Jan and Steve

Check here

http://www.roadtocanada.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?fid=10

This site is for people immigrating to Canada... my parents would like to move to the USA from Canada.

I am currently a permanent resident of the US and my husband is a US citizen. My parents are considering coming to the US to live, work, and eventually retire. I'm working on getting my citizenship so that I can bring them down here in the near future.

My parents are concerned about whether they will still be able to get their old age pension from Canada and any other benefits they would typically be entitled to in Canada as they get older, if they were to become permanent residents of the US. (my Dad is 58 years old)

I'm wondering if anyone in the visa journey has come across this or could point me towards some answers?

Thanks!

Just dropping by to ssay hi to all july filers and just hang in there...good luck and God bless

Hey July Filers! I got my greencard in the mail today! It's not green! It comes with a nifty envelope! Check it out... www.meanderalley.com

Best of luck everyone!

Happy Obama Day!

Janny & Steve

Hello VJers! I passed my interview today! (In Spokane, WA) I should receive my greencard in the mail in 10 days or so, is what they tell me! WOOT!

Good luck to you all!

Janny & Steve

Hey all!

Guess what?! I got a letter in the mail yesterday (Saturday) about my interview appointment. Woot! I was beginning to think they had forgotten about me. So we'll be interviewed in Spokane (since I live in Moscow, ID 1.5 hours away) on January 2009 at 11:15 AM.

Now I have to gather all that paperwork and evidence ####### again, I was enjoying life without it, but thankfully this will be the last for a while... if all goes well. Yay!

Good lucks to everyone still waiting!

Janny

So if I just can't come up with my monthly payments, does that mean I am screwed? There's got to be something. I'm hoping to get some information tomorrow when I call them. grrr.

I wish I would win the lottery.

Thanks for your reply.

Janny

Hi Canadians,

I have some Canadian student loans to pay back and I can't afford it at this time. Since I live in the US now, I'm not eligible for the Interest Relief Program. Does anyone have experience with this? I'm going back to school once I get my greencard, going to transfer to school in the US, but that may be a few months, and in the mean time the Canadian government is breathing down my neck about paying back my loans. Ahhh!

Any advice is really appreciated!

Thanks

Janny

Hey,

I was wondering if anyone else is in the same position as me... I checked the case status online for my AOS application and the status date has not changed since we sent it in, it's still saying August. If I click on it, it says it's at the National Benefits Center. I haven't gotten any emails from them or anything. Just hoping all is OK with it. Being impatient I guess.

Any ideas?

Janny

YEs. you're not alone. With my AOS it still says JULY 21 that they received it and its at NBC. Last update on it was on JULY 30

Hmm, sucky. I guess I just have to be patient. grr.

Good luck!

Hey,

I was wondering if anyone else is in the same position as me... I checked the case status online for my AOS application and the status date has not changed since we sent it in, it's still saying August. If I click on it, it says it's at the National Benefits Center. I haven't gotten any emails from them or anything. Just hoping all is OK with it. Being impatient I guess.

Any ideas?

Janny

Yay! Yesterday my AP documents! Today my EAD card! I just got it in the mail this morning. It's all shiny and new.

I updated my time line as well. Good luck people!

CONGRATS

Thanks! I'm so excited to start looking for a job! Woot! I just gotta get my SSN!

Yay! Yesterday my AP documents! Today my EAD card! I just got it in the mail this morning. It's all shiny and new.

I updated my time line as well. Good luck people!

I got my Advance Parole documents in the mail today! Yay!

It says it was approved the same day as my EAD, now just waiting for that to arrive in the mail soon!

Good luck July Filers!

Janny

Any new EAD approvals yet?

This morning I got an email saying production of my employment authorization card has been ordered today and should arrive within 30 days. Yay!

Good luck everyone!

I was finally able to view our status online today. I did the biometrics appt. this past Wednesday, no problems there. When I viewed the status online it says my case is currently at the National Benefits Center... what is the NBC exactly? This means I haven't been transferred to California yet?

Janny

To add: I've actually done six-hour drives with ice-packs, or frozen bottles (591 mL, 20 oz) (and some frozen homecooked items) in a thermocol-box cooler (grossly inferior to the Coleman). Total amount that had thawed--about 0.75 oz/20 mL.

"thermocol"--British English term for Americanese/Canuck "styrofoam"

Yeah, well if it was me bringing the perogies across the border, I would just pack them in ice in a cooler... but my grandma slaved away making them and is paranoid that they will thaw out and her hard work will go to waste. So my parents and I are trying to compromise and suggest dry ice as an option...

Silly grandma.

Thanks for the ideas everyone!

OK thanks for the quick replies.

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone knows the answer to this question... My parents are coming to visit me from Canada and would like to bring some homemade perogies and cheesebuns (no meat). If they pack them in dry ice to bring them across the border (they are driving across) will the dry ice cause any problems with the border officials? I've never done it before, so thought I'd ask. Any idea?

Thanks!

Janny

Not seeing that one on the new required list: http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

For most the old requirements were: MMR, Varacela (Chicken Pox), Tetanus and diphtheria toxoids.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_1331.html

CS's are now also required to do a TB skin test.

The new requirements include the human papillomavirus vaccine (Gardasil). http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

Woohoo!

I just got my biometrics appt. today. It's scheduled for August 13th at 8 AM at the Spokane office. Anyone going to be at Spokane?

Yay!

Congrats, I received mine also for the 13 August but mine is in Newark, NJ

Congrats to you too!

I'm so glad things seem to be moving along much faster than they did with the k1 visa. And this time round I don't feel so lost.

Woohoo!

I just got my biometrics appt. today. It's scheduled for August 13th at 8 AM at the Spokane office. Anyone going to be at Spokane?

Yay!

xetrade does it too

We use our paypal account to transfer US funds to my accounts in Canada. It takes about 5 days at most. I'll have to check out this Customhouse though, I have not heard of it.

We just received our Notice of Action for the AOS package today! Woot! Including NOAs for the EAD and AP.

Just an update.

Best of luck!

We filed our AOS July 3rd, 2008. Almost exactly a year since we filed our I-129F. Crazy!

Good luck everyone!

A little known fact is that if Miss Jane Doe marries Mr. John Smith and KEEPS her name, she is still "Mrs. John Smith". The MRS part means "wife of John Smith".

So, she could be known as:

• Jane Doe (her NAME)
• Ms. Jane Doe (generic TITLE followed by her NAME)
• Mrs. John Smith or Mrs. Smith (her TITLE)

Though you do see it quite common for people to refer to themselves as "Mrs. Jane Smith" when they change their last names.

Wikipedia has more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs.#Usage

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Steve

Check out these interesting links on the topic of name change after marriage.

http://www.slate.com/id/2097231

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Stone

http://www.lucystoneleague.org/

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2..._last_name.html

http://www.tangomag.com/20085623/the-name-game.html/1