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Thanks for the info!

Vancouver or Calgary it's a 50/50 choice there, so might as well see if it's possible to do it in Vancouver the day of the interview, I think someone else posted that they did. Anyway, I'm just thinking ahead - I haven't even started the application yet! Just really surprised they have such limited number of places to go in such a big country as Canada!

Does anyone have a list of the civil surgeons in British Columbia? Or does anyone know if there are any outside of Vancouver?

Hi

My husband and I are in exactly the same situation as you, Chris. He's a US Citizen and I'm Canadian and we're both living in Canada. We are also trying to figure out which is the best way to go - filing for the K3 or the DCF. From what I understand, we can apply for the K3 and use our Canadian address we don't need to already have one in the USA. If I've got that wrong, somebody had better let me know before I file the wrong way!

My problem is that I've heard the K3 takes longer, but in order to go the DCF route, I'd have to fly to Montreal for the interview instead of Vancouver. I'm way closer to Vancouver, so it's a dilemma of time vs cost & hassles for me.

BTW, check out the "Regional - Canada" forum, there are more Canookians there who may be able to help out - and keep posting with what you decide to do so we can see how it's going for you!

Liz

Bummer! Canada is a huge country! It's really nasty of them to make all the IR1/CR1 applicants go to Montreal.

Oh well, based on that info, it looks like we will file for a K3 thru Vancouver.

Thanks!

Well, my husband actually works in the U.S. and we file US tax returns along with Canadian ones.

From the info I was able to dig out of the Vancouver consulate page, it looks like we could file the I-130 by mail to Vermont if we didn't want to hand it in person in Vancouver. But I guess I'd still have to fly to Montreal for the interview, which I so do NOT want to do!

And my other problem is: I need to be able to go back and forth between Canada and the US several times to arrange for housing while I wait for the visa to be processed. I heard if you apply directly for the CR1/IR1, you aren't allowed into the States until you get it, but if you apply for a K3, you get to travel back and forth?

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We are trying to decide which would be best to apply for, the K3 or DCF. My husband is a US citizen, I'm Canadian and we both live in Canada.

Please correct me if I got this wrong! - if we apply for DCF, I would have to fly to Vancouver with my husband to hand in the I-130 paperwork in person, and then when the visa was approved, I'd have to fly to Montreal to get the CR-1/IR-1? Yikes! We live in rural Eastern B.C. and that's a lot of expensive travelling.

If we went for the K3, would I only have to go to Vancouver for an interview, and could I do it without my husband present?

Is the DCF actually very much faster than a K3?

Thanks

Thanks for the links, those articles correspond with the rumours I'd heard. But then what does one put on the application form? Do you add a letter stating that you can't get one and send a copy of those articles, or do you just wait until they ask why you haven't included the certificate? Or maybe they won't ask if they know it's not needed?

Thanks for the help!

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We are likely going to start applying for a K-3 in the next month so we can move to the US later this year. My husband is a US Citizen and I'm Canadian.

My problem is, we used to live in the U.A.E. for more than ten years before settling in Canada. I have received conflicting info on the requirement for obtaining a police certificate from there. Some places say that you don't need one for Iran or the U.A.E. and some do. I heard you have to be physically present in the UAE to get one - and since the US knows that's not possible if you're not living there, then you aren't required to get one. It's certainly not possible for us! I don't have a criminal record of any kind either.

Does anyone have any info on this? I tried emailing the State department weeks ago but of course, no reply from 'the officials'.

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Wow times have changed! When I got my greencards in Canada many years before, I was able to get it a the consulate in Toronto, when I lived there, and in Calgary, when I lived there. Now they make everyone go to only Vancouver or Montreal? Geee that's awful. Anyway, if that's the case, then I guess I'll go the K-3 route at the Vancouver consulate as I don't want to have to travel all the way to Quebec.

Thanks!

Hi all

This looked like such a good forum, I hope you can give me some info and advice.

I am about to stop plowing the snow and start plowing thru the paperwork so I can move back to the US. I am trying to decide which is the best way to procede.

I was born in Canada, my spouse is a US born US citizen. We are both currently living in Canada (he has a Cnd resident permit). We got married in the US. I used to have GC, but since I haven't lived in the US for a long time, it's no longer legally valid, although it was the type without an expiry date.

We live out in the boonies of eastern British Columbia, but my spouse works in the States. Here are my q's:

-Which is the fastest and easiest visa for me to get? A K-3 or go straight for the GC? I don't want to be seperated from my spouse for any length of time.

-I also need to be able to travel back and forth to arrange for housing before I actually officially 'immigrate' - and *I* have to do it, my spouse can't take time off work. Can I cross while either kind of visa is pending? Am I supposed to tell the Border agent I've applied? Are they going to know if I don't tell them? Should I take care of my short trips to arrange housing before I file the paperwork? I've been getting hassled when crossing the border with my spouse in the car because they think I'm going to stay.

-I lived in the United Arab Emirates for more than ten years. Do I have to get a police certificate from there? I have heard conflicting opinions about it, mostly that it's nearly impossible to do unless you go there in person, which is not gonna happen! Do you get the Canadian police cert from the RCMP or the local city police?

-Do B.C. residents have to go to all the way to Vancouver for an interview, even for a K-3 visa?

-I used to have a green card, is that going to make my application go any faster?

-Do you have to get a medical for the K-3? Where do you have to go for it? - do I have to go all the way to Vancouver for that too?

-Since we were married in the US and we both live in Canada, where do we file the I-130 and the I-129 (hope I got those numbers right). The US consulate in Vancouver's website says the I-130 has to be filed "in person" there. Please tell me I don't have to fly all the way to Vancouver to drop off the paperwork, fly home, then roundtrip again for a medical, then a third time for an interview. We'll go broke before we even move! We're moving to New Mexico, so going to Vancouver is way out of our way for everything!

Thanks for your input!