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On 7/21/2021 at 2:55 PM, CDAgirlMI said:

My aunt crossed into Canada and she was not given a "take home and test"...she was tested right there.   They contacted her a couple days later.

Yes, it depends on the specific point of entry land border. Some have the ability to test on site. 

On 7/10/2021 at 9:51 AM, Reebsrae said:

It seems like the eastern provinces are making this as difficult as possible for people! Western provinces is quick and easy. Done at the airport and if having to take a 10 day test, you go to the nearest pharmacy. 

 

Do people need to quarantine until they get their results? Seems like they don't trust the vaccines! Or being "careless" if the vaccinated can wander around with a "deadly" disease until they are tested positive. 😂

Mentioned this in my last post but will briefly recap here:

You dont need to isolate until test results are received if fully vaccinated. This was unclear at the time my in-laws arrived (second day of exemption) but has since been clarified officially. 

On 7/11/2021 at 1:45 AM, Crtcl Rice Theory said:

Where did you see that you need to quarantine until you receive your results? You just need a quarantine plan in case you get a positive result.

 

We crossed vaccinated, with 72 hour test in hand, sent the test off as directed and we're not told to quarantine. This was in BC on the 6th.  

Every day we needed to check-in by arrivecan app. As usual, coming back the Americans didn't ask where we have been or if we had symptoms, just wanted to know if we owned our car. 

 

 

 

I will say there was plenty of confusion when my wife presented the J&J vaccine proof which only had one dose. He had to walk across to the main office to sort that out. Then we were told to head over to a tent where the nurse would admin the test. We went there and the folks in the tent said the nurse went home for the day (at 2:40) and that we needed to do our own swab and fedex it in.  

 

Then the next cluster was calling FedEx and finding someone who knew what to do with these packets.   

 

Confused? So are the folks at the border. 

So when we were initially looking into the exemptions there was no clear information about isolating/quarantining until receiving test results. The border guards also did not really clarify this and there was zero information on the pamphlet given to our in-laws when they arrived. The only information regarding the exemption was that you could ignore ArriveCan notifications if you are exempt.

Since I wrote that post though, the information has been updated on the official page and clarified that you DO NOT need to isolate/quarantine until you receive your negative results. All it says is you can carry onto your destination. Beyond that I assume they mean you can do whatever you want. It's super confusing though, I don't know why it wasn't clarified as this is the main question people would want answered.

What's more confusing is my in-laws have been getting calls and emails daily from the Public Health Agency asking if they are still abiding by quarantine rules despite being fully vaccinated. One day we answered and asked the rep why they are still being called. The rep said they work for Public Health and the information shared on the ArriveCan app (including the uploaded vaccination information) is NOT shared with them. I couldn't believe it. I asked how it's possible Public Health Canada does not have this information and she had no answer.

So the Public Health Agency is not working with the ministry responsible for ArriveCan at all. They have no idea who is fully vaccinated or exempt. They are still calling us to this day even though we explained they are vaccinated and exempt and already completed their arrival test.

On top of that, Switch Health, who is responsible for the Covid testing in Ontario, also does not receive this information and has sent daily notifications along with reminders about Day 8 testing which is not necessary.

Basically the government and public health did not prepare for the exemptions at all. What a confusing mess. Can't say that's a huge surprise though...

On 7/5/2021 at 11:42 PM, Reebsrae said:

Fully vaccinated don't need to take tests or do they have to quarantine. 

 

Depending where they are landing, if not vaccinated, the arrival tests are done at the airport and the day 10 test is done at a pharmacy such as Shoppers, or if someone does not have ability to get to pharmacy then switch health mails a test out.  

This is incorrect. Fully vaccinated travelers must provide a negative result within 72 hours of their arrival time to Canada. Then they must also either take a test upon entry if flying or they are given an at-home test to complete with a telehealth nurse if arriving via land border.

They then have to isolate/quarantine until they have received their results. In Ontario, my in-laws did it through Switch Health and the results took two full business days to receive. 

On 7/7/2021 at 4:24 PM, Ptitchou said:

Fully vaccinated still have to get a 72 hour PCR test before entry and do a test on arrival. Just no quarantine. 

https://travel.gc.ca/travel-covid/travel-restrictions/covid-vaccinated-travellers-entering-canada

Just for clarification, for the land border at least, they give you an at-home covid test kit that has to be completed within 24 hours of your arrival. You still must isolate/quarantine until the test results come back negative.

My in-laws took the test at 6pm on Tuesday and received the results Friday at 630am. 

Did anyone reunite with a spouse or family member today or plan to now that the quarantine requirements have dropped for fully vaccinated people?

My in-laws are coming to Canada tomorrow and I'm just curious how the arrival testing at the land border will happen. Will it be the same process as before? Take the home kit, perform it yourself and then have it dropped off at Switch Health location or picked up by Purolator?

If anyone has been through the process today or in the past please let me know, thanks!

Hey sorry I haven't even requested to reschedule mine as I decided not to move to the US right now. I'm hoping to be able to keep my file active though for the future. Keep us posted for how it goes.

3 minutes ago, xyz12345 said:

Here are options for you.

 

https://eforms.state.gov/Forms/ds64.PDF

I'm aware of the form, thanks. I'm trying to take care of this online if possible since I'm outside of the US and the postal service is slow. 

Any chance you have insight into my question? Specifically filing it online like option 1 in the form. 

Just wanted to bump my own thread as I'm a bit confused as to the process of reporting the US passport card lost online.

When I follow the link to report the card lost, it takes me to the passport application which then asks me if I have ever been issued a passport book and/or card before. When I l click both, it asks if I still have the card. When I click, lost it asks me if I've reported it lost.

This is where I'm confused...I'm trying to report it lost. And it just seems like I'm going through the same DS-82/DS-11 online form.

Anyone able to clear this up for me? I'm planning to call on Monday but would love to hear any advice if anyone has been through this.

1 hour ago, darth vader said:

Thanks! With all due respect, our situation has changed a bit. I am not finding any cases where U.S.C. has a contract job in the U.S. while living in Canada. Trying to find out what impact this may have at the NVC and at the interview.

It doesn't have any impact as you can qualify based on your assets alone. You can put that she makes $0 and you'll still qualify. Your assets being in Canada don't matter as long as you can show they are liquid. 

I know this because we both live in Canada and qualified on just our assets which are all based in Canada. 

2 hours ago, darth vader said:

My U.S.C. spouse and I both live and work in Canada currently and expect to get I-130 approval soon. We are preparing for NVC stage and here are our facts:

 

1. We do not want my U.S.C. spouse to move to U.S. before interview.

2. U.S.C. spouse secured a U.S. full-time job, but they want her to come back once coronavirus goes away. We cant do that, since we do not know how long it'll take to get the interview. As such, they are offering to convert her to a contractor.

3. My understanding is that being a contractor, my spouse will have to indicate she is self employed on the i-864 and her income would be $0 (she would've converted to contractor barely 1-4 months before filing i-864, so no 1099 available till then).

4. We are a family of two (no kids or dependent), so poverty guideline wise, the required asset value would be $21,550 x 3 = $64,650. We have WAY over this value in our bank account. However, we only have ~ $45k in U.S. bank account, res of our money is in a joint Canadian bank account we use.

5. We have a co-sponsor bu he is retired. He made around ~200k per year before retiring 2 years ago. After retirement, his "TOTAL INCOME" as per his IRS transcripts for last year is $70k.

6. My in-laws will give us a letter/signed lease stating that we can stay at their 3-bedroom condo as long as we like, once we move back to the U.S. We will be providing mortgage documents to prove that they own the place.

 

Based on the above, here are my questions:

 

Domicile:

 

1. How likely is that NVC will be convinced of my wife's "intent to reestablish domicile" given she applied for and obtained a U.S. job (which was later converted to a contract position)? She has maintained U.S. bank accounts, credit cards, mail delivered to her parent's U.S. address etc.?

2. Will they be satisfied with just a letter or should we get a formal lease signed with my in-laws?

 

Proof of funds:

 

1. Would the fact that my wife would be a contractor and not a full-time employee, would result in her "U.S. job" not being counted for domicile/proof of funds purposes?

2. Would the fact that most of our money is in Canadian bank account, our assets would be discounted? We really don't want to transfer all our money to U.S. account before we have our visa, but we can bump up the U.S. account to $100k USD, if we absolutely have to.

3. Would the fact that the cosponsor is retired, result in their AOS being not valued?

 

In general to summarize, I just wanted your guys opinion on our situation above, and how likely you think we will have trouble at NVC stage? And later at interview?

 

Thanks!

I know you're following this thread...

Serious question, why won't you listen to the information that I (someone that has been through the NVC stage) and countless other posters have already given to you? 

8 hours ago, corrheag said:

OK. I understand. Thanks. I just notice however, that the person who was approved in the previous post stated that she submitted emails communication looking for jobs when her husband gets to the US. Her husband did not have an actual job. She did not mention anything about submitting a financial sponsor. My spouse does work for a US organization but it does not meet the specific guidelines based on USCIS, they just work for a global company. 

You can add in any supporting information that you feel will help your application. But ultimately, people have been approved with no job and just a lease in the US, so you don't have to replicate exactly what they do. They just want to know that you have a place to live in the US and have the financial ability to not become a burden on society.

If your husband's job will continue when he moves back to the US, then show proof of that. Then you will have both a job and lease in place as proof of his intent to re-domicile.

8 hours ago, corrheag said:

Hi everyone, 

Congrats to all of you that were already approved. 

 

I have posted quite a bit about this same scenario I'm in. So good to know that you are not alone. 

In some of the previous responses I received, I was told I would need to more than likely provide a join financial sponsor. For those of you that were approved, it did not seem like you had to do that. 

 

For the beneficiaries whose spouses lived with them in Canada, what did you put on the i864? My spouse was living in the US at the very beginning of the application, but came to Canada one month later, they have really only lived in Canada for a year so far. So, we had submitted their US income on the i864 at the time of the application. They are currently in Canada on a PR but have no desire to stay here upon approval of my LPR. It is actually more than likely that they will give up their Canadian PR (I put work permit in previous posts).

 

For those of you that were approved, did you find providing a lease to be best way you got approved? Even if you did not provide US income? 

 

Thanks so much! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is your husband working for a US company and will that job continue when you move back to the US?

If so, you won't need a joint sponsor. If not, then you will to do one of three things:

1) He moves back and gets a job and a lease and is your sponsor

2) He stays until you move together and you get a joint sponsor in the US

3) He stays until you move together and you qualify based on your combined financial assets

For what you need to do to be approved, the story above is all you need to read. Get a lease in the US and have your financial plan in place and you will be fine.

16 minutes ago, HRQX said:

Line out the sentence and send a statement explaining the circumstances of her acquisition of Canadian citizenship, which was done without the intent to give up her US citizenship.

Do you think something as simple as this would suffice?

"I acquired Canadian citizenship on XXX date as I intended to live in Canada with my husband and daugther for the foreseeable future however this was done without the intent to give up my US citizenship as I may return to live in the USA in the future."

I imagine this also has to be done with every subsequent 10-year renewal?

2 minutes ago, HRQX said:

It looks like there is no FBU in Canada: https://www.ssa.gov/foreign/foreign.htm The closest offices are all inside of the US: https://www.ssa.gov/foreign/canada.htm

Yes, that has been our issue since Covid.

I'll give our designated US office a call to see if there's a way to process it by mail through another office because of Covid but was wondering if anyone knew of the answer offhand. Thanks!

Hello,

My child was born in Canada to a US citizen mother. We applied for the CRBA back in 2019 and got her US citizenship and passport shortly thereafter. However, you weren't allowed to apply for a SSN at the Consulate. We were told a SSN application would have to be made physically in the US. Unfortunately, we didn't have a chance to return to the US before Covid hit. 

I had read that it is possible to get an SSN for someone while abroad but unsure of how to do so.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Hello,

My wife is about to renew her US passport book. She had a US passport card but can't seem to find it anywhere. It may have been lost or misplaced in a move. However, she's not planning to get a new card just the book.

When she applies for the new passport book, does she need to mention the lost card at all? In her application form she is only going to select renewal for the passport book.

I imagine it's the same as someone who has their Card but doesn't feel the need to renew it. Would they need to send it back even though they're not getting a new one or can they just keep it as a keepsake?

I'm preparing to renew my wife's US passport. She became a Canadian citizen about five years after she received her US citizenship. While reading through the renewal form - DS82 - there's a line that states the following:

"(If any of the below-mentioned acts or conditions have been performed by or apply to the applicant, the portion which applies should be lined out, and a supplementary explanatory statement under oath (or affirmation) by the applicant should be attached and made a part of this application.)

I have not, since acquiring United States citizenship/nationality, been naturalized as a citizen of a foreign state; taken an oath or made an affirmation or other formal declaration of allegiance to a foreign state..."

Has anyone been through this process? Did you line out that sentence above and attach a separate letter with your application simply stating that although you became a Canadian citizen you intended to remain a US citizen?

1 hour ago, gavinski91 said:

Has anyone had success lately in proving US domicile while residing in Canada? My wife (CAN citizen) and I (dual US/CAN citizen) have been married for five years, residing in Canada during that time. But for the entirety of that time I've either been attending school or working in the US (crossing the border every day). Other evidence of my US domicile we included in the NVC packet was bank accounts, credit cards, investment accounts, private school payments (we don't have kids but pay for membership in the school society) and US church membership. Our plan has been to buy a house once she gets her visa, and then move across the border into the US.

 

Just wondering if those documents likely to be sufficient to prove my US domicile, or if should we look to get a signed lease prior to the interview.

Get a lease. If you don't have a home in the US there's nothing tying you to the country. All of the things you mentioned you're able to maintain as a non-resident. You don't have to get your own home - sign a lease with a family member. Have a look through the last 5-10 pages of this thread for any more info. 

On 1/14/2021 at 12:19 AM, ooman7 said:

Did you receive a reply? My wife and I will be in a similar situation soon. They haven't scheduled our interview yet, but we had some unforeseen issues with work/housing come up after becoming documentarily qualified. What timing! I hope you're able to delay as needed. Did they get back to you?

They said I could only delay for a year before the case interview would be terminated. They never said if it would go back to NVC or USCIS. I asked for clarification again and they haven't responded since (about six weeks now). 

The clarification was in regards to this information - https://fam.state.gov/fam/09FAM/09FAM050413.html

(CT:VISA-544;   03-28-2018)
a. Failure to Appear:  The Department (CA/VO) considers the end of the one-year period to apply for the visa to be a mandated date triggering termination of the petition for inactive applications.  The one-year period stops, however, if during that time the applicant takes substantive steps to apply for the visa, such as rescheduling the immigrant visa appointment date.  If the applicant reschedules the appointment date within one year of an initial failure to appear  the one-year period to take action on the visa would begin anew on the new appointment date.

7 minutes ago, darth vader said:

Sorry if this is a stupid question. Can one register to vote if not living in the U.S. Is that legal? If so, do you know the process to register to vote in Pennsylvania? Does one have to be physically in Pennsylvania to register?

 

My spouse is in the U.S. at the moment so anything you can advise we can get done to be later used at NVC stage to demonstrate domicile or intent to reestablish domicile would be great!

Check your DM as I answered your question there.

Registering to vote in the state you last lived in won't help with domicile as that what citizens who live abroad already do. The most important thing for Montreal is your lease and job. Since you don't want to move ahead and get a job first, then you will need a lease. The ultimate decision comes down to the CO at the Montreal Consulate. There's nothing you can do ahead of time to guarantee they will pass you, but if you have all of these things, the fail rate is low. 

All of your questions have been addressed in the thread stickied to the top of the Canada forum. Read through there again. Get a lease with family/a friend in place. 

Good luck on the journey.

17 hours ago, HRQX said:

Respond by quoting the Foreign Affairs Manual: https://fam.state.gov/fam/09FAM/09FAM050413.html

An applicant becomes liable to possible termination of registration under INA 203(g) if the applicant:

(1)  Has not made an application for a visa within one year of notice of visa availability.  The beneficiary has one year to make an application for a visa, beginning on the date the notice of visa availability is issued.

(2)  Does not respond to the appointment notice included with the Immigrant Visa Appointment Package, meaning that the applicant fails to appear for a visa application interview on the scheduled appointment date and fails to take further action on the case within one year of the scheduled interview;

(3)  Is refused at the interview under INA 221(g), and fails to present evidence purporting to overcome the basis for a refusal under INA 221(g) within one-year following the refusal; or

(4)  Fails to comply with the Follow-up Instruction Package for Immigrant Visa Applicants or logs into their CEAC account within one year.

The question with #2 there is what's considered "further action"?

Is simply responding once a year that "I'm not ready to reschedule my visa appointment interview at this time" considered further action on the case?

(CT:VISA-544;   03-28-2018)

a. Failure to Appear:  The Department (CA/VO) considers the end of the one-year period to apply for the visa to be a mandated date triggering termination of the petition for inactive applications.  The one-year period stops, however, if during that time the applicant takes substantive steps to apply for the visa, such as rescheduling the immigrant visa appointment date.  If the applicant reschedules the appointment date within one year of an initial failure to appear  the one-year period to take action on the visa would begin anew on the new appointment date.

OR 

Do I just keep setting a new appointment date each year and then not showing up in order to extend the one-year period? That seems sort of instinctively wrong to do though.

Hello everyone,

My interview is set for December 7th but due to COVID my wife and I decided to make a life change and the plan doesn't include moving to the US for the foreseeable future (we both live in Canada). So I emailed the Consulate to get instructions on how long I can delay an interview for and how to keep my file active with the Consulate in case we changed our minds down the line.

They replied that you have one year following receiving your interview letter to reschedule your appointment or else your file is terminated. 

I had read in the past that if you contacted the Consulate at least once per year your file would remain active, but according to the Montreal Consulate that is not the case. So now I'm awaiting clarity on if my file would be sent back to USCIS or if it would be kept at NVC.

If anyone has any experience with this please let me know if the Consulate officer is mistaken. I will post updates here for anyone else who ends up in a similar situation in the future.

I emailed the Consulate back and received this response:

I emailed back to clarify if my file would simply be sent back to NVC or USCIS and awaiting a response which takes about a week.

I'm not sure if there are new rules or each Consulate is different, but hopefully this isn't the case.