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2 hours ago, arken said:

2. A best guess will be fine, no need to be exact for bday of father you aren’t in touch with. Just use the same bday in all forms moving forward. I wouldn’t even mention anything about best guess    that may only confuse them more.

 

3. You can handwrite “TO-DATE” or “PRESENT” after printing the filled out form OR you can simply type the date of the day you sign the form. It’ll mean the same thing.

Thank you!

1 hour ago, Pmta1 said:

1. Use her current legal name. If the parent is married now and has a different maiden name, then the married name is what's used. This applies even if the birth certificate was issued under the mother's maiden name.

2. You can give a best guess. Then in part 8 additional information, you can clarify that this is an estimate and the actual details are unknown.

3. put it by hand "present" or type it in with the PDF writer. This is a common issue.

4. Yes, click "yes" and you won't have to fill out the current physical address.

Thank you very much!

Hello all,

My fiance & I are starting the process of doing our i-129f form for a k-1 visa and I had a few quick questions as we go through it. I hope this is an okay to post them...

1. For the Beneficiary's Parent's info, do we put my mothers current name or her maiden name? She was using her maiden name when I was born but has since been re-married.

2.  I haven't been in contact with my biological father for a very very long time. If I can't recall his birth year what do I do? Can I leave it blank, put in just his day/month? 

3. For beneficiaries employers, the PDF won't let me put PRESENT as an end date, I haven't given any notice at work and I have no current end date. Do I hand write in PRESENT or N/A or NONE for that area if I'm still currently employed?

4. A couple of the address sections say "Provide your/your beneficiary's current address first if it is different from the mailing address..." If my current address is NOT different from my mailing address do I skip to the Physical Address 2 and leave Physical Address 1 blank? Sounds silly but we're trying to follow it perfectly.

Thank you for any assistance you can provide!

Thanks for the info! Sadly I won't likely have a SSN until I get there but if I manage to get one before hand I'll definitely look into RBC.

On 11/21/2019 at 4:33 PM, patrick33 said:

I tried to do this too before I moved. RBC would only let me have a debit card/bank account, not a credit card, without an SSN. Although, even when I got an SSN they wouldn't approve me for a US credit card, despite having good credit in Canada, so I ended up going with PNC after I got here. PNC said they could pull my Canadian credit report(can't verify this) and gave me a credit card with a small limit so I built it from there.

Can I ask how long it took you roughly to build your score up to a decent level once you got there? 

Just now, Cndn said:

I was pretty annoyed that my credit score didn’t transfer from Canada too, especially because I worked hard to maintain a great score! But honestly it hasn’t been that hard to start building it up in the states. I thought I would have to get a secured credit card, but not even. I got a US bank credit card (I’m a stay at home mom by the way). I think my husband adding me to his checking account as our joint account is what helped, so I’d recommend that if possible. It was also help you come time for your green card interview (if you’re a K1?) in terms of AOS evidence. I don’t know about building up a US score beforehand hopefully someone else can give you more info on that. 

Thank you for sharing your experience. That's good to hear if I can't pre-build credit. I was also disheartened when I found out I couldn't take the score I've been working so hard on with me haha.

Good afternoon,

I read that your Canadian credit score doesn't go with you when you immigrate to the U.S. I know there are several Canadian banks like RBC, TD & Scotia that have US money credit cards and I was wondering if these would be something I could use to build up my US credit score before moving or if they would still only affect my Canadian score.

Any advice is much appreciated.

Thanks

I dont think he could simply pay it off, but Im wondering if an American lender would lend me the money to pay off my Canadian bank. 

Hello all,

I'm new to this forum so apologize if this is not where this is supposed to go. I'm looking to move to the U.S under a K-1 Visa to be with my fiance and I've been doing a lot of research in the process. One of my main concerns at the moment is my vehicle, I have a 2016 vehicle which I financed through a TD auto loan. From what I can gather, TD will not allow me to move my vehicle across the border because it technically has a lien on it. I reached out to ScotiaBank who also said they would not allow a vehicle under a loan to be moved cross border. So I guess I'm asking if anyone has any suggestions or advice here. I'll be moving to Oregon from Ontario and I originally just planned to keep my Canadian bank account that my loan withdraws from and deposit funds into it.

Does anyone know of any banks or lending organizations that would give me a letter of approval to move my vehicle if I moved my loan to be with them?

I've seen some suggest you sell your car but I don't know that I would even get what the loans value on it is worth. I also know that I will 90% likely not be able to pay off my loan on top of saving for all the other moving expenses involved within the next year.

Hoping someone has some advice here. 

Thanks so much