Canadia

I am able to apply for citizenship and was looking to do it mid/the end of February. We have since decided to go visit my family in Canada at the end of June which means I would have to get a passport since my Canadian is expired. Would I be better off filing in February and hoping I get my citizenship in time to get a us passport or should I just wait till we get back/ when we leave to file and renew my canadian passport?

I was hoping to not have to renew my canadian passport but I will if I need to.

I received my card on Aug 20th!

Got my Approval `in the mail!! Its dated Aug 11th!

SO happy~!!!!

I hope everyone else gets there very soon!

Congrats Everyone!

Looks like my case was touched on the 26th of July...now approval where are you!

We move tomorrow so I submitted an address change form for myself online today. Is there anything else I have to do??

My Bio letter came: Scheduled for June 28th

Oh Bio Appt where are you!!!

Can someone add my NOA1 date: April 29th ....now Bio where are you

Woohoo My check was cashed already!

Now lets hope they don't schedule my bio till after the 23rd when we get back from vacation!

Can someone add me please!

California...Mailed Apr 27th

I will be joining you soon! Hoping to get everything mailed out on Tuesday!

I have no foreign income since i have no been out of the US since oct 2007 (except to visit my family with the baby during the holidays)...and as far as i can see we meet all the criteria.

Thanks So much

Question I was a student in o7 in the us before we got married Feb 14 2008 we filed our paper work and i b/c a permanent resident in july....I have been in the us the whole time since oct 2007....I had my taxes done last year and was considered no longer a resident on canada....so this year would I be considered a resident for the whole year or what do I need to do??

If you filed a leaving Canada return with the CRA International Services Office in 2007, you need to do nothing further with them in 2008 unless you received Canadian income that did not have the 25% non-resident tax taken out.

You would continue to file a US return with the IRS.

Can we take the EIC and Child Care Credit then ??? And am I considered a resident for the full year ???

Question I was a student in o7 in the us before we got married Feb 14 2008 we filed our paper work and i b/c a permanent resident in july....I have been in the us the whole time since oct 2007....I had my taxes done last year and was considered no longer a resident on canada....so this year would I be considered a resident for the whole year or what do I need to do??

Good Luck!!

I would definitly go to the interview!!!

Talk to your teachers you have a valid reason to miss class...maybe you could go to the same class at a different time to avoid losing credit if thats the case.

where in CO are you moving?? CO might be fast me and another girl are done ours and approved.....so maybe it would be faster here....thats if they mnage to transfer it

Woohoo my card came today..I'm officially done with paperwork for a while !

Anyone hear any news????

I'm stilll waiting for my card to come...hopefully soon.

I wish we could update that list so that we could see how many people are still waiting!

I got my approval/welsome to the usa letters awhile ago I'm just waiting for my card to arrive....Congrats everyone getting approvals and for those who haven't heard anything we'll be hoping some news comes your way sooN!!

I called Ontario health insurance and they faxed me a copy of my vaccination record

Congrats!!

I'm so happy for you!

I am just wondering, this is a possible situation:

I had BCG vaccine, that can make the TB skin test (TST) positive then the civil surgeon would need to send me to get a chest X-ray. The instructions for CS say:

"A chest radiograph is required for all applicants with a tuberculin skin test (TST) reaction of 5 mm or greater of induration, including pregnant (or possibly pregnant) women. Previously, the chest radiograph could be waived for a pregnant applicant if she had a scar or other evidence of BCG vaccination and denied having any TB-related symptoms. This exception is no longer permissible. If the applicant decides to undergo a radiograph during pregnancy, the possible risks of radiation to the fetus should be explained to her and informed consent obtained, confirmed by a signed consent form. If she wishes, the applicant may defer the radiograph until after delivery, but the civil surgeon cannot sign the medical examination form until the radiograph is performed and interpreted, and treatment for Class A pulmonary TB disease, if needed, is completed."

I am pregnant so my question is what's going to happen with my AOS application (that I submitted a month ago but received an RFE for TST skin test) if I refuse to have the X -ray (after skin reaction greater than 5mm) now but will have it after delivery. What should I do with this kind of RFE? I am thinking I would not be able to respond to this kind of RFE in that case, since the CS cannot sign the medical form until after I had the baby (4 months from now) and got the X-ray done.

Anybody has any ideas???????

I know for certain shots when your pregnant you can have them waived but if you can't have this waived i'm not sure. Is there any way you can have the civil surgeon send them something saying your deferring it until after the baby is born?

I don't think I'd be getting it done either and its crazy for them to want you to when your pregnant!

We moved out on the 1st of July from living with our joint sponsor and we had our interview on the 25th and they never asked us to change anything while we were here and we were approved. I think that once that sponsor took responsibility it doesn't matter if you move out or not.