US Immigration from Canada

Hello,

Could anyone share an update if IR1 interviews are happening in Montreal , Canada?

My file was approved documentarily on 30 Nov 2020 and waiting for Appointment at Montreal Embassy?

Could anyone who recently got their interview in Montreal, Canada provide the wait time between NVC Approval and Interview at Embassy in Montreal, would really appreciate it.

Hi. Like many others, we are struggling to get an SSN and it has now been 8 weeks. If we factor in holiday and all, maybe 7. But still - far longer than SSA estimated.

• Applied for SSN on December 23, 2020
  • Employee said to look out for a confirmation letter within 2-4 weeks and then the SSN should arrive shortly after
• Received confirmation letter sometime in early January.
  • Letter stated we applied on January 2, 2021 which was not true - but maybe that's when the documents were finally submitted to SSA from the local office
  • Letter said number would be issued within 4 weeks
• We have now called the local office and the general SSA number and no one has answers
• SAVE status says Case Returned to Maryland SSA (single sign-on) as of January 29, 2021
• Today is February 16, 2021 and we have no updates
• I-94 is valid until March 11, 2021

Does anyone have advice on what to do or where to go next? Further complicating this is tax season - I need to file taxes but cannot file jointly without an SSN and I've heard it takes quite awhile to obtain an ITIN.

Hello all, if this is posted elsewhere, please just help me find it. I'm Canadian, at the beginning of my Visa journey. I have my childhood vaccine record and likely won't need any. However, since becoming an adult and in charge of my own medical decisions, I am philosophically opposed to vaccines. There is a grey area around the TB shot (not required in my age group, I'm 36). But depending on when my medical is the flu shot could also be required. Not to mention when they'll add a C-ov-id vaccine to the list. I've done my research, according to the immigration website I can in fact decline on philosophical grounds. I simply have to write a testimony as such. I'm having a very hard time finding any one who has chose to go down this path of exemption on philosophical grounds.

I'm not looking to debate vaccines in any way. I'm Pro-Choice. Just looking for any one who's written such a declaration and what they put in that letter.

Thank you in advance to anyone who can help.

Jesse

Thank you for all the help on this forum, it is greatly appreciated!

We have our interview in a couple days. Marriage based I-485 from an O1 Visa to hopefully permanent residency. How do you transport your documents for the interview? At this point we have been married three years and almost two years since we submitted our application. All our documentation is about 50lbs. Can I just wheel a filing cabinet into the office? Haha

My fianc and I are about to send off our petition probably sometime next week, as we've been busy compiling everything.
I do have a few questions though regarding not just this petition but the process to ensure I am ready to get going.

I was told they ask for vaccine records, but what do you do in the case that you don't know/have the yellow paper?
And are there any vaccines that are mandatory that i'd get rejected for not having?

Are there specific guidelines on the wedding for the K1, or is it just what the laws are in the state?

Is there any way to have a 'backup sponsor'? I would love my fianc too, but in the event for whatever reason we get rejected for that, am I able to give another form of a different sponsor or would we need to start over from the start? (Cr-1)