dr0wsydruid

Hi! I'm Aes, and I'm from Canada. My husband (Max,) is an American citizen, and we've been working on Adjustment of Status since late April. 

I originally came to visit in January, the plague hit shortly after, and we decided to have me adjust status instead of being in a state of not knowing if this visit would be our last for a long while. We've been together 5 years now as of this past July, and married for 3 years as of October 26th! Most of our relationship in the first three or so years was online with visits here and there, but in May 2019, I came to visit for his birthday, and we just started travelling back and forth together. May to Sept, I was here; Sept to Jan, he and I went back to Ontario, and from January on, I've been here again! It's been such a whirlwind with everything happening in politics and health, but I'm just glad we're together. My AOS NOA date is April 23rd (or 24th, I'm tired and can't remember,) and we just got my biometrics notice, so my work permit should be here soon!!

I like coffee, cats, and creating things. Max and I want a farm someday, with chickens, a big garden, and an old timey radio in the kitchen. He's a 3D video game artist and character designer, and I'm still undecided (but leaning towards being a writer!) I collect vintage objects and try to restore them, and I love to sew, paint, do needlepoint, and spend literally all my time with my cat. Nyx is a 5 y/o black cat that talks a lot and loves to lay on me--Max and I 100% call her our kid, because we're those people and love her that much. 

A question here to anyone reading: What's your favorite book? If you're not a book person, what about favorite movie? 

Hope everyone is well and safe!

You should be, especially after this long of a wait!!!
 
Best of luck with everything!! 😄

I believe you can't get your EAD without biometrics so after you get that done, you should get it. I'm not sure how long after biometrics it will take, maybe someone else can fill you in on that, but you need biometrics before you can get your EAD. 

So I'm guessing those of us in the US in the AOS stage are safe?

Yes....Just wait and see

We've decided to not go the K3 route, so thank you so much for saving us that trouble, lol. 

We'll look into doing the w8-ben with Chase, as well as maybe adding him to my bank. We figured it'd be better if we added me to his, because I'm the one moving, but honestly, joint finances are what they are regardless of where they are. 
You're super helpful, tbh, I'm really grateful for your involvement in my question! 
 
I am in Canada, yeah. And yikes yikes, we definitely don't wanna do anything fraudulent in this process. Just the idea of that is frightening--but then, I'm one of those people that has stupid irrational fears of like...being denied border entry on a visit because the border guard just really hates my shirt that day. 

We'll definitely do the CR1 instead, then. This is all so complicated and overwhelming for us, but Visajourney seems like a great place for us to set up internet-camp while the process happens. ❤️

i assume already married (no timeline)
when you fie tax returns for 2018 in the spring,  have canadian spouse fill out the W7 form to get a ITIN (individual taxpayer ID number) and add him to your tax returns
take the ITIN to the bank with POA from spouse to bank
US bank regulations allow this
 
I added Adil  while he was still in Morocco
 
for example foreigners working in the USA have this to open bank account
 
the only time u can apply for the ITIN is when filing taxes
 
since u are not doing the130 till october there is plenty of time to do this before interview 

Damn, you have things severely confused. You can't file any I129f, since you're already married.
 
This is the only guide you should be following - http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide1

Actually you can if you are attempting a K3.  But since they're so rarely granted it's really a waste of time and effort.