Sunshine Girl

I hear you! My fiance does the same thing and I am afraid his income will appear too low to. His gross income is way above the poverty level and we can easily live off the income from the farm. He may have to do the same with his 2010 taxes and pay tax. I don't believe he has a business license as he just grain farms and has commercial beef cows.

We talked to our tax guy and to show $19,000 income, we only have to pay $1,600 for SS and Medicare. He also said that we can re-file in June once I have my visa!

I'm no church goes,lol I think you quoted the wrong person!!

Sorry, I<m not very computer-savvy.... still trying to figure this forum out!!

You fill up the form when you get there. Just basic stuff, name, date of birth, then they have a bunch of questions you answer yes or no, like whether you've ever been hospitalized, or had these listed diseases, or done drugs, or had suicidal thoughts, etc. It took me like 2 minutes to fill it out (although I was checking off no in most columns). Looking back, I wish I had taken a picture with my phone's camera to be able to show everyone else. Oh well

You got in with your phone? Don't they search you before you go in?

I'm in for CR-1 on the 17th.

I read on one of the VJ Montreal pages that we should be in line at 7am, doors open at 7:30 and it's first come, first served for interviews. Has anyone heard about any of this first-hand? Is anyone else as P.O.'d as I am that the letter says 8 am and we may in fact just be playing a waiting game? grr...

I was added immediately to my wifes Insurance when I moved to the USA.

If you are a church-goer, there are group insurance plans such as Samaritan Ministries. They may not provide full coverage for pregnancy (pre-existing), but they will provide some. I am still waiting for my visa, but I have already joined on my husbands plan. They were not concerned about SSNs or visas.

I would hate to be in your position- We've been careful not to get pregnant anyway, simply because we wouldn't want to be apart. If you need a place to stay in Montreal, I know some nuns who have somewhat of a boarding-house for foreign students... you could maybe try them...

Thanks for your help!!!

My USC Husband is a dairy farmer and we're having trouble because he writes everything off and uses depreciation so his income appears very low. We've gotten to the point where we have to file 2010 taxes to show a large income and will just have to pay the income tax that comes along with it. I hope all goes well, but one suggestion is to send a copy of the business license. We didn't notice any request for it in the instructions, but after we sent the I-864, they requested it. Sending it right away could save you 6 weeks of lost time!

Okay, I know there's a lot on these forums about change of address procedures, but they seemed to mostly be non-USCs changing their addresses while already in the U.S. or sponsors on the I-864 changing their address. I'm between NOA1 and NOA2 for our form I-130 and will be moving in August, probably right around the time our petition is (hopefully!) approved. I know at this point our forms or whatnot will be changing agencies, from USCIS to NVC, so who do I change my address with?

How did things turn out for you?

My husband (petitioner) moved next door to his parents (We're renovating the other house on the family dairy farm, which has a separate address, so we own the house he lives in and his parents own their house). We just received our NOA2 and I'm wondering if we should just keep their mailing address as our contact info to avoid complications, or if we need to inform USCIS or NVC of his current residence.

The bottom of my NOA1 is addressed USCIS California Service Center. Does this mean that the CSC is processing our application? I noticed processing dates on Visa Journey and wanted to keep track of where they're at.

I certainly want to play by the rules as much as possible and we have yet to look into things directly with the border/immigration but if any of you have thoughts or experience on this, we'd love to hear it.

I plan to move to my husband's dairy farm in the U.S. when my Visa comes through. We are civilly married, but will get married in the church at the end of August. By then, our new home should be renovated so he will be living there, and I will stay there when I visit. The annoying thing is that I have all our dishes, pots & pans, etc in Canada because I've been living on my own for some time, while he still lives with his parents and has none. Is it possible for him to take some of these things with him when he visits me? or for me to "give" them to my husband when I go to his place? (We drive over the border to visit one another). My gut instinct is that the border will suspect us of trying to smuggle me in, but isn't it reasonable for him to have some of these things so we don't have to buy new ones just for a few months?

Thanks! I know it's not a high priority issue but it's part of the process! (also, is there duty charged on items that I do bring when I officially move?)

Who should we be addressing the cover letter to?

I keep seeing this pop up in different threads, but I have not been able to find info here or on uscis...

What is a DS 230 and DS3203??

I'm still clueless on all this talk of "K-3 is dead". what is the purpose of the K-3's existence if no one is encouraged to use it?

What is the phone number to reach the consulate?