US Immigration from Canada

Hello everyone. Soon I will be moving from Toronto to another city in the USA that will be unlike a great multicultural city like Toronto. There are some things I'd like to know.

This question is for Canadians who have moved to the USA as immigrants in recent years. Can you talk about things that affects new immigrants the most like taxes, rent, cost of food, access to services, cost of living

No discussions about politics, please. Leave the democrat vs republican, left vs right stuff out of this discussion. Thanks.

Hello all! Looking for some general advice on how best to proceed.

I m a Canadian citizen, my wife is an American citizen with Canadian permanent residence, been living in Canada for a few years and looking to get to the US ASAP. We had been planning on me entering as a visitor and applying for adjustment of status after 90 days while getting settled and getting her a job (which is what I d been told by a friend who works in US immigration) but now being told that s not kosher.

I ve been reading a lot about Ks, i-130s, CR-1, and other things but my head is spinning a bit. Does anyone have any advice on what the best route for us would be to get to the US ASAP, even if I can t work (we will have very decent savings once the house is sold)? I understand consular processing is suuuuper backed up, but I m reading something about once the first step is acknowledged or approved we can move down while the rest is processing? If we file that when can I go to the US, and can we visit family while that s in process? I see Nebraska processing center currently has a processing time of 3 months for I130 approval, any way I can get my application routed there?

Thanks in advance to any kind souls who can assist!

Hi there! My wife and I received confirmation October 19th, 2021 that USCIS had received our Form I-130 and I-130A. We'd originally planned on having my wife move to the USA in February (she is a US citizen), with me coming down to visit a few times. However, it seems like visiting during the time an I-130 is pending can be grounds for dismissal for our application. Also, I am limited by my visa regulations (no more than 6 months in 12 caN be spent in the USA) and we are trying to spend the least amount of time apart.

Therefore, we are now thinking that it may be best for us to continue to live in Canada until the I-130 is processed (my wife is a PR here). We had originally planned on having my wife move earlier because we thought she needed a US job to prove domicile. However, after speaking to an immigration lawyer, she suggested that my wife does not need to have a job in the USA at the time we are asked for a Visa interview. My questions are:

• Are there any other married couples on here who remained in Canada while awaiting the results of Form I-130? If so, what did your process look like?
• If we do remain in Canada until I-130 is accepted, what would my wife need to have ready to prove domicile when we are asked for the next steps? She has voted in every election, has maintained a US bank account even while living in Canada, has filed US taxes every year, and we have financial statements proving we have over 5x the poverty limit ($21,000).
• Does my wife need to have a job in the USA at the time we go for our Visa interview?

We are not trying to break any rules/skirt around the law, but rather just want to establish a plan over the next 12 months to set ourselves up to be successful in our application and not spend too much time apart. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Hi everyone!

Back in July 2020 my fiance and I applied for the K1 fiance visa. At the time I was unemployed due to my industry shutting down from Covid and that route made the most sense for us... but in November I managed to land my dream job. Knowing that there's a period where I have to stay in the US until I have a green card in my hand and that the timeline for that is wonky due to covid delays we decided that it would be financially crippling for me to leave the job during that period. We withdrew our K1 visa, got married, and applied for the spousal visa. It'll most likely end up being the same timeline, but at least I can stay in Canada and continue to work while we wait for the GC.

After we submitted our withdrawal (we sent a copy to both the lockbox and the California office), I got an approval notice for the K1 visa and a notice saying that my case is being sent to Montreal. How can I ensure that the K1 visa is cancelled so someone else may have that place in line? I tried using Emma but it just sent me in circles. Do I simply just let it expire?

Thank you in advance!

My husband (beneficiary) and I (USC) had our initial interview yesterday, which I think went really well and I was hoping for our application to be approved on the spot. It seemed things were going that direction when the officer who interviewed us said there was a name spelling error on my husband's biometrics. This misspelling was present on the biometrics request letter my husband received in August, and when he went to give biometrics they said they recognized that they messed up his name but that they would fix it and they took his biometrics that day.

The interviewing officer said he put in a ticket to have the name fixed, but then he couldn't run the background checks until it was fixed and there was some possibility that my husband would have to redo the biometrics. He gave us a bunch of information very quickly if he approved the application, such and such would happen, we might get a letter in a couple weeks, we might get a call, we might get the green card in the mail, etc.

It was kind of a nebulous 'wait and maybe something will happen' answer. He said we could call the information number in 30 days.

Wondering if anyone else has been in this situation and how long it took to fix and get a final decision. It sucks that it felt like we were so close to being finished with the process and then because of their mistake we might have a major delay.

We are checking the online account for updates daily, right now it still says 'interview was scheduled.'

Any input is appreciated!