mam521

This is why I asked if they are close to citizenship and even want US citizenship. I don't believe Nepalese people are eligible for dual citizenship, so it's a tough consideration.

Montreal hasn't geared up since before the pandemic. There's a couple of years worth of processing times and 120 days + from DQ to interview is pretty much the norm. The DS-5535 isn't adjudicated in Montreal - those are all sent centrally. Montreal just likes to hand them out like Halloween candy, it would seem.

So here's a question: if you had to marry him tomorrow, would you? I'm asking because you mention "strengthening your relationship". Fiancé visas are for people who want to get married. Not potentially want to get married. I know the wait times are much longer than they used to be and that's often why people contemplate a CR1 due to similar timelines, but if this person isn't actually your fiancé right now, why are you considering this? You should be sure you want to spend the rest of your life together with this person because the immigration journey is definitely not easy, it's definitely not cheap and it's not for the faint of heart. You're asking this person who you aren't yet sure whether or not you want to marry to pack up their whole life and move to a country which has an entirely different cultural profile and arguably has a lot of prejudiced people towards Muslims. Would you do the reverse, pack up your life and move to Morocco tomorrow? I'm legitimately not trying to be a facetious jerk. These are serious considerations you NEED to make. This isn't toss an application into the mix and hope it all works out. Immigration is a privilege, not a right, so that needs to be kept in the the back of one's mind when making such a serious request.

They want to go back for an extended visit or they want to move back? Do they want to eventually come back to the US? If so, how close are they to obtaining citizenship?

Definitely. It would be different if the applications were smart enough to ask questions and then populate successive questions based on the previous answers. For example, if a person is applying under a 3 year rule, the questions regarding travel having the appropriate number of calculated days relevant to that rather than the blanket of applying under the 5 year rule. The "Jack of All Trades, Master of None" applications create confusion and more work when RFE's are issued.

There's a list on her notice of interview of what she needs to bring. That said, I had my stack of paperwork and was only asked to see my DL and greencard. Good luck!

Nope, you won't see anything for your dependent. It's a strange one. Once you become a citizen and have your certificate of citizenship, get passports for you and your kiddo. Then, you can file the N-600 to get the certificate for your Little. I contemplated the certificates for my kids because they are expensive, but in the end, decided they were important. The system is confusing here - the Department of State issues passports and USCIS the certificates of citizenship. But, USCIS doesn't recognize a US passport as proof of citizenship. It's weird and I didn't ever want a situation where my kids lost a passport or had it stolen and we not have proof with USCIS that they are citizens.

Filled out everything else and just left the signature. They made me change the place to "Houston". I had originally put "Spring" where I live. So, there's that.

I'd get their passports immediately after your wife naturalizes and then apply for the N-600. Just did it earlier this year for my kids.

I see many people starting to see approvals and issuances of their visas...congrats! I know you're just trying to get to the next step and have plenty of USCIS trauma, but if you are considering citizenship in the future, start yourself a spreadsheet and begin tracking all of your travel. You'll need it in the future for that application - anything to make the PTSD less!! Good luck! 🍀

You can apply now from the US for it. I suspect because you didn't keep it renewed, it's start from scratch.

When I did mine last year, the Houston officers were very strict about signing it in front of them. I'd just hold off and do it there.

Not to be discouraging, but many people end up meeting citizenship 3 year requirement, filing for citizenship and requesting a combo interview because the I-751 interviews are often very slow.

Montreal is slow. You'll be in the queue for a while considering you only filed in July. It's one of the reasons the CR1 is often recommended, especially dealing with Montreal. If you have the option to extend the lease at least 6 months to keep your rent in check, I'd consider that. Don't give up your place until your visa is issued. You don't know how long approval will be, how long interview scheduling will be or if you'll land in a long AP. The consulate never recommends making plans until a visa is issued. The other advantage is a lease agreement is a reasonable tie to Canada, in case you want to visit the US. Crashing at your parent's place is not.

https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=463738 As with everything immigration related, you have to take a number and wait your turn. Your number hasn't come up yet, so the consulate hasn't requested your case from NVC. Number holders earlier in the queue are having their cases sent. Some consulates are quick, others take months before an interview is scheduled. Hang tight, your time will come.

As a PR, you might be forced to import it because you won't technically be returning to Canada. Most states have rules about it when you become a resident, too. Do I think you'll get stopped? Unlikely but insurance becomes an issue. Can't import without the compliance letter. Toyota has flat out stopped issuing them and Mercedes seems to as well. This is why many people just opt to sell and buy something stateside. I've done both - my truck was easy to import at the time because it was compliant and Chrysler Canada had no issues issuing the letter. Our Jetta - we sold because it didn't have active TPMS so changing the dash cluster and computer just weren't worth it. Sold it, took the cash and used it as a nice down payment on a Passat and negotiated the rate down so I could build a credit history in the US.

Disagree. In the North, when it's dark, it's dark. When it's light (in winter)...it's negligible and the sun barely makes it off of the horizon. Sunrise at 8:30am versus 9:30am when the sun sets at 3pm versus 4pm makes little difference. Once summer hits, if the sun comes up at 4:30am or 5:30am and sets at 10:30pm or 11:30pm makes no difference. It never failed - when I was working in the oilpatch, I'd inevitably have to drive the frozen tundra from Rainbow Lake, AB to High Level, AB in the "morning" and the sun would sit on that horizon, too low for the vehicle visor to block anything. It sucked! We're on the handing things in on time struggle bus ourselves with Kid2. So many wasted marks and so much unnecessary stress from falling behind. Sometimes, I wanna pull the Homer Simpson on Bart and shake the living bejezuz out of him!

Receiving the package in a mail room versus a CO opening and acknowledging receipt of the contents are 2 different kettle of fish in the USCIS world. Hang onto your tracking info and hold tight. While I understand how unnerving it can be, 4 days is nothing to write home about yet.

Good luck! Hopefully PC are quick with your application and you'll get everything back within 3 weeks!

Nope. It's documents that technically could be printed off of the web or replaced by the government. It's of no value to Passport Canada so they don't give a hoot if they get lost. Sucks for us if they do...

Just put them in and be transparent. You don't want anything to cause delays in your application approval, or worse yet, turn up during AP that might seem suspicious, even though it rarely is. Just list and move on. If you're honest, they won't think much of it.

This is a classic read!

I've climbed Delicate Arch no less than 8 times. I love it there, but we haven't been in some time because it's been overrun with pretend glampers. We used to take our students on a field trip there for work. Ran 4 bootcamps a year, 3 field trips were Utah, 1 was California. Covid killed the field trips, unfortunately. Somehow training people became a cost, rather than an investment.

How's Miu with the ridiculous time change? I know I was awoken by a Siamese cat at the "new" time of 5:00am, trying to tell me it was breakfast time. She will storm your head and bite your nose if you attempt to ignore her, too. If you try to lock her out of the room, she hollers at the top of her lungs so the entire street can hear her. Alas, having grown up in Canadia in a province where the time remains unchanged, I can say with certainty that I despise standard time, too!

@Albert2 please fill out your timeline https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=463054