caviar22

Congratulations!!

Good luck with your case and please, keep us posted!!! I hope all goes smoothly and that they will treat you with respect and exitement and then, throw you one big-A5S party!!!

I gave up trying for now... This is my last week of work and ever day there are luncheons with colleagues and dinners with friends

I am driving away this afternoon and then... next week, we leave on vacation to the Grand Canyon where we will also visit his brother and family and a college friend of John's that he has not seen in 20 years!!!

So, after THAT, I have told him I will be cooking the SB way!!! Stay tuned... oh, wait, we get back Easter Friday... maybe I'll wait till AFTER chocolate bunny day!!!

I am: Cadburry MacBunny

He is: Thumper Floppy Ears

I LOVE Cadbury chocolate!!!

... he is bald so the ears are certainly there!!!

Once you have your K1 visa activated and you have gone down I don't think you will be able to work in Canada as you will need Advance Parole to leave the U.S.

Until your K1 is activated, you can continue to work in Canada. One note... a friend who had been at the same company for 13 years decided to give 2 months notice -- manager, 17 employees... blah blah blah... they escorted her out of the building that day, gave her 2 weeks pay in lieu of her notice. She had to take them to court -- won a nice severance pay which I think was 1 week pay per year of employment... of course her lawyer got most of it!

Just be careful and be prepared... there is no employer/employee loyalty anymore... I have also been asked to leave immediately when giving notice --- wasn't worth my time or $$ to fight but it sure hurt as I had made alot of friends and we were not able to properly part. I had NO CLUE that would happen!!! It is not always like this but just be prepared!!

Good luck!

Does anyone know how long a can will stay fresh if unopened? I've been bringing the giant cans down every couple weeks and we have 5 or 6 stock piled (my husband drinks a pot of Timmy every day!!!)

My last day at work in Canada is Friday then I will drive down for the last time == NO MORE WEEKEND TRIPS!!!

Now, I will have to come back for my furniture once my condo sells... taking sooooo long

Back to Timmy's.... I was going to bring down another 5 cans or so....

Welcome Krystin!... and good luck with your journey to the U.S. It can be a bumpy ride at times... frustrating at times... and downright sad at times... But through it all, know that it is most definitely worth the travail!!!

Best!

Caviar

Brunette,

I don't know which border crossing you went to but it sounds so wrong! Then again, the officers have all the power when we go across. I have encountered at least 8-10 and they all know I am finishing my contract in Canada but resident in the US. Even as I activated my visa we joked about my going back to finish working. At my crossing it is common I guess.

As for using the term activate: Some officers (not many) think they are the smartest thing since sliced bread and others surely cannot be informed like we are -- that would mean we are intelligent, duh, gosh, golly!

Good luck... only a few days left!!!

Caviar

I am in the same predicament. March 31st is my last day of work in Ottawa but I have been a US resident since February 10th. It will not affect EI from what I was told as you are still paying into the Canadian EI system. All I can say is MAN, will I ever mis my salary!!!

Fantastic!!! time to party!!! It does help with settling in if there is work!

Congratulations!!!

in my humble opinion... and it IS VERY humble, if you apply for a K3 you need to get married first... but he STILL would not be able to find work in the US right away.

If you apply for a CR1, it takes longer but he can travel back and forth during the process and once he moves, he will be able to work.

There are pros and cons for each type of visa. I would suggest you sit down and make a pro/con list for each visa -- using the guides on this site of course -- and then decide form there.

Good luck!!!

that is fantastic news Chicken Little! Welcome to the USA! I hope you and your husband have a huge celebration ... private of course

Congratulations!

I don't care how nice my agent is... my place has been on the market for 4 months and when it does sell, HE WILL BE MAKING MORE MONEY OFF IT THEN ME!!!! No gift, no note. He left for 6 weeks for a vacation to Australia and then a week in Costa Rica.... He is making way too much!!!

My total was $5.51. All this teenager has to do is punch in the amount you give them (i.e. $10.51) and the machine tells them the change is $5.00.. .do they get it? NOOOOOO. This kid says the machine must be broken and calls the manager!!!!

I only watch soaps a couple times a year when I am home sick... funny thing is, it doesn't take much to figure out what was happening!!! DUH, how smart does one have to be?

On the plus side, my Francophone mother started learning English by watch General Hospital and Another World when she was home raising her 6 kids. It gave her the incentive to continue and now she is fluent!!!

if your fiance is self employed and a fiancee in the US, this could make travelling back and forth even more difficult for him.

If you decided to apply for some sort of visa for him and you get married, technically he must move permanently to the US. If he does the back and forth thing, it may work for a short while, but eventually US immigration will just cancel the visa because they'll see he has no intent to move permanently.

You'll have to decide if he'll move to the US permanently, or if you'll move to Canada. You can't really live in both countries unless you both get dual citizenship, which can take several years and requires permanent residency first.

I disagree. There are many people who live in one country and go back and forth to work. I am doing that.. until next week... Immigration officers have told me this is common because I have asked many times.

I cross over every week... first my permanent address was in Canada and I worked there, now my permanent address is in the US but I still work in Canada with a condo. No problem.

I do not know about travelling back and forth on a fiance visa, but if he can prove he has a home (lease, mortgage...) to go back to, then there should not be problems.

Good luck!!!

Cassie IS a Goddess!!!

I like Oprah... but I don't sit around watching her show every day. Everything must be taken with a grain of salt. If I am home with nothing to do, I might turn the t.v. on.... but, on the other hand, that is only about 5 or 6 time in a year!!! I rarely watch television -- not much of worth there!

Let me see if I can decypher it

You had an interview to do with the citizenship of your child??? but there was an issue with your residency in the US??? and they are requiring now a DNA test to prove paternity???

How did I do lol

That's how I read it! it sounds like normal bureaucratic diarrhea

Casual, comfy and clean ... and CR1s do not pay extra $

Don't sweat it... someone said it was like going to the bank... pretty much is just like that!

John and I opened our first joint account last week and the woman made me sign a form that said I was a "foreign alien non-resident"!!! I was so ticked off!!! That is so wrong! She refused to accept my temporary SSN even though the forms said I could. So now I have to go back to the bank when I get my real SSN... I preferred my interview at the Montreal Consulate! how freaky is that!!!

Congratulations Annelizabeth! That is great! I am hoping for 3 or 4 lbs this week... I am on Phase 1 day 1... again! At least there wasn't much "damage" done earlier this week!!!

I'm on WW as well... I finding it humbling to stand on the scale in front of someone else. A couple weeks ago I GAINED 3.5 lbs... apparently being very sick for 3 weeks and taking loads of antibiotics and stuff is NOT good for you I thought since I was not eating much... Oh well, I have now lost that extra wieght gain!!! YAY

Wow, 2 weeks without sugar and I am doing o.k. I will be weighing in on Thursday -- I am on vacation this week.... I am very pleased with myself but have not been gravely tested yet

Keep it up everyone!!!