redBlue

Hi all:

We're currently working on I-864 package.

When we 've paid AOS fee (70$) Barcoded cover sheet was generated

When we've paid IV Bill (400$) Barcoded cover sheet was also generated for that one.

Which one do we include with the I-864 package??Do we include both?

Thnx

I know how difficult it is to travel while pregnant since I had to go tru the similar stuf last year.

I'm glad you are home now...

happy & healthy pregnancy :-)

I'm reading the guides here and following th Ling Che's shortcuts;but I guess NVC stage makes me very nervous ;thus don't understand what I'm reading....

Our AOS fee (70$) is shown as as PAID.

IV Feeis paid ,but still IN PROGRESS...

When do we send I-864 package which includes all the financial proof stuff?

should I wait till 400$ is cleared out as PAID,or should I send now since 70$ is PAID already???

I just don't wanna be late for anything.....

thnx...

thanks for everyone...good reminders that we shouldn't be writing down on the original doc.s!

We are currently prepering I-864 package and I know we must write our case # on each paper that we are sending.

I'm wondering if everybody created a barcode and stick it to the each paper or did u guys just wrote it down by hand.

Thnx

redBlue - Im looking for an admin job preferably on the healthcare industry or if not even the typical office-based will do.

Tried searching at Yahoo and Monster.com but most of them are agencies and not direct employer

Still searching...

just my two cents..since it's an office admin type of job,dealing with agencies is better....you mostly get that kind of job via agencies as opposite to the direct hiring....

they have contact with so many companies who need people like u

goodluck...

i am actually doing the spouse which is ( I130)

ok it's been two weeks for you...i got my ds3032 the first day of the third week....talk to the operatoe

could you tell me how your process gotten fasten at nvc i just got approved , but yours seems so fast and quick tell me the catch

it has been two weeks since i i got NOA2 but i am still waiting to get in the nvc system to get the ADD number can you guys tell me what i need to do i have called them several times so how long is it in general i have to wait from now

1.call the NVC and talk to the operator if u haven't got it

2.Send the DS3032 via e-mail and via xpress mail.

Other than that ,didn't do anything special...

good luck...

I'm reading the below website and apperantly even if we "quit" our job,we might be able to get an EI

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/...ting_to_the_U.S.

Has anybody applied for it within 30 days and got approved? It's just hard to believe that they would pay you EI since you quit volunterily.

thnx

I've been doing some reading about DS-230 since we are so closed to that stage.

All the required forms for DS-230 package is from beneficiary....so it looks like that would be easier if the beneficiary sends them out directly to the NVC.

Does it really matter as to who sends DS-230 package (beneficiary or the petitioner)....

or is it a mandatory thing that it must be sent out by the petitioner.

As per DS-3032 ,the agent is the petitioner in our case.

thnx

I'm not sure when should I get my canadian police cert.?

We've sent DS3032 form today and paid the first (70$) fee.So I'm plannning to get the Canadian police cert. next week sometimes....I hope it wouldn't be too early...

Does it have an expiry date on it?

When did you receive the case number? You should call and inquire as to why the DS3032 has not yet been generated.

will do thnx

thnx all

I started looking for a job on Sept. 1 and right now disseminating my resume online. Im crossing my fingers that soon, someone will be interested and invite me for an interview.

Do you have any suggestion what sites i can look into to further my search?

Many thanks.

what field are you in?

Hi guys:

I've received the first mail from NVC which is DS3032 and AOS fee.

I've downloaded the pdf letter from my email to the PC,but DS3032 form is not typable..Is it how it is supposed to be?

Do I just print out the form and fill out by hand?

Thnx

Yeap, Print it , fill out in all capital letters, use BLACK ink!

Paris Heart thanks so muc

I've already emailed DS3032 .but I will also send it via mail...Do I send DS3032 form and AOS fee receipt together once it shows PAID ?That would be the next step right?

Hi guys:

I've received the first mail from NVC which is DS3032 and AOS fee.

I've downloaded the pdf letter from my email to the PC,but DS3032 form is not typable..Is it how it is supposed to be?

Do I just print out the form and fill out by hand?

Thnx

Hello:

We've been approved on Aug 18,2009 and got NOA2 .

I called NVC the first week of the approval and was able to get NVC Case # via the automated msg.

But we still haven't received any mail(or e-mail) from NVC yet. I believe the first mail would be NVC Case # letter,DS 3032 and AOS ...

I call NVC everyday to see if there is any update.Automated msg is still saying that the beneferiarcy will be notified....

What is the avarage waiting time between NOA2 approval and the first mail from NVC ?

Thnx

I hate removing my shoes at athe airport.....

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090907/national/airport_security_shoes

OTTAWA - Good news for harried travellers who resent having to remove their shoes at airport-security checkpoints: now you can just say no.

Canada's airport security agency has issued a bulletin to front-line officers instructing them they cannot require domestic or international passengers to doff footwear before walking through metal detectors.

"Never suggest, ask or demand that passengers remove footwear prior to entering the WTMD (walk-through metal detector)," says the one-page directive, issued in April.

"This bulletin is effective immediately."

In a major exception, however, officers can still order passengers heading for the United States to remove their shoes, consistent with higher air-security standards set by Washington.

As well, if a hand-held metal detector signals an alarm for shoes after the walk-through, a passenger can be required to remove footwear for examination.

And "if a passenger offers to remove footwear, allow them to do so," adds the directive.

The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, or CATSA, says the new bulletin will be written into the next edition of its operating manual.

The document was obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act.

Typically, shoes that passengers have been required to remove are sent through hand-baggage X-ray machines for closer inspection.

Footwear came under greater scrutiny by airport security officers around the world after British citizen Richard Reid was arrested in late 2001 for a failed attempt to bomb an American Airlines flight to Miami by igniting explosives hidden in his shoes.

A flight attendant managed to thwart Reid as he tried to hold a match to a fuse sticking out of the heel of one shoe.

The April shoe directive for Canadian screeners appears at odds with a "notice to passengers," currently posted on the CATSA website, that says "all passengers boarding any flights may also be requested to remove footwear for additional screening."

A spokesman for the authority said the spring bulletin is nothing new.

"It's a reminder to screening officers about the existing policy," Mathieu Larocque said in an interview.

"The purpose of the bulletin was simply to reinforce an existing policy. Nothing has changed. ... We're striving for consistency."

Larocque, who said the bulletin was not prompted by passenger complaints, declined to provide the relevant amendments of the screening manual, saying it is a secret document.

And he did not clarify why the bulletin indicated the shoe directive was "effective immediately" if it had already been CATSA policy.

The agency does not keep detailed enough records of complaints to indicate whether show-removal is an issue for travellers, Larocque said.

Tougher rules for shoe-screening that followed the Reid arrest have prompted a raft of passenger complaints around the world. Numerous blogs and travel websites allege that foot diseases are being spread and that security checkpoints are needlessly clogged by people struggling with shoelaces.

Several footwear manufacturers have also promoted "airport friendly" shoes containing little or no metal that might otherwise trigger alarms on metal detectors.

CATSA is a federal agency created in 2002 in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States. On Jan. 1, 2003, the organization took over sole responsibility for air-passenger screening, which had previously been handled by the airlines.

The agency contracts out airport screening to private companies, while ensuring security and service standards are consistent across Canada.

BIG THANKS TO EVERYONE!

thnx all..Most of the answers that I was looking for is in the below article (http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/nnrsdnts/ndvdls/lvng-eng.html)

Leaving Canada (emigrants)

Top of PageYou are considered to have disposed of almost all your property at its fair market value on the day you emigrate from Canada. For more information, please see our Web page "Dispositions of property".

Residency status

Generally, you are an emigrant of Canada for income tax purposes if you leave Canada to settle in another country and you sever your residential ties with Canada.

This Web page provides basic information about the income tax rules that apply for the year you leave Canada and helps you understand your tax obligations.

What are residential ties?

Severing residential ties includes:

•disposing of or giving up a home in Canada and establishing a permanent home in another country to which you move;

•having your spouse or common-law partner (see the definition in the General Income Tax and Benefit Guide) and dependants leave Canada;

•disposing of personal property and breaking social ties in Canada and acquiring or establishing them in another country.

Other ties that will be taken into account in determining your residency status include:

•a Canadian driver's license;

•Canadian bank accounts or credit cards;

•health insurance with a Canadian province or territory.

For more information, see Residency - Individuals and IT-221, Determination of an Individual's Residence Status.

If you want an opinion about your residency status, complete and submit Form NR73, Determination of Residency Status (Leaving Canada).

When do you become a non-resident?

When you leave Canada to settle in another country, you usually become a non-resident of Canada for income tax purposes on the latest of the following dates:

•the date you leave Canada;

•the date your spouse or common-law partner and dependents leave Canada;

•the date you become a resident of the country to which you are immigrating.

It's important that you tell us the date you leave Canada because your residency status affects your eligibility to receive:

•the GST/HST credit (goods and services tax/harmonized sales tax);

•Canada Child Tax Benefit payments (and any similar provincial program payments);

•Universal Child Care Benefit payments.

If you receive such credits or payments after you emigrate, contact us at once.

Top of PageYour tax obligations

For the part of the tax year that you are a resident of Canada for tax purposes, you must report "world income" (income from all sources, both inside and outside Canada) on your Canadian tax return.

After you leave Canada, you pay tax to Canada only on income you receive from sources in Canada (see "After you leave Canada").

Note

If you emigrate from Canada and are participating in the Home Buyers' Plan or the Lifelong Learning Plan, see the Guide RC4112, Home Buyers' Plan (HBP) or the Guide RC4135, Lifelong Learning Plan (LLP), as required, for the special rules that apply.

Important notice

If you emigrate from Canada and hold a Tax-free savings account (TFSA), you can keep your TFSA and continue to benefit from the exemption from Canadian tax on investment income and withdrawals. However, no contribution will be allowed and no contribution room will accrue while you are a non-resident of Canada. For more information, see Tax-free savings account (TFSA) or Information Sheet RC4466, Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA).

If you live in Canada for only part of a tax year, you must file a Canadian tax return if you:

•owe tax; or

•want to receive a refund because you paid too much tax in the tax year.

For more information, see "Do you have to file a return?" in the General Income Tax and Benefit Guide.

Which tax package?

For the tax year that you leave Canada and are an emigrant for tax purposes:

•use the General Income Tax and Benefit Guide and the forms book for the province or territory where you lived on the date you left Canada.

If you emigrated from Quebec in the tax year, you may need to file a separate provincial return. For information about your provincial tax liability, contact Revenu Québec.

Filing due date

Your income tax return must be filed on or before:

•April 30 of the year after the tax year; or

•if you or your spouse or common-law partner carried on a business in Canada (other than a business whose expenditures are mainly in connection with a tax shelter), the return must be filed on or before June 15 of the year after the tax year.

Note

A balance of tax owing must be paid on or before April 30 of the year after the tax year, regardless of the due date of the tax return.

After you leave Canada

After you leave Canada, you are a non-resident for tax purposes provided you have severed residential ties with Canada. As a non-resident, you pay tax on income you receive from sources in Canada.

•This applies in the year you leave Canada and for each year afterwards, provided you remain a non-resident for tax purposes.

•The type of tax you pay and the requirement to file a Canadian tax return depend on the type of Canadian income you receive.

Generally, Canadian income received by a non-resident is subject to Part XIII tax or Part I tax. If the income you receive is:

•subject to Part XIII tax, you do not file a Canadian tax return, except in two situations when you can elect to file a tax return;

•subject to Part I tax, you may have to file an tax return.

Top of PagePart XIII tax

Part XIII tax is deducted from the types of income listed below. To make sure the correct amount is deducted, it's important to tell Canadian payers:

•that you're a non-resident of Canada for tax purposes;

•your country of residence.

The most common types of Canadian income subject to Part XIII tax are:

•dividends;

•rental and royalty payments;

•pension payments;

•Old Age Security pension;

•Canada Pension Plan and Quebec Pension Plan benefits;

•retiring allowances;

•registered retirement savings plan payments;

•registered retirement income fund payments;

•annuity payments;

•management fees.

Important notice

Effective January 1, 2008, the interest that you receive or that is credited to you is exempt from Canadian withholding tax if the payer is unrelated (arm’s length) to you. For more information, see New legislation affecting Part XIII withholding tax.

If you receive Canadian income that is subject to Part XIII tax:

•Canadian payers, including financial institutions, must deduct Part XIII tax when the income is paid or credited to you.

•The Part XIII tax deducted is your final tax obligation to Canada on this income (if the correct amount is deducted).

•Part XIII tax is not refundable. Therefore, do not file a tax return to report the income, except in two situations when you can elect to file a Canadian tax return.

•The usual Part XIII tax rate is 25% (unless a tax treaty between Canada and your home country reduces the rate).

If you think an incorrect amount of Part XIII tax was deducted from your income, contact the International Tax Services Office.

For more information, see IC77-16, Non-Resident Income Tax.

Part I tax

The payer usually deducts Part I tax from the types of income listed below. However, if you carry on a business in Canada, or sell or dispose of taxable Canadian property, you may have to pay an amount on account of tax.

•If you carry on a business in Canada, see T4002, Business and Professional Income, to find out if you must pay tax by instalments.

•If you sell or transfer, or plan to sell or transfer taxable Canadian property, see Disposing of taxable Canadian property, below.

Even if the payer deducts tax from your income or you pay an amount of tax during the year, you may have to file a Canadian income tax return to calculate your final tax obligation to Canada on:

•income from employment in Canada or from a business carried on in Canada;

•employment income from a Canadian resident for your employment in another country if, under the terms of a tax treaty between Canada and your country of residence, the income is exempt from tax in your country of residence;

•certain income from employment outside Canada, if you were a resident of Canada when the duties were performed;

•taxable part of Canadian scholarships, fellowships, bursaries, and research grants;

•taxable capital gains arising from the disposition of taxable Canadian property;

•income from providing services in Canada other than in the course of regular and continuous employment.

Disposing of taxable Canadian property

For the procedures you must follow if you sell, transfer, or plan to sell or transfer taxable Canadian property (such as real estate, business property, or unlisted shares of a Canadian corporation), see Disposing of or acquiring certain Canadian property, or IC72-17, Procedures Concerning the Disposition of Taxable Canadian Property by Non-Residents of Canada-Section 116.

Top of PageElecting to file

There are two situations in which you can elect to file a Canadian income tax return for income from which Part XIII tax was deducted:

•when you receive Canadian rental income or timber royalties;

•when you receive certain Canadian pension income.

If you elect to file a Canadian income tax return, you may be able to claim a refund for part or all of the Part XIII tax deducted.

For more information:

•To elect to file for Canadian rental income or timber royalties, see the Income Tax Guide for Electing Under Section 216.

•To elect to file for certain Canadian pensions, see Electing under section 217.

Forms and Publications

•T4056, Emigrants and Income Tax

•IT-221, Determination of an Individual's Residence Status

I still have all of that. I called the necessary people and canceled my benefits after I arrived in the US (ie. GST) and that's about it. You're still a Canadian citizen, why would you have to give up your SIN card? And you can keep a Canadian bank account as long as you want, just make them aware you are moving so they can adjust your information accordingly. When you no longer need it, weather that be the day you moved or 5 years later, then you should close it.

I never canceled my OHIP either. I'm not using the card or trying to receive the benefits, so I don't see it as an issue. Its going to expire within the next year anyways, and I just won't renew it. I don't think the health care police are going to come after me anytime soon

I don't know actually If I have to cancel the SIN card..I tought it's a part of the process..that's why I'm asking all these questions...

I thought you have to cancel your SIN Card so you don't need to file a tax return in Canada..not sure ....

I'm not sure what you mean?

You just move and tell all the necessary agencies and people you are moving.

I believe the day you leave Canada is the day you give up residency according to tax people. It might be the date you get your greencard for tax purposes.. I'm not sure but I'm sure someone else can chime in.

ETA: Jsut realized you are on a CR1 - so I am definitely not following you the same since I did a K1!

I meant giving up on Social Sec. Card,Health card,advising the bank people that you will no longer be living in Canada etc...that kind of administration stuff which will also affect your tax filling when it is due....

hello everyone:

I'm having dilemma these days as to when I should give up my CDN residency...when would be the best time??

Did most of you move to US first,settle down and then give up the CDN residency or did you guys give up the day before you left the Canada?

If I can hear some experiences ,I think I would feel better..

Thnx in advance.

I believe most people in here are familiar with the serbinski forum(www.serbinski.com) where you can find lots of good info. about CDN&US taxing questions.

I've checked their websites today.They operate in Toronto & Chicago.

Has anybody used their services? I really need a good accountant who understands both sides.

Thnx in advance.

First off let me say "hi everybody". I've browsed here from time to time waiting for my wife's visa but never seem to have the time to sit down and post something so here goes...

I noticed the question about TD banks here in the U.S. I recently moved here from Ottawa and went with TD here in the greater DC area for various reasons. The Canadian and U.S. TD are for all intents and purposes different entities. All their cross-border transactions go through Bank of America anyway. Personally when sending money to Canada, I simply kept a chequing account in Canada and use Xoom to send money to that account (for paying leftover bills, sending money to my wife, whatever). It usually takes less than 5 days but it has taken up to a week at times.

I can relate to the "pending" transactions thing I thought was a little odd compared to the Canadian banks where everything is immediate. I haven't had to use Canadian money orders or needed Canadian cash as I just send the money in advance of my trip and my wife withdraws it there or I just use my debit card for my Canadian bank account. Actually most of the time I just use my U.S. TD Visa Debit card in Canada most of the time and haven't had any issues with it. My wife has a card tied to that account and she had some difficulties initially only being able to withdraw from an ATM but we straightened it out on one of her visits down here. I must say the customer service, at least at our TD branch, is orders of magnitude better than the Bank of Montreal in Ottawa.

I haven't had time to write out a timeline in my sig or anything but we started the process in mid-January and are now waiting for final processing/approval at the NVC, where we went with the electronic processing option. Luckily DC is close enough to Ottawa that we can still visit on a semi-regular basis but the wait is getting tiresome

you may check www.customhouse.com for money transfer options since it has very good reputation among VJ members...