smallcan999

Thank you for your help, I appreciate it!

It was not her intent to marry when she entered. The two met and fell in love....I have not known them long enough to even know how long she was here before they got married etc....They are calling me later so I can walk them through signing up for visa journey where they can ask the questions themselves...I know that visa journey was such a help when me and my husband went through the process. I just didn't know what advice to give these two....How does she prove she did not intend to marry when she crossed?

OK I am trying to help a couple friends and need some advice...Me and my husband went through the k1 visa process and followed everything as we were suppose to and everything went well...We have met a couple people who just got married in the US. He is a US citizen and she is from the phillippines. She came over to visit and they got married. Now what do they do? They did not understand the process and now I need some advice from my trusty friends in visa journey...Please advice...I appreciate your help! Just want to help them figure things out...

Shouldn't be. I sent mine in several months after we moved.

We are in the same boat, prepping for removal of conditions. Just print it out and mail it in. You'll get a acknowdgement in the mail.

Thank you...I will do that but there won't be enough time since my husbands green card expires 6/4/2009...What will that do if they don't see that I as the USC didn't change my address..I am just scared now that something will go wrong. We did everything right every step of the way until this...:-)

The sponsor(s) has to do the I-865 address change. That is a mail in form. http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-865.pdf

Thank you..I am the sponsor and when we bought our house, we did the AR11 but I don't ever remember filling out the other form for me...Is that going to be a problem do you think?

Hi,

We are getting ready to send in our 751 to remove conditions...I just saw someone say that the USC must also do a change of address when we moved. I am the USC but did not know I needed to do that so we did not...We completed the change of address for my husband but not me. Now what do I do and is this a show stopper for the remving of conditions?

Thanks,

Sheila

Hi, we are ready to send in the I-751 but I am a little nervous...My husbands green card expires June 4th and I took the statement in the directions, " send it DURING the 90 days before the expiration date" to mean that anytime during that 90 day window would be acceptable. Was I suppose to send it 90 days? or am I ok to send now? Please let me know....I hope I am not late on this one!

Thanks so much!

Sheila and barry Clement

anytime between 90 days before and the expiration of the card... you are good to go

thank you very much! AWESOME!!!

Hi, we are ready to send in the I-751 but I am a little nervous...My husbands green card expires June 4th and I took the statement in the directions, " send it DURING the 90 days before the expiration date" to mean that anytime during that 90 day window would be acceptable. Was I suppose to send it 90 days? or am I ok to send now? Please let me know....I hope I am not late on this one!

Thanks so much!

Sheila and barry Clement

This is such a great question. I was just trying to fill out the NR-73 Determination of Residency Status (leaving Canada) and feeling a bit overwhelmed by teh whole thing. I just left Canada in December and still have bank acounts and driver's licence, but of course eventually that will change. My head is spinning right now. Some of these questions are just crazy! Ah, the paper trail never ends...

The NR-73 is not a requirement, it's you just getting their opinion about your residency status in advance... All that is required is filing a leaving Canada return. You do this by submitting the same T-1 for the province that you lived in when you left and placing the date you left Canada in the box on the first page... If you have no income in 2006, that's all you pretty much all you have to do...

However, if you get EI during 2006 in the US, you can get a refund of a portion of the Non-resident taxes that you paid. You file a Section 217 Return... if you do this, you treat the income earned by the EI the same as if you earned it in Canada in terms of your personal worldwide income (income earned in the US + your EI income. If the amount of taxes that would be charged is less than the 25% non-resident tax that they withheld, then you get the difference back. If your only personal income for 2006 was the EI, the refund could be significant. My wife got a $2,500 refund back last year by filing a Section 217 return...

If you lived part of the year in Canada and part of the year in the US, you can file a partial Section 217 return...

What about if you cross with a K-1 visa, and still have a house in canada? You are allowed to own a house in Canada and live here, so what happens then?

thanks,

smallcan999

Herein lies part of your answer. For more specific information, see the Tax Treaty itself (available on the Canadian Revenue Agency website) or contact the International Tax office (phone number in post in link).

thank you very much.....this is helpful.......This is a new chapter in all our lives and I am so happy that we have this site to ask quesions and get answers and support each other......Thanks again.....

smallcan999

I forgot to send a cover letter. Will this be a problem? I hope not. I know I have all the forms there but I totally forgot the cover letter.....

please let me know...

smallcan999

Hi guys...

ok we sent our I-485 and our I 765 and now how do I begin tracking it? How do I know they received it? I checked the website for the post office and it was delivered but is there a place to track what they are doing with it?

thanks,

smallcan999

This is such a great question. I was just trying to fill out the NR-73 Determination of Residency Status (leaving Canada) and feeling a bit overwhelmed by teh whole thing. I just left Canada in December and still have bank acounts and driver's licence, but of course eventually that will change. My head is spinning right now. Some of these questions are just crazy! Ah, the paper trail never ends...

The NR-73 is not a requirement, it's you just getting their opinion about your residency status in advance... All that is required is filing a leaving Canada return. You do this by submitting the same T-1 for the province that you lived in when you left and placing the date you left Canada in the box on the first page... If you have no income in 2006, that's all you pretty much all you have to do...

However, if you get EI during 2006 in the US, you can get a refund of a portion of the Non-resident taxes that you paid. You file a Section 217 Return... if you do this, you treat the income earned by the EI the same as if you earned it in Canada in terms of your personal worldwide income (income earned in the US + your EI income. If the amount of taxes that would be charged is less than the 25% non-resident tax that they withheld, then you get the difference back. If your only personal income for 2006 was the EI, the refund could be significant. My wife got a $2,500 refund back last year by filing a Section 217 return...

If you lived part of the year in Canada and part of the year in the US, you can file a partial Section 217 return...

What about if you cross with a K-1 visa, and still have a house in canada? You are allowed to own a house in Canada and live here, so what happens then?

thanks,

smallcan999

thanks everyone .. that does shed some light on the situation.

Yes ... Utah does do emissons tests (as you mentioned) which I will eventually have to deal with. My main concern was just getting through customs with the proper papers .... will give good ol'GM a call tomorrow.

thanks again

it won't be a problem. they didn't ask me anything about my car and as i didn't have all the information straight, i didn't get the paperwork at the border and had to go to the local customs office. i was informed there that it is our responsibility to tell the border guys that you require the HSA form (the number escapes me) which you require the import letter from the manufacturer for. apparently it happens all the time as well as these fellows did 2-3 vehicles per week! it was a PITA, but if you didn't get it done at your POE you don't need a land crossing, just a customs office (the closest major airport in most cases)

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THIS HAPPENED TO MY HUSBAND TOO, BUT HE EVEN MENTIONED THIS TO THE POE AND THEY TOLD HIM HE WAS ALL SET. THEN I LOOKED AT THE HS7 FORM AND THAT'S WHY I CAME HERE TO SEE WHAT WE SHOULD DO. SOOOO WE LIVE 4 HOURS FROM THE BORDER AND MAYBE 3 HOURS FROM A MOJOR AIRPORT. WHICH IS BETTER FOR US TO GO? WHAT DO WE BRING THEM OTHER THAN THE LETTER FROM THE MANUFACTURER?

THANKS,

SMALLCAN999

HI,

I WENT TO FILL OUT THE 864 AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT AND I GOT IT FROM THE USCIS.GOV WEBSITE. IT MARKS IN THE INFORMATION TO USE THE 1/6/06 LAST ISSUED FORM SO WHEN I OPENED UP THE FORM, THE DATE AT THE TOP SAYS IT EXPIRES ON 9/2006.... SO WHERE DO I FIND THE MOST UPDATE FORM???

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP,

SMALLCAN999

You might also want to file for I-131 if you think he'll want to do any traveling outside the US before AOS is approved. I sent off AOS/EAD/AP at the same time. I figured I'd apply for the EAD and AP just in case AOS takes a long time to be approved. I applied for my SSN about 1.5 weeks after I got here, after we were married, and after I sent the applications away, and I got the card in the mail last week

I had all the forms filled out before I left Canada, and just added the missing info after I crossed. It seems daunting, but there isn't as much as it seems (EAD is only one page!). I also had Joe prepare the affidavit before I got there, but he accidentally did the I-134 again, so we ended up doing that when I got here. It only took a couple of hours to put everything together. If you start now, by the time you get married you'll be ready to drop the package in the mail that day!

Best of luck!

Mercy,

did you have any problems getting your SSN? My husband didn't but when I went on the AOS forum, I am hearing some people saying that they never got their card and then their !-94 expired and now they have to wait unitl their EAD... We heard we will get the card so I am hoping that won't be a problem..... also, what status did you put in on 765? and what should I use for the question 16 part? A6 or A9? thanks for your help.....

smallcan999

Hi again,

on the form 765 EAD it is asking for the manner of the last entry. I wrote K-1 visa is that correct? Then it asks for the current immigration status. My husband just came across 3 weeks ago and we married a week ago so what is his status?

Thanks for your help...

smallcan999

I have one more question... On form 765 it talks about question 16 and whether to write A6 or A9 to the answer to that question. For those of you that have done this form, what did you write?

thanks,

smallcan999

Hi again,

on the form 765 EAD it is asking for the manner of the last entry. I wrote K-1 visa is that correct? Then it asks for the current immigration status. My husband just came across 3 weeks ago and we married a week ago so what is his status?

Thanks for your help...

smallcan999

Hi everyone,

Barry and I are married. !!!!!!!!!!!!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSS, we had a very romantic ceremny. Iam putting together the data for the I-485.... It is asking for Barry's A#. Where do I find that?

We hope you all had a very nice holiday. We will keep in touch now that things have calmed down a little.....

Later.....

smallcan999

That is his Alien Registration Number (8 digits). You can either find it on your NOA2 just above Barry's name (next to where it says "Beneficiary"), or it should have been written in his passport next to the visa/I-94/stamp by the POE officer.

OK I see it was not written in his passpot but I think I see it on the petition approval but before I write it, this number starts with an A but then it has either a 0 or an O and then there are 8 other digits in it. It is located where it is marked beneficiary is this the correct number?

Thanks so much for your help....

smallcan999

Yup, that's it, and that's a "zero".. should be something like A0XX XXX XXX.

Oh, and it is also on your NOA1, not just the NOA2.

thank you so much. So when it asks for the file number on the G325 form is it asking for that number?

You might also want to file for I-131 if you think he'll want to do any traveling outside the US before AOS is approved. I sent off AOS/EAD/AP at the same time. I figured I'd apply for the EAD and AP just in case AOS takes a long time to be approved. I applied for my SSN about 1.5 weeks after I got here, after we were married, and after I sent the applications away, and I got the card in the mail last week

I had all the forms filled out before I left Canada, and just added the missing info after I crossed. It seems daunting, but there isn't as much as it seems (EAD is only one page!). I also had Joe prepare the affidavit before I got there, but he accidentally did the I-134 again, so we ended up doing that when I got here. It only took a couple of hours to put everything together. If you start now, by the time you get married you'll be ready to drop the package in the mail that day!

Best of luck!

Mercy,

Thanks so much...... We got married on Dec 29th, and we applied for his SSN the day after New Years and he was able to get it the next day as a print out so we could do other things as well..... So we are on our way.... I think we will apply for the AOS and the EAD at the same time as well.... Did you send the forms in the same envelope or send it separately? If I run into questions on the forms I will def ask you.... anyway hope you had a nice holiday and I will be talking to you soon....

thanks again...

smallcan999

I have applied for my SSN, it should arrive in 5 days. Is it best to wait until I receive my SSN to submit the I-485 and I-765 forms? Or can I just submit them without my SSN on them?

thanks for your help!

Hi, I am in the same situation but when we applied for my husbands SSN they were able to give it to us the next day, we just had to go down there and get it. His SSN card will be here in 7-10 days. I noticed that it asks for his SSN on the form so I am putting it on but I don't know if you have to wait but I would maybe go to your local social security office and ask if they can give it to you as a print out..... Not sure if there is an office close to you or not but if there is that might help.....

smallcan999

Hi everyone,

Barry and I are married. !!!!!!!!!!!!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSS, we had a very romantic ceremny. Iam putting together the data for the I-485.... It is asking for Barry's A#. Where do I find that?

We hope you all had a very nice holiday. We will keep in touch now that things have calmed down a little.....

Later.....

smallcan999

That is his Alien Registration Number (8 digits). You can either find it on your NOA2 just above Barry's name (next to where it says "Beneficiary"), or it should have been written in his passport next to the visa/I-94/stamp by the POE officer.

OK I see it was not written in his passpot but I think I see it on the petition approval but before I write it, this number starts with an A but then it has either a 0 or an O and then there are 8 other digits in it. It is located where it is marked beneficiary is this the correct number?

Thanks so much for your help....

smallcan999

Hi everyone,

Barry and I are married. !!!!!!!!!!!!!! YESSSSSSSSSSSS, we had a very romantic ceremny. Iam putting together the data for the I-485.... It is asking for Barry's A#. Where do I find that?

We hope you all had a very nice holiday. We will keep in touch now that things have calmed down a little.....

Later.....

smallcan999

have fun eh

in joy your time togheter wooo

talking about cutting it close! Congrats

!!!!!!!!!congrats.!!!!!!!!!what a way to strat the new-years wooo

Hi all,

Well Barry is here and we are very thankful that the visa part of the journey is over.... We are getting married very soon. I have a question for those that have come across... After we marry, we need to file the form I-485..... But do we also file the form I-765? What have those of you that have come across done? And can we apply for his SS# before we file these two forms? Just trying to get the next step organized..... I see that there is alot to these forms and I want to make sure we get it right.... Thanks for your help, hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a very happy new year..... Good luck to all of you who are interviewing soon.....

smallcan999

Your fiance should make a "list" of all the items he is bringing with him into the U.S. He doesn't need to document every single piece of clothing or household item.... just write "clothing", "household items", etc. on the list. He could document the tools individually and any electronics. You are supposed to have the serial numbers, but mine were never checked when I crossed the border. The border inspector simply took my list and looked inside our moving van and that was it.

They were looking for live plants, which are not allowed into the U.S. from Canada.

Your fiance will get an I-94 in his passport when he goes into Immigration for processing. It is a very quick, painless experience and he should be in and out in less than 1/2 hour.

Good luck.

Thank you so much for your help.....This is good to know..... He is making a list now.... happy holidays...

smallcan999