US Immigration from Canada

Hello,

I am a nonresident alien living in Canada and my husband is a US citizen living in the US. We got married in 2019 and I changed my last name to his. We have been doing taxes as married filing separately for 2019 and now we're doing the same for 2020. When looking at the 2019 tax return for both his US return (spouse section) and my Canada return, I realized that we put in my maiden name instead of my new last name. Is this a problem? Should I just file this year's returns with my new last name?

Thank you

Hello,

We have just received the EAD (filed for AOS a year ago, after marriage under the terms of the K-1 visa), for which we are very grateful. My question is to what extent, if at all, employment/work history is taken into account during the Green Card interview. I am a language interpreter/translator and have been doing much to establish my business in the U.S. and be able to hit the ground running when work authorization comes. But now that it's here, many things remain to be done. I don't expect my income to suddenly shoot up. (Those who are private contractors or have a business of their own understand this - all these things take time.) Supposing a Green Card interview were to take place a year or two from now, do you think I might get questions the likes of "Well, you've had work authorization for over xyz amount of time now, and why are making so little money?"

Or is this simply irrelevant, since the whole immigration process is based on marriage, not on work? (I wonder about this only because of how much emphasis, and rightly so, is placed on contributing to the U.S. economy rather than being a drain on it.)

I will be moving from Canada to Florida on a K1 visa and importing my car when I cross the border.

How do I go about getting a drivers license?

Can I drive with my Canadian license until I receive my EAD and SSN?

Hi all,

Sorry if this has been asked before (I did try to search but couldn't find the same question). We sent our K1 application in October 2020, before I discovered VisaJourney, and in our letter of intent(s) to marry, we didn't write '...within 90 days of arrival in the U.S.'; I wrote "intend to marry in 2021".

I'm thinking we will likely receive an RFE (or would that be considered an RFIE) but am wondering if it would be worthwhile to send it to USCIS now.

Is this something that would help the timeline of our petition or should we just leave it and wait for the RFE? I'm not sure if sending additional paperwork after the initial filing is encouraged or discouraged.

Thanks for any feedback you may have.

Has anyone moved to the US on a CR-1 green card that owns a business? I own a web design business in Canada and am wondering what I need to do.

The day I cross the border with my green card, I am no longer a Canadian resident. Does that mean any income I claim from that day I eventually file with the IRS?

Does anyone have any resources about moving with a business? Maybe I just need to call the IRS for some information?

I assume as well I stop charging tax for any Canadian clients.
Most of my clients are US residents already.

Thanks for your help!