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7 hours ago, AnkitShah20 said:

Hey - did your status change for the green card ? Also, where did you cross the border?

Hey! I am a CR1. My status didn't change because I crossed before my 2 year anniversary. My point of entry was Detroit-Windsor (Ambassador Bridge)

11 hours ago, Hoffmaya said:

Update:

• DQ: Apr-14, 2020
• Interview @ Consulate: Jan-13, 2021 (approved IR-1)
• Tracking number received: Jan-15, 2021
• Passport/Visa received: Jan-18, 2021
• USCIS Immigrant fee: Jan-18, 2021 (USD $220 for GC; details here)
• POE @ Peace Arch: Feb-26, 2021 (visa activated + car imported + US mailing address updated)
• Green Card produced: Mar-6, 2021 (notification received on myUSCIS & email notification) - it can also be tracked here
• Green Card shipped: Mar-10, 2021 (notification received on myUSCIS & email notification with tracking number from USPS)
• Green Card received: Mar-13, 2021
• SSN received: Mar-29, 2021 *

* I didn't receive my SSN within 3 weeks from POE so I contacted the local Security Social office to schedule an appointment.

The in-person appointment was scheduled on Mar-22. I had to complete the form SS5 to apply for SSN. The SSN is sent to your address within 10 days. 

 

This is the end of my journey and I wanted to thank everyone involved on these forums who provided valuable and useful info as well as unconditional support. I'm very grateful and wish nothing but the very best to each and every one of you!

 

 

Congrats! Where do you live or which Service Center did you get your green card from? It seems like some west coast folks have received their green card really fast... so wondering if it has to do with their service center or chance. 

Hey all - update from the EI claim after moving here. Once we leave Canada and have eligibility to work in USA (which you would with Spousal visa, not sure about Fiance), we get 'transferred' to Interstate Claims Department. They are the ones who look at our application, approve us and where we have to submit reports etc. The number to call is +1 877 486 1650, as someone stated above. Whenever you move here and call them, you have to leave a voicemail, that's how they call you back. If you don't leave a voicemail and keep trying, you won't get a call back... that's my understanding. 

I was told that I am eligible and I have to submit a report every 2 weeks, as you would in Canada. Ideally, they ask you to submit paper reports unlike internet report that you can send in Canada. However, because of postal delays right now, they have asked everybody to call in every 2 weeks to submit the reports. You are eligible to receive EI from Canada as long as you have work authorization here in US and you are available to work. 

Let me know if you all have any questions!

16 minutes ago, Meghan.brooke said:

Was your US spouse not working at the time? And were you still approved? I'm the petitioner but have not been working, but we have a joint sponsor because I am unable to work. I just hope they dont care!

My US Spouse was working at the time and I didn't have a joint sponsor so our situation is slightly different! If you have a joint sponsor, you should be good. I think they want to make sure that whoever is sponsoring (even if it is jointly) you can do so and they would check that with the Affidavit of Support and Financial Documents that you provide. 

They asked me the standard questions like "where does your US spouse work" and "what does he do for work" as well as "what kind of job do you plan to do when you go to US". I've seen some people mention that if there is a joint sponsor, they ask the same questions about the joint sponsor so it should be okay (others would be able to comment on that). Also, at the interview window, he didn't check any documents. All the financial support documents were collected at the first window. 

Sorry I wasn't too helpful! I was only commenting on the Beneficiary since the my address and job situation changed from DQ to Interview as well. 

14 hours ago, MichaelZas said:

Same here it doesnt work for me too, lets see if it works tomorrow.

unfortunately, ours took a few days too! On top of that, the pay.gov website wasn't working properly so I had to submit my credit card information multiple times on different computers... 

4 hours ago, MSMN said:

Hi everyone. I received my DQ last year and during the pandemic two things have happened; (1) I moved addresses since DQ, and (2) I changed jobs since DQ. Currently in Toronto with a interview at the consulate on March 29. Are there specific steps I need to take to update my employment and home address before the interview or are there forms that I need to fill out and bring with me on my interview date. Thanks in advance.

Hey! I had the same situation. You can't change anything till you go to the interview. At the interview they asked me about my current home address, and I confirmed that that is where I want my passport sent back (and I had my courier information updated to the current one too). They didn't ask about my job situation so I didn't tell them. I didn't need to show any documents about these changes but I had it with me anyway. To be honest, it seemed to me that they were / are only bothered about continued employment of the US spouse so they can sponsor you. 

Let me know if you have more questions!

Hello, 

New to this thread. Just moved to US on March 6th to live with my spouse on a CR-1. Is there an FAQ or some document I can use that summarizes this? I am trying to file EI till I get a job here. I called Service Canada EI and they told me that their system says I can't claim Canadian EI when I have moved to US. I had to then tell her that it is on the Government of Canada website and she said that's completely different than the information they have in their system on EI benefits in US. So... now she is checking again because I directed her to the link on the canada.ca website...

Thanks!

2 minutes ago, SSS24 said:

So I had the same issue as it didn't work on chrome on laptop or phone as I also kept getting the error. I eventually got it to work on IE on my phone. Eventually, it will work.

Oh great! okay. I will try that then. Thank you!

On 3/1/2021 at 4:54 PM, JandTK said:

We received our passport back today also.  I was having some issues with the pay.gov site that it redirects you to in order to make the actual payment but it eventually let me pay the fees.

 

Hey! Did you change browsers when the pay.gov website didn't work? It takes me all the way till I enter my cc number and billing address but then gives me an error. I am using Google Chrome so I was wondering if you did anything different to be able to pay the fees eventually?

Thanks!

Interview date 2/22, tracking info received this afternoon (12:30pm). I opted for Purolator. 

4 hours ago, Mzamour said:

Hello All,

I just had my interview this morning and I was APPROVED!

Interview details which may help anyone:

Arrived and went through security. The security guard told me to go to window 6 on the first floor. Got there but there was no-one, I had to wait for almost 10mins before a man came and collected my passport. After waiting for about 45mins, my name was called to go to another window where a lady collected my Birth Certificate, Police Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Tax documents (I gave 1040, W2 2019 and 2020 because I didn't have 2019 transcripts). Something to note, I got another Canada PCC with 'other details'  because the one I had before had sub-type 'Non-Certified Criminal Information'. The lady said they were same and the only difference was the dates on the certificates! lol! So, I guess they accept both! Also, she could find/view some of the documents I had scanned into CEAC, so she said they were going to rescan them.

Thereafter, I waited for maybe 20mins and then was called up for main interview. Questions asked includes:

1. Name of spouse

2. Confirm Address

3. If I got the domestic violence pamphlet and if I had any questions about it

4. How and where we met

5. Where we got married and who was at the wedding

6. Do either of us have children. Ages of the children and how many are below 21yrs

7. What my spouse does for work

8.State where spouse lives

9. If I have ever been arrested or had any problems with the law

 

At the end, he said he had just approved my visa and gave me the welcome to America paper and information on how to track my passport. He said it may take 2weeks to get my passport but when I checked CEAC back to the hotel, it already shows 'Issued'.

 

Thanks to everyone on the group for all your postings. They were really helpful in this journey. I hope someone finds my interview details helpful too. Please do ask any questions or clarification as needed. Goodluck to everyone!

 

 

 

 

Congratulations! That's mad quick! Happy to hear and hope you get your passport back soon! 

16 hours ago, BunyanP said:

What’s everyone’s typical delay for their medical to be sent? Did mine in Montreal on the 9th and still no email that it was sent to the consulate. I’m going to call tomorrow as it’ll be 6 business days. Maybe I’m becoming impatient but all the delays we’ve all been though. 
 

thanks. 

I did mine on Jan 26th and had results sent within 6 business days to the Consulate! 

17 hours ago, Allis0n said:

I'm in Toronto. I actually opted to pick up the visa at a post office rather than have it delivered to my house, since in my area many of the streets have different but nearly identical names, so every so often our mail ends up at someone else's address. Just didn't want to chance it with such an important document. So my passport was mailed via Canada Post Xpresspost directly to a post office.

16 hours ago, sjb17 said:

Mine was similarly delivered 7 days following my interview (Feb 1 interview; visa in hand Feb 8 ) and I’m in BC. I also opted to have mine delivered to the post office. 

Ahhh, I was debating if I should just send it to the post office or deliver it to my home. Not bad timing though. I already paid for them to deliver to my house so let's see if I can change that. My interview isn't till next week so I can figure that out. 

Thank you!!

46 minutes ago, Allis0n said:

Feb 8 - Interview with approval

Feb 8 - CEAC status says "Issued" with "Necessary administrative processing" note

Feb 11 - CEAC status says "Issued" with "Final processing" note

Feb 12 - Received tracking number

Feb 16 - Visa in hand 🙂

 

Planning to do POE at Pearson next week.

Congrats! Where abouts are you located? Just wondering if the quick delivery was due to you being in Montreal!

So glad to see a new batch of ILs going out for March! Congratulations you guys!

9 hours ago, Ptitchou said:

Anyone know how long I need to book myself for Dr Mascharenas & testing? I have my appt with him on Feb 1st at 1pm, but have a work meeting at 4pm. I'm hopeful I can make it back home in time (I'm a 15 min drive from there). 

I was done in about 1.5 hours or so! The longest wait was for the lab tests. I would keep 2 hours just to be safe. 

3 hours ago, ameena1423 said:

Just an update:

 

I crossed at POE to activate my IR-1 Visa on January 10th.

 

I got my SSN on January 19th and my Green Card on January 22nd.

Oh wow that's fast! Congratulations!! 

1 hour ago, Lovepeace0303 said:

Hi VJ fam. SO happy to see the new interview letters come out!

 

Update on our case: It's now been 5 weeks post husband's interview and still no sign of any updates on his visa. I'm not really sure what's still causing the hold up. I've been emailing them, but continue receiving the same automated response of "case in admin process". The Consulate hasn't requested ANY documents from us since his interview (they only needed the medical). I'm now thinking this hold up is due to my husband being a Canadian PR and of Indian nationality as this might warrant further checks. I'm wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience/delay being a Canadian PR? Any advice you may have would be greatly appreciated. We're still staying strong and hanging in there. Hoping things turn around for us soon! ❤️

ahhh no! if that's the case then I am in the same boat 😐 I have an Indian passport with Canadian PR too... Let me know what you hear!! 

2 hours ago, Cath&Claire said:

Got my IL this morning.  
DQ June 1st 

Interview February 22nd - 08:45! 
 

Yahoooo! 🎉🎉🎉

Yay!! you are right after me! I am at 8:30am! I will see you there

1 hour ago, JACHA said:

I too was also confused about this as well. Can anyone confirm that the spouse aka petitioner does not need to attend?

Yes I see that too... my husband's name is in additional applicants... not sure why. I know he doesn't have to come to the interview though since we are going the Consular Processing route. 

Just now, Abhikochar said:

You are welcome. I am so happy for you all. 

My husband's DQ date is July 9th. And I am here with him. Unable to accept offers in the U.S. until we find out something certain about his interview timeline, so feeling so stuck. Hoping we get his letter by April or so. 

All the best for your interview, and thanks for checking. 

Oh right right!! Now I remember. Good luck to him  Hopefully you will get it very very soon!  

7 minutes ago, Abhikochar said:

Yayyyy. Congratulations everyone. So I was right on this, so glad we are all moving ahead. 

Happy Monday indeed to all. 

Yes indeed! Thanks for the positive vibes  

You are DQed in July right?

24 minutes ago, Montreal23 said:

Hey everyone, received and interview date February 17,2021 at 9:30am.

DQ’d on May 30,2020. 

Congratulations!!

3 minutes ago, annierob said:

Awesome, thank you! Sent over a request to join  

No problem!