jstriders

You never had a contiguous stay of 6 months or more 

Sometimes the CBP agent is just being authoritative, as from the sounds of it, you never spent an exorbitant amount of time in one stay.  
 
With Canadians, it’s slightly different than other countries.  My husband and I crossed multiple times before we were married (a few times I had 2 same day entrances), but we never spent more than 3-4 days at a time.  I also was never able to find an official record of my travel
history best guess estimation when I filled out the visa application.  

If you never spent but a few days in the USA with each visit,  there is no problem (typical authorized stay for a Canadianis 6 months).   If you had at some point exceeded your authorized stay at some point you would have been denied entry.   
 
Even if you had an overstay,  as the spouse of a USC,  this is ignored when deciding immigrant Visas

Congratulations and good luck on the rest of your journey! 
I am too, waiting on NOA2. 178 days today

Hi all,
I have been following this thread for a while but this is the first time I am posting. I am from Italy, my husband is from Boston, and our I-130 was received on April 3rd, 2019.
So far, I haven't received any updates from USICS, but I see most April 2019 filers are getting approved. 
I am a bit concerned but I have my fingers crossed.
Good luck to all of you.

PD was April 29th and service centre was Texas. And in case anyone else is wondering: we didn't file I-129 lol.
 
Also, file was sent to the NVC yesterday so no more USCIS! 

I received my NOA 2 on 10/23!
Noa1 was 04/14, I received rfe on 10/01 and USCIS received my response to RFE on 10/15.
 
good luck to everybody!

Usually common-law is only applied in court proceedings when there is a dispute in finances, property or children. Everyone I know that cohabitated with their ex-partners just broke up, moved out and that was it (and later married other people or lived with other people) even when there were joint expenses, etc. There were never any disputes though so nothing every went to court.

Not sure what province she is in, but this is from a legal advice booklet in Ontario: http://www.cleo.on.ca/english/pub/onpub/PD.../livtogethr.pdf
But a common-law relationship is defined by two people living together as a couple. If you do not live together, you are not considered to be in a common-law relationship. If you have been living together but then stop, you are no longer common-law spouses. You do not have to take any formal steps or legal action in order to end the relationship. Also, no matter how long you live as a couple in a common-law relationship, your common-law status does not change. You never become married unless you go through a legally recognized marriage ceremony. If you live with someone in a common-law relationship, it is important to know the similarities and differences between that and marriage. For example, to secure some things such as an inheritance, or division of property if you separate, you must take extra steps that are not necessary if you are married.

See the OP's timeline.

No medical ends when you become a US resident.  You need to purchase private health insurance after activating your visa. 

Just following up on this thread since I’m sure I won’t be the only person in this situation in the future. I did call the CRA and was told I would still receive my tax return for the 2018 tax year and I received my full tax return benefit via direct deposit from claiming my foreign tuition tax credits as a student in the US. 
 
If you’ve filled out TL11A forms as a student to claim foreign tuition credits as a student, you are still entitled to claim the benefit on taxes on Canadian income once you’ve left the country.
 
I got my green card last August. Stayed in Canada and worked until November 2018 before resigning and leaving permanently for the US. I called the CRA to advise them I left the country following that to cancel my GST cheques and provided my US tax information to my Canadian bank.
 
I filed my tax return for 2018 in March 2019 and tried to e-file. I found out you can only file through paper filing as a non-resident which delayed my return. After paper filing, CRA processed my return and I still got my full return with tuition tax credits included on both my employment income and the federal income tax taken from my cashed out pension lump sum payment.
 
Some of the guidance earlier in the thread may still apply to other situations, just not foreign tuition tax credits on Canadian income earned.
 
I hope this is helpful to anyone else who ends up reading this who has a similar situation.

I changed my address and phoned to end my gst rebate and cctb cheques. They proceeded to send gst cheques to me in the USA.  I didn't cash them and sent them back with a letter stating I was no longer a Canadian resident.  They reissued them to me.  So I eventually cashed them into my Canadian account.  When I did my exit taxes of course they said Omg you owe us money,  and I paid them back since I kept it just for thst occasion. 

Thanks for the cautionary advice. I’ll follow up after tax return season to echo the above issues if those things pan out for the benefit of future inquirers.
 
Appreciate everyone’s advice on this thread. Hope you all had a great thanksgiving! 

You need to get your employer to start taxing you as a non resident. By still paying resident taxes they can come back to bite you later also for your permanent resident in the US you can't be a resident in Canada. 
 
Your tax break for your tuition is also a perk of being a Canadian resident. You will not be one when you endorse your visa as you start to be a US resident.  For sure double check with an actual tax accountant don't go just by what CRA said as they may not have understood you correctly. I know for my student loans the minute I crossed was the end to my perks and I wasn't crossing with a spousal visa. I had a K1 so not even a GC holder months later. 

So I spoke to the CRA this morning to let them know of my emigrant status. The above is actually inaccurate. You’re only considered a non-resident for tax purposes once you leave Canada permanently.
 
For example if you were to activate your green card in August, if you chose to work in Canada for a further two to three more months while you wrap things up, you would still be considered a Canadian resident for tax purposes for that time period.
 
When you quit your job and cut ties to Canada, you should call CRA and give them your exit date which would be different from the date that you started being a US green card resident. After this exit date the CRA would consider you a non-resident for tax purposes.
 
Hope that helps others in my position who search this later.

So I’m actually now done with this process. I used to work for a hospital in Toronto. They’ve had my situation before and they don’t tax people as non-residents that are working at their hospital as the CRA doesn’t view Canadian citizens working in Canadian institutions who haven’t cut ties yet as non-residents for tax purposes. 
 
I was taxed as a Canadian resident as usual on my paychecks until I left. Once I called the CRA to give them my exit date, I became a non-resident. The CRA confirmed that they were unconcerned with the date of my activating my green card for their purposes.
 
Also being a Canadian resident for tax purposes and being a green card permanent resident in the US have distinct and separate criteria that can overlap in situations such as these. 
 
I also comfirmed with the CRA that I will still be able to carry over my tuition tax refund benefits as a non-resident on income earned in 2018. If you’ve filled out TL11A forms as a student studying in a foreign institution and have tuition credit amounts to claim on your taxes when you return from your education abroad to Canada to work, you keep those perks on Canadian income taxes even after you’ve become a non-resident. Any unclaimed carryover of foreign tuition credit amounts will also be kept for you to claim later if you ever choose to return to Canada from the United States to work.

Still waiting on the snail mail but happy to say USCIS tracking updated to say NOA2 is on the way! =D

Thank you so much! Same to you.
❤️
I feel it would be so much easier if I would be able to track our case in one of the apps. Unfortunately we have IOE receipt number (e-filing) that is not recognized by the trackers.
My husband is in Dexter, MI and I am in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. We are pretty close distance-wise, and he is able to visit pretty much every weekend, but waiting and not knowing is exhausting and worrisome...
 
Well, hopefully all of us will be getting positive news soon 🍀🍀🍀
 

Hey and welcome to the forum! We're both on a very similar date and just a stones throw apart. I'm in Westland, Mi. 
 
I am also waiting patiently for my NOA2 - well, whats lefts of my finger nails lol. 
 
Hopping the best for you!
 
 
Matt

Omg!! Me too I’m so happy I was so nervous bc I had received received an RFE but just received email saying approved! 
 
30 pd 2/21/19
i129f pd 8/16/19
RFE 9/11/19
i130 approved email 9/25/19
 

Just got an email notification my I-130 was approved.
No text message. No mail yet but probably will get next week)
 
I-130  PD  3/12/19 - Nebraska
I-129f PD  8/12/19
I-130 Approved email 9/25/2019

I130 PD: 2/14/19
I129f PD: 7/31/19
I129f denied: 9/19/19
I130 approved!: 9/19/19
50 days between I129f NOA1 and I129f denial/I130 approval

All they did was quote the process time per there website,  which is the standard response 

If you haven't already, sign up for USPS Informed Delivery.  It is free, and if you have mail pending from USCIS you will see it ahead of time.