if I still don't have it back for my medical examination? Or worst case my interview?

Can I still attend and they just don't approve my visa until I mail them my passport? (similar to when they are waiting for medical reports)

I don't even know what my new passport # will be.....

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Anyone else make this stupid mistake??

Thanks

Hello all,

I was wondering if someone might be able to help me out with a tax question. I am a USC. I have lived in Canada all my life. I plan to move to the US shortly and just got my SSN a couple weeks ago. I got my US passport in 2018 through my dad and this was my first confirmation of US citizenship.

How far back do I need to file my taxes and is it 6 years for the FBAR?

Also if anyone knows about foreign investments such as RESPs and Tax Free Savings accounts. Should I be putting down the interest I made on the TFSA even though it is not taxable here? Do I pay tax on RESPs?

Thank you for any help!

I am a Canadian and my spouse is a US LPR.

we re looking to expedite our petition for emergency reasons.

one reason being, we are threatened by the Canadian government for invoking the emergencies act.

we believe democracy is currently being tested and threatened in Canada and that communism lingers.

the government has fallen to be authoritarian, totalitarian, tyrannical, and communist to a large degree.

history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/truman-doctrine
With the Truman Doctrine, President Harry S. Truman established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.

what are your thoughts on this?

can this request negatively effect our petition?

( professional response only )

thank you!