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CanadaIRS tax transcripts
I have been trying to call the number to get the transcripts but can't get through. For a couple of days, there was just a clicking sound. Today it rang, but noone answered. I know I've tried to call the IRS before from here and the number that I had said I couldn't call it from this area. So, maybe I have the wrong number? Anyone else have problems getting through? What number are you using?

Thanks!
Tammy
daisylynnFemaleCanada2007-08-29 20:40:00
CanadaHas anyone done a 'consular report of birth abroad' for their children?
Ok, so we went ahead and applied for this while we were at the Consulate for our I130 today. I did need to show proof of physical presence, but only 5 years worth. That's where I was reading wrong. I thought it was 10 years, but it was only 5. I had tax returns and transcripts. She only needed 1, as long as it covered 5 years.

So, that's all taken care of now. smile.gif

Thank you so much to everyone!!!!
daisylynnFemaleCanada2007-08-31 20:06:00
CanadaHas anyone done a 'consular report of birth abroad' for their children?
Thanks trailmix! I am so confused about it for some reason, not knowing how many years I have to prove and such. I am definitely going to try to talk to someone about it while we're there today!
daisylynnFemaleCanada2007-08-31 04:02:00
CanadaHas anyone done a 'consular report of birth abroad' for their children?
Ahhhhh, is that talking about the birth of the child??? Is that where I'm reading it wrong??? I was thinking it was meaning for the USC's birth. Oh please oh please let that be right. I have been stressing over this for nothing it looks like!!! Grrrr.
daisylynnFemaleCanada2007-08-30 20:44:00
CanadaHas anyone done a 'consular report of birth abroad' for their children?
Ok, I'm so confused. We don't have a unique situation, just normal. Our kids are all under 18. I lived in the US from birth until I was 27. I have been in Canada for 5 years now. So, I don't need anything? I just keep going back to this...

You must submit evidence clearly showing your U.S. presence over a period of time. Declarations alone are generally insufficient. The burden of proof is solely with the applicant. The following list of suggested documents is not all inclusive and each application will be considered on its own merits:

· passports or immigration records showing entry and exit;

· airline frequent flyer statements;

· school transcripts, not just diplomas;

· banking, medical, work, tax records;

· U.S. Government or international organization assignment orders;

· U.S. armed forces discharge (DD-214);

· any other documents or evidence that credibly places the subject at a place in the U.S. for a period of time.

and when I click for it to show me the period of time I need to prove, it says this...

For birth between December 24, 1952 and November 13, 1986, a period of ten years, five after the age of fourteen are required for physical presence in the U.S. to transmit U.S. citizenship to the child.


I know I don't need ALL of those things as proof. But the only things on that list that I have are tax records and school transcripts. I don't have 10 years worth of either, so I figured I needed to get some of each. But do I have to have them overlap, like tax and school for the same year or will just one of them do to cover each year? Am I even making sense? blush.gif

Am I reading something wrong?? Someone please help me!! If I don't need all of what I'm trying to get, that would be GREAT!

Edited by daisylynn, 30 August 2007 - 08:40 PM.

daisylynnFemaleCanada2007-08-30 20:39:00
CanadaHas anyone done a 'consular report of birth abroad' for their children?
There's this too...


Birth Abroad to One Citizen and One Alien Parent in Wedlock: A child born abroad to one U.S. citizen parent and one alien parent acquires U.S. citizenship at birth under Section 301(g) INA provided the citizen parent was physically present in the U.S. for the time period required by the law applicable at the time of the child's birth. (For birth on or after November 14, 1986, a period of five years physical presence, two after the age of fourteen is required. For birth between December 24, 1952 and November 13, 1986, a period of ten years, five after the age of fourteen are required for physical presence in the U.S. to transmit U.S. citizenship to the child.


Oh, it would be SO nice if I didn't have to have all of this. What a hassle!
daisylynnFemaleCanada2007-08-30 14:05:00
CanadaHas anyone done a 'consular report of birth abroad' for their children?
This is what I got of the Toronto site (since that's where we will be filing). Am I misunderstanding it?

Transmitting U.S. Citizenship To a Child Born Outside of the U.S.

Consular Report of Birth Abroad (FS-240): U.S. citizen parents may transmit their citizenship to a child born outside of the U.S. Please apply in person, Monday to Friday, 8:30-11:30 a.m., holidays excluded, entering at 225 Simcoe St. Please expect 2 hours or more of initial in-person processing by the parent(s) and a total of 4-6 weeks before final determination. Civil records must bear the original seal, stamp or signature of the official government custodian of that record; "certified true copies," hospital or religious records, notarized or illegible copies are unacceptable.

An FS-240 is only available if the child is under 18 and out of the U.S. A child brought to the U.S. cannot apply for an FS-240 and must apply for a Certificate of Citizenship (N-600) inside the U.S., see Application for Certificate of Citizenship

A first time applicant for U.S. citizenship who resides in Ontario, Canada but is over 18 applies for a passport (DS-11) in person with us, bringing the same following documents (but not the DS-2029).The same proof of parent(s)' required physical presence in the U.S. before the child's birth must be submitted. Please do so on a typed or printed statement, signed and dated by the applicant, listing the parents' names and places/dates of U.S. physical presence.

For details on citizenship please see http://travel.state....enship_782.html.

The following list is not all inclusive and we may request further evidence as necessary:

* Application for Consular Report of Birth (DS-2029), follow these instructions ). Use this continuation sheet if more space is needed to reply.
* To apply for a Social Security Number please see http://ssa.gov/ssnumber for downloadable forms and instructions.
* Child's long-version birth certificate, (in Ontario, the Statement of Live Birth,) stating the child's full name, both parents' names, date/place of birth, and date of registration;
* Parents' marriage certificate, if married;
* Evidence of parents' U.S. citizenship and identity. Either a valid or an expired U.S. passport, U.S. birth certificate (www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htm) or U.S. naturalization/citizenship certificate;
* Parents' current ID containing personal data and photo;
* Divorce decrees or death certificates terminating any prior marriages of the parents;
* Fee of USD 65 in USD bank or postal money order (NO personal checks), or USD or CDN cash, Visa or MasterCard;
* Proof of parents' physical presence in the U.S. before the child's birth, for a certain period of time as required by law, with evidence. Please see this link for details.
* Prepaid, self addressed Canada Post express mailer;
* Any document not in English must be accompanied by a complete, signed and dated translation ("I certify that this is a true and complete translation from x language to English").
* DS-2029 may be notarized by an Ontario notary public, and authenticated by the Ontario government per www.gov.on.ca/MGS/en/OffDoc/STEL02_046905.html, for a child who resides north of the line connecting Lake Nippissing, French River and Tobermory.
* Photocopy of each document for each child, or USD 1 per document that we photocopy.

And here's what the link to the physical presence (in red) says:

U.S. law strictly defines how U.S. citizen parent(s) may transmit their U.S. citizenship to a child born outside of the U.S. A parent must have been a U.S. citizen and have spent a certain amount of time physically located in the U.S. prior to the child's birth in order to transmit citizenship. The exact amount of time has changed over time as U.S. law addressing citizenship has been amended since 1791. To learn how the law applies to each case please see http://travel.state....o/info_609.html .

Time spent outside of the United States for vacation, study, work, religious, research, business or residence does not count as U.S. physical presence. Merely having a place of abode in the U.S. does not by itself constitute physical presence.

Time spent outside of the U.S. as a U.S. Government or international organization direct hire civilian employee or U.S. armed forces member, on orders, and/or as a dependent of such, counts as U.S. physical presence. Time spent outside of the U.S. as a contractor or locally hired U.S. Government employee does not count as physical presence.

You must submit evidence clearly showing your U.S. presence over a period of time. Declarations alone are generally insufficient. The burden of proof is solely with the applicant. The following list of suggested documents is not all inclusive and each application will be considered on its own merits:

· passports or immigration records showing entry and exit;

· airline frequent flyer statements;

· school transcripts, not just diplomas;

· banking, medical, work, tax records;

· U.S. Government or international organization assignment orders;

· U.S. armed forces discharge (DD-214);

· any other documents or evidence that credibly places the subject at a place in the U.S. for a period of time.

Edited by daisylynn, 30 August 2007 - 02:02 PM.

daisylynnFemaleCanada2007-08-30 13:57:00
CanadaHas anyone done a 'consular report of birth abroad' for their children?
One more thing...

If the notarized copy of the high school transcript IS acceptable, can my mom fax that to me? Or do I need the actual one that was notarized?
daisylynnFemaleCanada2007-08-30 12:55:00
CanadaHas anyone done a 'consular report of birth abroad' for their children?
I am the USC, husband the Canadian. My husband is applying for his IR-1 visa. We have 3 kids, all born in Canada. So, we're getting ready to apply for their report of births abroad. I just tried to call to ask some questions, but of course forgot that the USC service hours are only for a couple of hours in the a.m. huh.gif So, I figured I'd see if anyone has gone through this before. If so, here are a couple of questions.

1-I have high school transcripts, college transcripts and tax information. Do I have to have multiple things for each year? Or is it ok that I just have transcripts for the first 5 years or so and then tax records for the rest of the time?

2-With my high school transcripts, it's a notarized copy. Is that ok?

3-With the tax info, I have several years worth of W2's and 1040's. The 1040's are, of course, all copies. And a couple don't even have my signature. My mom filled out a year for me when I moved up here. But she copied it before it was signed. Then the original was signed and sent. So, all I have it a copy, not signed. Is that ok?

3-If I need to have multiple things as evidence for each year, then I am going to have to order some IRS transcripts of some of my previous years. Is it ok to have them faxed? Will they accept that?

Thanks!!
Tammy
daisylynnFemaleCanada2007-08-30 12:39:00
CanadaHad our I-130 appt. today
It went so well and was so easy! Just for others who may be going through this soon, I'll post details.

We got to Toronto around 8am. The hardest part of the whole thing was finding parking. We kept driving around, passing all sorts of parking places. By the time my husband finally pulled into one, we were nearly yelling at each other blush.gif We get up to the Consulate around 8:20 or so. There were only a handful of people waiting. We get right in and go through security. They took our son's cat he brought. It is electronic and we forgot about it. Well, they didn't actually take it but told hubby to take it outside and get it away from the building. So, he went across the street and set it on a ledge until we got out. LOL

TMI alert (sorry, but I just HAVE to put this)...They made me drink some of my son's bottle we brought (PUMPED bottle). I guess not the worst thing I've ever done, but just wasn't expecting it blush.gif I was carrying our youngest in a wrap on me and they didn't even make me take it off. They were super nice and sent us right through. Oh, they told us for the future, we could bring snacks for the kids as long as they were in resealable container and drinks in sippy cups for the. Just in case any of you are wondering about that.

So, we are ushered to the room for the I-130 appt. It was around 9am. They lady takes all of our original documents and tells us to have a seat. They call us back up there around 9:20, ask a few questions, give us the paper about what will happen next, give us our documents back, and send us on our way. We were done with them by 9:30 (and that was our actual appt. time.)

We the went upstairs to file for the reports of birth abroad for 2 of our kids. We were up there for 50 minutes or so with that.

We were done and back to our van by about 10:40. Super easy, super fast. It was a great experience and everyone was so pleasant and nice.

Thank you to ALL who have helped me with my so many questions! (espially Candy, Len and trailmix...you have all been such a HUGE help!) (I'm sure I'll have more questions to come whistling.gif )
daisylynnFemaleCanada2007-08-31 20:47:00
CanadaVaccination Record
QUOTE (vnoe @ Sep 7 2007, 05:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Those will be fine. I had my girls done up recently and there was no signature or anything on them....but it was on Saskatchewan Healthcare or something official like that. No questions asked. Those ones you have are just lovely... smile.gif

Yay! Good to know..thanks!


QUOTE (Udella&Wiz @ Sep 7 2007, 07:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hi ya - Daisy - this is exactly what I got (we;ve PM'd about your husband an I living in the same city) I'm a couple years older, but that's the only difference. Mine also didn't have the Healthcard #, and yet my daughter's did.

Dr Seiden had no problems with it, I don't think you have anything to worry about. I had my doctor write a simple letter also stating:

- how long I had been his patient
- the current state of my health
- any current medications and the dosage (think he mentioned that I take the Pill)

Eh Voila!


CHEERS!

Thanks! I remember pm'ing about it. Just wanted to make sure it was the same, so I figured I'd post the pic of it. Thanks again!!! smile.gif
daisylynnFemaleCanada2007-09-07 21:55:00
CanadaVaccination Record
Thanks everyone!

Misa-Yeah, the health unit woman was actually surprised they had his records too. laughing.gif She thought they wouldn't have them but when she checked they did.

IR5FORMUMSIE-It was the health unit that sent us the form. It wasn't on the yellow cardstock, just a plain white piece of paper. But it doesn't look like a photocopy either. It's not even the same layout as the yellow one, but it does have the Ministry of Health info on it. She said it wasn't an official form because it doesn't have the dr's signature or anything. That's one reason I was concerned about it. She said it was basically that they asked his mom which vaxes he's had, she told them and they marked it. So, I didn't know if that would pass or not. Of course, we won't mention that part of it to the dr. Oh, and we've decided on Seiden.

thetreble-Paper thin...I KNOW! laughing.gif This one is like that too!

liz-Hope all goes well Monday! Let us know how it goes.
daisylynnFemaleCanada2007-09-07 13:29:00
CanadaVaccination Record
The is what they sent us when we called for my husband's vac. record. There is no name of who administered the shot or anything 'official.' I think somoene else on here said this is the same thing they got and it was ok but I just want to make sure.

Will this pass for his vac. record? Will they ask to see more? We have another card from a more recent tetanus shot. But other than that, this is all we have.

Thanks!
Tammy


daisylynnFemaleCanada2007-09-06 21:38:00
CanadaOff we go...
Hope all goes well!!
daisylynnFemaleCanada2007-09-23 20:53:00
CanadaLen_and_Bren Happy Dance
Congratulations!!! kicking.gif I'm so happy for you and so glad this part is over. I'm sure the stress relief is amazing!

Can't wait to hear about it!
daisylynnFemaleCanada2007-09-27 21:25:00
CanadaRCMP and criminal record check
Is there any way to contact the RCMP to find out what the status of our police cert. is? I called a number that I was given but just got a voicemail box. I left a message the first time and the second time I called the box was full.

Also, is there a quicker way to get a criminal record check done? Yes, dh has to have the fingerprint version. He has a record from years ago. But is there a quicker way than sending the fingerprints in to Ottawa?

Thanks!
Tammy
daisylynnFemaleCanada2007-09-28 13:12:00
CanadaGetting medical
misa-It doesn't say anything on my checklist about scheduling the medical huh.gif I may have to still try to call them back.
daisylynnFemaleCanada2007-10-03 20:24:00
CanadaGetting medical
Oops, missed that post. Thanks for linking it trailmix!

Yeah, now I'm bothered that some are able to set them up and some are not mad.gif I would call back but I'm worried they have caller ID an would recognize the name (it's not a common name at all!) and then I would feel like a dork blush.gif But maybe I'll get my dh to call. Then it would be on him. whistling.gif hee hee
daisylynnFemaleCanada2007-10-02 14:55:00