US Immigration from Canada

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!

Hello,

I've very new to everything, and I've been working on the K-1 visa form and gathering documents that I know to be needed. I have some questions though, and my research for these answers haven't quite hit that marks. So if you will please help me with this, I would very much appreciate it. I want to be as thorough as possible with everything because this is so important to us. Please forgive me for my bluntness.

Major questions:

1. Part 2 - 24.a.-33.b. -- Her Father - her situation is one of those where her parent's split at a very young age, then her mother maliciously kept her father away. We know next to nothing about him other than his name (which I have my own doubts as to the validity of what her mother said it was). He died almost 20 years ago. Both my fiance and I have researched anything we can about him e.g. birth/death/marriage certificates, grave yard and tombstone records, and/or anything with his name in it (ancestry.com has been no help). Everything that comes back doesn't fit his demographics. There is so much unknown information; what do I put in the fields for her father?

2. Part 3 - 4.a,4.b.,&5.d. -- I have 2 arrests (I'll list the details below); one in 2011 and the other in 2017 - both of which I got a lawyer for and never had to go to court. In 2020, I had a background check done for employment, and it only came back with the 2011 arrest. So, on 4.a. I feel I should mark "Yes"; however, on 4.b. (also Part 8. Additional Information), I don't know if I should list both arrests. I'm not sure if what the background check came back with is what I should go by or not, so I'll put the details below. Btw, besides the background document, I have paperwork of the arrests such as lawyer correspondence, bail bonding, pink carbon copies from the court, letters, and receipts. How should I answer these?

2011 Arrest: Charges - (all misdemeanors) malicious mischief under $500, trespassing, and public drunk. So this was a church I broke into then out of while suffering a concussion after a totaling motor vehicle accident. The more important thing is that we (parents and I) got together with the church and agreed we would pay for the damages, and the church dropped the charges. I attended the next service to fully apologize to the reverend still fresh injuries and all.

2017 Arrest: Charge - Simple assault. This one is simply a mess for many reasons. The victim of the alleged assault was my super possessive and emotionally unstable girlfriend at the time. I could go into many details on this, but the short and sweet of it is that she immediately paid money to have the charge withdrew and dropped. I may not have even needed a lawyer for this, but a piece of mind when someone tries to frame you has no price.

Minor question:

Part 2 38.a.-38.h -- She just got her passport, but has never traveled out of Canada - we are working on to see about her flying here soon to visit if possible. Do I need to fill these out?

Again thank you. It means a lot to us. Please let me know what I should do.

PenguinS