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Happy Vday to all the Canucks out there!!!

Thank you everyone, and also thanks for the wedding wishes!!!

If you decide to move to Canada you dont have to get married you can apply for your GF as common law you would have to meet the relationship requirements which are posted http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/spo....asp#common_law. Also the financial requirement is not as heavy and yourself and partner can sign a declaration stating that she will not become dependent on government benefits. I would suggest intially going to Canada and then if you truly want to move to the US you can do DCF after your partner has been a PR for six months, that would speed up process to US and you can also count your own income at that time towards the financial requirement.

I joined the site at the beginning of the mth!

I am a Canadian and have been in a relationship with my USC since 2001, we would have made the move to the US sooner but we had two maternity leaves which prevented us from doing so.

We will be getting married shortly, then onto filing CR1.

My CRA direct deposit account was rejected due to incomplete or invalid bank information. On my assessment, they want me to send Form T1-DD(1), "Direct Deposit Request - Individuals but it will be too late for me if I'll send it now. My question is, can I cash a Canadian check in USA? I had a Chase checking bank account......is there a fee to do this?

You should be able to open a cdn dollar bank account and deposit it into that once it clears usually about 7-10 business days you can transfer it into US or w/d as CDN dollars if your bank has them available.

Sears had a sale not too long ago and some of their 42" were on sale for $1080 (LG and Samsung), which was an amazing price!

Salsa chicken with baked sweet potatoes........

Play it safe and notarize, some city halls charge $5 per page to Notarize (Brampton) and most lawyers charge about $30.

CONGRATS

Dainty rice helped me become a rice cooking master!!!!!

You can also request an extension but it has to be approved before the six months expires.

I want to go the cheaper route which would be I130 waiting will be ok as long as we can still visit each other. DCF is not an option he is not a PR in Canada. The kids were born in Canada but I understand you can file w consulate in country where children were born, right? and how many copies of long form BC i only have one the law states you can only have one of each, are you referring to photocopies? if not who would i get them certified by?

OMG Thank you so much so I will file birth abroad, does it matter of their ages because they are now two and three yrs old and does it matter that we are not married??

That is also great at least now i know once we are married we can do the cr1 and i can get my green card as soon as i enter.

Birth abroad, start here. http://travel.state.gov/law/info/overseas/overseas_703.html

Marriage is NOT a requirement to register the birth, and 2 and 3 are not too old for this either.

More: http://www.consular.canada.usembassy.gov/birth_abroad.asp

Ok so my fiance is leaving for the states tonight when he gets back we will go to the Consulate in Toronto to fill out the necessary forms!!!! I am so relieved!!!!!

Save yourself a ton of $$ and file the birth abroad, the children will be dual citizens and will not need to immigrate to the USA, they will simply use their US passports to enter the USA.

Also consider carefully the K-3, K-3 was a visa type developed at a time when it was taking a very long time for USCIS to approve I-130 petitions, the K-3 allowed the prospective immigrant to enter the USA and wait for the I-130 approval so that they could adjust status or continue with the CR-1 process and interview for a spousal visa, lately USCIS has been tying the I-129F and I-130 together and approving them both at same time, essentially negating the reason for the K-3.

For the most part CR-1 tends to take a bit longer than K-3 to get if you prepare for NVC when they request I-864 fee, and Visa fee, as well as documents requested by NVC. In many cases the CR-1 petition reaches the consulate just before K-3 interview, which causes K-3 to get dropped and the interview becomes a CR-1 visa interview.

K-3:

I-130: $355

I-129F: NONE

Consulate: $131

Adjustment Of Status: $1010 I-485

($1496)

CR-1

I-130: $355

NVC I-864: $70

NVC Visa fee: $400 ($355+$45)

($825)

I see many posts from K-3 holders stating, "Wow this sucks, I am stuck at home because I don't have EAD, DL, etc, or I am having hard time getting added to bank accounts because of NO SSN." K-3 has a 90 day or longer period of limbo while waiting for EAD or Green-card.

K-3 was developed at a time when CR-1 was taking much longer that today, NVC has greatly streamlined the CR-1 process to the point where K-3 becomes irrelevant.

OMG Thank you so much so I will file birth abroad, does it matter of their ages because they are now two and three yrs old and does it matter that we are not married??

That is also great at least now i know once we are married we can do the cr1 and i can get my green card as soon as i enter.

Assistance needed?

I am a Canadian Citizen and I have two children with a US citizen; we are not married yet. I want to file the birth abroad but not sure if we should get married first then file or does it make a difference? If we wait to get married then file will I have to include them on the K3?

I am currently "visiting" my fiancé here in the USA. To be honest I really didn't have plans on going back to Canada. So in your opinion would getting married now work to my benefit ( that is being able stay in USA without going back)? Or do u think I will have to go back no matter what? Thanks for your response

You have to return to Canada during the adjustment period if you dont and they find out you can be banned from the US, it is not worth chancing apply for the fiance visa and you can still visit while you are awaiting approval you just have to prove you still have ties to Canada.