Flowergirl 737

Hello everyone. I have a question about renewing a Canadian passport from USA. Has anyone had such an expereince recently. 

I have not heard back from them, On the gov site it says I should hear something after 20 business days if not fill out an application status and will receive an answer in 3 days I have done that and nothing after 3 days. I just want to have peace of mind that the application is there and is being processed. 

Help!!!!

Thank you !

7 minutes ago, Ashtim said:

10 minutes ago, Flowergirl 737 said:

Would be a great help if u could recall  the kit you bought. I see so many on Amazon . Don’t know which option is better 

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0797MT15V/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

11 hours ago, Ashtim said:

So what did you do with tpms non compliance of your car ? 

I had to instal it !!!!! Only that way I could import it !!!!!

Hi everyone, 

Has anyone traveled back to Canada recently and being vaccinated I want to know if we can still cross the land border without the vacine ??? Thanks guys!

Hey guys, a quick up date. So I had the impression that after you cross the border you just wait for your SSN and green card and within 2 weeks you should get them. Well after 4 weeks I did not get anything and of course I was not able to do anything in USA without these 2 cards. Finally I read on here that people have been going to the SS office and apply for their SSN. So I called and they told me to wait it will take time since it is a new card I am getting. The truth is if the border officers did not apply for you , you will not get it and you will be waiting for nothing. They do apply for your green card but looks like the SSN is it separat from the green card and they might not apply for you . So my suggestion is that you ask the border office when you cross if they applied for you for the SSN. The officer told me I will get smething in th mail he did not specifically said which one the green card or the SSN but I knew something was coming and was expecting that both will come. So if you have waited 2 weeks and got nothing chances are you need to locate your local SS office and make an appointment and apply for your SSN. That is exactly what I did after waiting for 5 weeks but you can get on it faster after 2 weeks or just get your answer form the border officer and apply as soon as you get into USA. So got my SSN 4 days after I applied and got the green card 6 weeks after I crossed the border. 

Hello everyone, what is the time waiting for the green card and SSN, if you have crossed the border with your VISA in the past 3 weeks can you let me know if you got anything ? Still waiting after 3 weeks. Do I need both green card and SSN to work ? Thank you guys in advance. 

4 minutes ago, waterlooengineer said:

 

Hey there. Could you please pm me the video as well.

 

Thanks!

 

Also has anyone tried to cross the US border recently with a USC spouse? Are they letting us in? I flew to the States last month so I have a valid B2 stamp until December. 

I have a friend of mine who did cross with the USC spouse and they were let in by land. They have been together since they got married about 1-2 years ago never separated for periods of time. They just travelled from the USA to Canada back and forth together. I will send you the video. 

4 minutes ago, waterlooengineer said:

 

Hey there. Could you please pm me the video as well.

 

Thanks!

 

Also has anyone tried to cross the US border recently with a USC spouse? Are they letting us in? I flew to the States last month so I have a valid B2 stamp until December. 

9 hours ago, jrs said:

I’m a USC who has been staying in Canada since March 2020 while we’ve been waiting for the IR1 process to play out.  Prior to that, I’d go back and forth from the us to Canada every week or two over and over for 4 years (probably 200 crossings).

 

I applied for a visitor record and was granted one extension.  I applied again at the 1 year mark and am waiting for that to be processed, which should be in Sept.  

 

I need to go back to the US for a week or two in September.  Will I have problems getting back into Canada?  If this were a Canadian trying to get into the US after staying as a visitor for 18 months, I feel like there is a good chance they would be turned away.  My wife and two kids are in Canada so I don’t want to leave if there’s a chance I’ll get locked out of the country. 
 

thinking about hiring an immigration lawyer to advise on this (recommendations welcome) but figured I’d ask here first in case anyone knows.

 

my DQ date is in late April so I still have some time before this is over.

The Canadian border definitely operates somewhat different than the USA so keep that in mind. I feel the Canadian border is more lenient towards keeping the family together, but even so, to  be safe I would wait till you get the last request approved. So if you do go, there might be a 50% chances that they might not let you in. Sometimes you just have to go with your gut feeling because you will be at the discretion of the border officer. 

1 hour ago, Fobosdaemios said:

Sorry, Is this the amount you need to pay after passing the interview? Do we need to pay for anything else when we're at the consulate? So I can prepare and bring some money ahead of time. If we do need to pay at the consulate, is it USD only?

This is for the green card fee after the interview, you will pay online. You do not need to bring money to the interview.

18 minutes ago, B&Grr said:

use this link - I just paid mine an hour ago. if pasting the link into address bar doesn't work - try again. it worked the second time for me

 

https://my.uscis.gov/uscis-immigrant-fee/

YUP now it worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey guys, where do we pay the immigrant fee? The link they gave me here in this letter does not work . 

I wasn't even aware of this fee, I thought we paid everything through CEAC. So looks like there is an 

immigrant fee that needs to be paid to USCIS of $220 before crossing the border. Help please!!! Thank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11 minutes ago, MR.M& MRS.S said:

Thanks a lot, can you send me that video link 

I sent it in private if you did not get it message me.

2 hours ago, MR.M& MRS.S said:

 Hi guys,
                I am following this thread for a couple of months and it’s helping me a lot in my CR-1 file as I do not have a lawyer. So mostly I rely on this wonderful community. I was DQ on Oct/20/2020. I have a couple of questions, I would appreciate if you could give me some advice about it.

 

1)  When we submitted our i-864 at that time my wife’s(petitioner) mailing address and physical address were different but now her physical address is the same as the mailing address and also she changed her job too so should we need to submit a new I-864 ??

 

2) We have a joint Sponsor and  we have uploaded his tax transcript and W2, as he(joint sponsor)is married so do I need to submit their I-864A too? ( I haven’t submitted it before)

 

Thanks 

You do not need to submit a new I-864 for the changes, you can let them know at the interview. For the joint sponsor who is married, you do need to have the I-864A as long as he is filing taxes joint with his wife. Here is a video that will help you.

7 minutes ago, T&S_MTL said:

As a Canadian immigrant, now citizen, I had to do the "flag pole" which consists of going to the US border, and immediately go back to Canada in order to validate a visa (whether it's a work visa or the PR with a foreign passport, different from the one used for the US immigration). Do some of you guys know if this is considered as being turned around / denied entry ? I just want make there is no issues at the interview with this, and if this should be mentioned. Thanks

It doesn't sound like you will have a problem. You went into the USA and came right back out I do not see a problem with that. Just like a day visit. You can mention it if you want, but I think it will fine. 

Hey guys, this is the compliance letter I got from Hyundai for my car. Is this good enough 

to pass the border? As it says it is not complaining with the FMVSS regulations, only the EPA.

Anyone out there can confirm and let me know, thank you for all your help guys! 

Thank you for all your help guys.

23 hours ago, State and Maine said:

Just checked ceac and the status has changed from refused to issued!! It still says undergoing AP but it’s better than this morning!!

Congratulations!!!!

Hey guys, I need some help here. My son's passport is expiring January 2022. Should I renew it here while I am Canada or 

wait and do it from the USA by mail. I am not sure if I have to show up in person at Washington DC Canadian Consulate which is quite a ride from where I will be at.

Any suggestions???? Thank s for the help !!!

1 hour ago, CGs_Mother said:

I only know from my experience. They did say to the family in front of us that, since they still had a loan on the car, they would have to pay taxes on their vehicle to import it. I would definitely call USCBP and ask them.

Thanks!

10 hours ago, puppy_cute said:

Hi guys, can you please confirm if I have the right police certificate?

 

Yup it is the right one !!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am looking for the thread of people sharing their POE experiences, especially importing a car. Can someone point me to that forum or thread if it exists?

Many thanks in advance. 

10 hours ago, CGs_Mother said:

Hi Everyone,

 

I have been meaning to write this for a few days. We crossed in Saturday, but it was an adventure to do so, and I think I'm only recovering now. 

 

The crossing part was easy - we drove to Windsor/Detroit, was taken into secondary, had to leave the cat and our cell phones in the car, went into the little building, they scanned our passports (there were issues with that but they were technical because they had a new system that only one person knew how to run, so it was giving everyone problems, including the family in front of us who were also activating their family visas at the same time), they reviewed my list of goods, and my teenager and I (and the cat) were admitted.

 

However, my car was not.

 

There were debates back and forth on VJ about whether or not one can drive one's vehicle down and import the vehicle later instead of at the time of crossing. I know we should have probably called the border to ask first, but I was in such a state of flux about packing and selling my house, I figured we could just tell them we were importing the vehicle later and deal with it.

 

Wrong.

 

In order to admit a personal vehicle into the US, it must actually be importable. That's why you need that letter from your car's manufacturer. Which of course I didn't have. When I told the border guard I thought I could do it all later and just drive the car down to get down there, he said, "This is why you always call first. You can't just drive it down. It is your property and so you are importing it and because it's a vehicle, it is subject to certain taxes you would have to pay prior to entry, regardless of whether or not you're doing the paperwork today."

 

Since my car was an old beater (a 2012 car with over 243k on it) and didn't have an OEM Tire Pressure Monitor, it would not be road certifiable in Texas (where we were headed), and the customs officers determined that the car was "unimportable". So we were given a letter explaining the situation, which also stated that neither my teenager nor I were charged with any criminal offences, and that we were admitted to the US as permanent residents, and we were turned around and told to take the car back to Canada.

 

This is where it gets interesting.

 

We drove back across the Ambassador Bridge to Canada Customs. The Customs officer took a look at the letter, looked at our passports and said, "Really? They wouldn't let your car in but you can go? That's crazy. So what are you going to do?"

 

I said I guess I have to figure out how to get rid of the car and try to go back.

 

Then he asked, "Are you both fully vaccinated?"

 

Thank goodness my teen had their second shot exactly two weeks to the day before we decided to cross. I showed the Canada Customs officer our slips evidencing full vaccination from the Ontario Ministry of Health, and he sat there, looking at our documents. Then he handed them all back, except the letter about the car, and said, "Good luck with your car. You can go back. You don't need to quarantine."

 

If it had been any other time, or even a day before, we would have had to have waited another two weeks before we could cross.

 

When we got back over to Windsor, in a matter of 3 hours, I sold my car for scrap and rented a U-Haul. I transferred all of our stuff into the U-Haul, and went back to the same crossing at Detroit. When we crossed, we were met by the border guard who had driven us to the turnaround point with our car. 

 

"What did you do with the car?" he asked.

 

"Sold it for scrap."

 

He scanned our passports and asked, "Does the U Haul have any dirt in it?"

 

I told him that the woman at U-Haul had actually just mopped it out before she gave me the keys. He handed back our passports and said, "OK. Good luck today. Have a good drive."

 

And we were off on our two day drive to Houston, Texas. 

 

TLDR: no problems with our documents when we crossed, scanned everything, took pics, all good, waiting for our SSNs to start our lives.

 

Thanks, everyone! 

Hey there, thank you for sharing your experience. It helps a lot. I am about to cross by land. I will import my car, I will have the letter form the manufacturer and the 2 forms for customs to import the car filled out. I hope that is enough. My car is not transformed yet into a US car I will do that while in the US , is that going to be a problem ? Also about paying tax, I read somewhere that they are not charging tax on cars if you own it ??? Where they telling you were gonna have to pay tax on your car? Your answers are much appreciated !

1 hour ago, Danii said:

I tried to reply but my comment disappeared! Short answer: you most likely don't need the birth certificate of the petitioner as NVC states that you only need it if the beneficiary is the petitioners sibling. Montreal told me to follow NVC. Bring any documents you have just in case though!

Yeah you are good. They dont ask for his birth certificate. 

3 hours ago, Sunshine022 said:

Hi! I’m currently pregnant and waiting for my interview letter. What immunizations do I need to get and not required to get? Thank you. 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/vaccinations.html

Here is the link for what you need. Bring proof from your doctor of the vaccines you have had, and the doctor will let you know if you need anything else to be up-to-date.