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we used upack service from ABF and it was great. you load it and they drive it and you unload it.
depending on your location, it is not very much at all and you can get a free quote on their website.
bc my hubby immigration wasn't throught yet - we filled out the immigration/moving form under my name and we claimed it as 'marital property'. this is what the border agent suggested i do - it also helps to have an itemized list of each box - and their contents.
hope that helps. best of luck.

One tax implication of US citizenship that hasn't been mentioned yet is estate taxes.
When two US citizens are married, and one of them passes away, the estate tax can be deferred until the widow/widower passes away as well.
When a US citizen is married to a Permanent Resident, and the US citizen passes away, the IRS will require the Permanent Resident to pay out the estate tax immediately.[i think the worry is that the PR, having [theoretically] no further ties to the US, will skip the country with the entire estate and never pay the estate taxes.]
Depending on your ages and general situation, this can constitute a fairly compelling reason to get US citizenship.

I will definitely apply for citizenship as soon as I am able. Partly because I'm kind of jealous that my husband gets two passports (he's dual Canadian and US- born in Canada to USC parents) and I only have one! (Mostly kidding about that, but, you gotta admit that having 2 passports is kinda cool!)
But for me, it has more to do with the affidavit of support that my mother-in-law will have to commit to, when I immigrate (since hubby lives here in Canada with me right now, he doesn't have sufficient US income or assets to sponsor me by himself).
Not that I expect to be a burden on society, apply for welfare or foodstamps or medicare... I fully intend to be able to support myself. But it bothers me that someone else is legally responsible for me, financially. Once I become a citizen, her legal responsibility for me ends. And that will make me feel really good.
I am also aware that since my own mother is aging and has a chronic health problem, I may at some point need to return to Canada for a fairly extended period of time to be with her. I wouldn't want that to jeopardize my immigration status. I'd want to be able to tell my Dad and siblings - "however long you need me, I'm here."
So, yes, as soon as the 3 years are up, despite the fact that I will have just gotten my 10 year GC, I will be applying for naturalization.
(I still plan on spelling colour and favour and honour and neighbour with a "u" though... you can take the girl out of Canada...)

For anybody waiting for their passport from Montreal....I never received an email from Loomis or CSC saying my passport had arrived at the Loomis branch I selected. I had to actually call CSC to have an update. If you are wondering where on earth your passport is, give them a call.

thank you!, what number did you use to call csc?

I don't think a FOIA request is going to get you anywhere. National security concerns is one of the ways they can refuse to disclose information, and since AP is essentially checking that you aren't a terrorist then I think it's highly unlikely they are just going to hand that information over.
Unfortunately AP just takes as long as it takes and there is nothing you can do about it.

You still haven't told us how long you have been in AP. FOIA isn't going to help you, you're in AP and you are not privy to the information they are investigating during the investigation. Why would they tell you what they're looking for? Obviously you already know.There are several members here who have been in AP 2 years or more, one member 7 years. there is no time limit, and they will never tell you there is.

Montreal is very slow, when I sent my passports back to them it took 6 weeks. There really is no telling how long it will take.
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