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Hi all! Did any of you guys got transferred to CSC? I already have my EAD/AP but not my GC. My AOS case was transferred to CSC, September 22nd and I got no updates since then. Until now it's still on Initial Review. I just can't wait to get this over and done with.

Ours aswell got sent to california. said on the notice to speed up the process..

I also receive my EAD in the mail yesterday

Now time to go get my SSN and then find a job. Who knows who will want to hire me from 9 until 3.. (joys of having a kindergartener you have to put them on the bus and take them off every day )

My place of entry was sarnia/port huron i brought my xray cd in the enveloppe with me and they just looked in the enveloppe and gae it back to me

I'm lucky i didn't need any vaccines I was up to date on everything, my son on the other hand needed 4 done

but since he didn't perform vaccinations on kids we had to rush to the medical walk in clinic in 30 minutes and rush back before the civil surgeon closed

atleast it didn't costs us too much 40 per person

tracked our package and they signed for it at 1:31 pm today !!! now i wonder how long it will take .. my son starts school tommorow and i have no clue what to do with my days ..

I will be joining you all in this thread. getting the last of the paperwork ready, will be going to the civil surgeon this afternoon and will be sending in papers right after.

the waiting game starts all over from here on out.

Making sure your son stays in the US [as far as US immigration law is concerned] is easy - make sure neither of you leave the US without AP documents in your hands.

The complication is Canadian custody and visitation laws. I know far less about them than I do about US immigration procedure, but I know that if you violate court-ordered visitation rights, you can get yourself in a huge pile of trouble, particularly when an international border is involved. The phrase "felony kidnapping" has been applied in similar circumstances.

The fact that you have well-documented judicial permission to move the child to the US is a massive point in your favour, and should protect you from any really serious legal actions your ex-husband might take (like the aforementioned felony kidnapping charges).

As was said above, what you probably need most of all is a good family lawyer in Canada to examine your options, which may include filing a motion with the court that set the visitation date, pushing it back due to compelling extenuating circumstances. Or something like that. I'm not a Canadian family lawyer, and I don't even play one on TV.

The three things you absolutely must not do are, as has been said above, falsely claim US citizenship for you or your son, leave the US without AP documents, or violate any Canadian court orders regarding custody and visitation. It may require some fancy footwork with USCIS or the Canadian court to reconcile the latter two, but that's what you need to do.

Good luck!

he is not my ex husband we were never married we just had a child together .. and well my lawyer in canada is impossible to reach ive tried all day and he isnt there.. but ty for the imput

Sounds like you need to retain a family law attorney in Canada to represent your interests and work out reasonable details concerning times and travel. Does his visitation order specify where the visit or exchange takes place?

the father has no visitation rights to begin with

I am for one not claiming to be a us citizen i am just stating what i have been told... i came on a k1 fiance visa my son on a k2... and as for permission to bring my son i got it from a judge.

but the father and i are NOT on good terms and he is trying every way to take my son away now that weve moved on .. he hasnt been in his life at all and he finally wants to be in it ... he should have tried harder when we were still in canada..

I am aware that i cannot leave the us without abandoning our status and im worried that if something does happen is there anyway to make sur emy son stays in the us considering the immigration requirements etc..

Hi

We got married saturday the 13th of august and are now about to file for the adjustment of status.. unfortunately i got some news that shook me a bit regarding a court date that was on the 16th regarding my son.

I was wondering how laws worked once you got married , if the whole fact of not being able to leave the country overrides canadian laws or whatever..

What happened was i received a letter from my sons biological father saying that on the 27th of september he will finally get to see him... now his father has a criminal record so he cant cross the border... and well the only way i assume he would be able to see my son is if they come and took him away ... but now that im married and my son is considered naturalised citizen because of that can they do that or do the laws of the united states and immigration prevent them... i would really like some imput so i can calm down and stop freaking out over here

thanks ...