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you should be fine, for I-134, but you'll need it later for AOS, and you can order the transcript from the IRS on their website, for free, and it comes in about a week. easy-peasy.

U-pack is cheap for a larger move. Shipsmart is good for small moves without furniture (just boxes of stuff).

Once you get your EAD and can work, things will be much better. Everyone finds the period of adjustment and not being able to work to be pretty tense. You've put in effort and money to get this far--not to mention taking the place of someone behind you in line who REALLY wants to be here. Now is not the time to cave. Man up, my friend. You will feel better in a couple of months.

You might also have to pay a fine for not having it with you.,,

Go to the airport early. Don't know if they will check you in 4 hours before, but definitely try for 3 hours before.

Look at Shipsmart for sending your stuff vs mail. Technically, they're not supposed to allow your stuff over the border until you've activated your visa. Your stuff might get hung up in customs, if you try to send it early (and you might have to pay!).

If you're really in a hurry for him to work, you'll obviously want to get married asap and get the ball rolling on the AOS/EAD. You need to include your marriage certificate (the paper you get AFTER your marriage) with the paperwork, and it's important to note that some county clerk's offices can get that certificate to you on the same day, whereas others can take several weeks, so make sure to find that out before you choose your wedding venue.

Yeah its pretty stupid to be honest.

Mine is expired so ill be emailing them to fix it, if this process gets delayed any further ill lose my head.

Just thinking about it more, perhaps it's a new development in both Vancouver and Montreal. My Visa is from 2013, so maybe things have changed.

did you go through montreal or vancouver?

Vancouver. Just re-read that thread. It's very strange that Montreal would put that annotation on the visa, but not Vancouver.

He did not show a petition

The Petition Expiry date is written on the Visa itself

Not on mine.

That person who was denied because of an expired petition should not even have offered to show the petition. The petition has nothing to do with it. you don't need to offer it up. You just need the valid visa. The officer got confused cuz they were given an expired document. The whole mess could have easily been avoided.

I don't plan on screwing up badly, but companies do get into hard times, make cuts, shut down. If I were alone perhaps I wouldn't worry so much, but since I'll be moving my family across the ocean I think it's a legitimate concern. You haven't answered anything regarding what my status will be once I'm terminated.

As for proving there's no one in the US who can do the work: is that more of a formality, easily and routinely done, or is it a real hurdle?

no, not just a formality.

There is no advantage to sending it on the earliest possible date. Just get it in during the 90 day window.

Everyone coming here has the same issue. Credit history from one's home country is not considered. She will have to build her credit slowly. A secured credit card is a good way to start.

The California center received my ROC package on Sept 1st, and I got my extension letter within about 10 days and my biometrics appointment letter came today for an appt in 2 weeks, so yeah, I'd say look into it.

Not at all necessary for her to be there at POE (or at the interview, BTW).

We had the car packed with stuff yea. Just wondering about waiting times tho... How long it took.

So she was moving before being authorized to do so. Yeah, she probably won't be allowed back in for a visit during the wait for the actual visa.

Did she say at the border that she was planning to stay? Did she have all her belongings with her, like she was moving for good?

The advantage is that the earlier your send the application, the earlier you will (hopefully) have your new Green Card. With the current processing times of 6+ months for CSC and 9+ months for VSC, I sent the application in as soon as I could.

But it doesn't matter because you have your extension letter.

You know you don't actually have to file exactly 90 days before the expiration of your Green Card. Some people seem to think that their application has to arrive at USCIS on that particular date... Just relax, you'll be fine even if you send it 2 weeks before your GC expires.

yes, and it's worth noting that there is no advantage to sending it sooner or later within the window. If, for example, your aim is to apply for naturalization asap, the clock on that starts ticking from the date of your ORIGINAL green card--nothing to do with when you applied to remove conditions.

The paying off/bribing concern only comes up when it is the foreign fiance(e) who is paying the USC.

If you decide to have him come immediately, get married, and get the ball rolling on the AOS/AP (which is your best choice IMO) be sure to find an office that will get your marriage certificate to you right away, as you need it for the AOS application. Some places can do it same day, others take weeks.

There are about a million threads on this. Do a search in the google bar, top righthand corner of this page.

Take a look at ShipSmart for your move. They're good for small moves of just boxes (no furniture). Might be cheaper than UPS/fedex.

What do you mean you filed late if her green card does not expire until the end of Oct 2015?

The way you've explained it, it doesn't sound like a very good reason to live apart, and they will have a problem imo.