Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	putting stuff together....	for the life of me i cant remember how i filed our last package together for AOS...how did you all put your final pakage of evidence together?	Chrissy25	Female	United Kingdom	2008-02-02 22:13:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	question	we are sending our removal of conditions package next friday, just wondering do we have to get anything signed by a notary? thanks	Chrissy25	Female	United Kingdom	2008-02-15 23:00:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	question	In terms of us sending in pictures of us with our son can we just print off about 4 pictures on one sheet of paper or do they have to be the actual photograph? Plus do we have to get anything notarised?	Chrissy25	Female	United Kingdom	2008-02-19 16:45:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	address	thanks so much!! also i'm having real trouble remembering how i packaged it together, how did you all do it?	Chrissy25	Female	United Kingdom	2008-03-03 15:30:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	address	ok package is nearly ready to be sent, where can i find the address i need to send it to? and also is it ok to send package in a simple padded brown envelope? thanks	Chrissy25	Female	United Kingdom	2008-03-03 14:56:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	another question	When i put the service center address on the envelope, do i need to write anything else? like what forms i'm sending? help!	Chrissy25	Female	United Kingdom	2008-03-03 23:24:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Cover letter	Does the cover letter have to be signed by myself and my husband? help	Chrissy25	Female	United Kingdom	2008-03-05 17:53:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	cheque	is it correct to make the cheque out to department of homeland security?	Chrissy25	Female	United Kingdom	2008-03-06 12:13:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	question	thanks everyone, you have all put my mind at ease! and yep i will defiatly do priority mail with signed confirmation	Chrissy25	Female	United Kingdom	2008-03-10 14:36:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	question	my removal of conditions package is ready to mail, my greencard expires on april 12th, due to a couple of financial issues we have to wait till the very end of march to mail it, we will send it priority mail and it should be there before my greencard expires, this will be ok won't it, it shouldent pose any problems? input would be great thanks	Chrissy25	Female	United Kingdom	2008-03-10 13:30:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Another question	does it matter when the examples of our bank statements are randomly dated, meaning i cant find our bank statements in order but found a couple from last year and one from this yr...should that be ok? Plus our bill statements are the same	Chrissy25	Female	United Kingdom	2008-03-14 14:15:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Well its off...	Well thanks everyone, but hubby called me from work, he has to mail it tommorrow as it dumped snow down here and by the time he got to the post office he would have been late back for work, so it gets mailed tommorrow!	Chrissy25	Female	United Kingdom	2008-03-31 12:53:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Well its off...	My husband is mailing our I-751 at lunch, finally is off.....two weeks before our deadline!!! wish us luck!	Chrissy25	Female	United Kingdom	2008-03-31 10:28:00
Canada	A Foot In Coldwater	QUOTE (Wyatt's Torch @ Oct 29 2009, 09:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (charles! @ Oct 29 2009, 07:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Krikit @ Oct 29 2009, 06:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Don't forget April Wine, Carla! (Carla and I went to the same school.) Oh God. Now I'm going to have that song (Make Me Do Anything You Want) stuck in my head all day. Listening to it 50,000,000 times on the radio wasn't enough. Ugh. hey i saw them in concert with rush back in 1978 or 1979! Ooh. That would have been a good concert. Hemispheres is still my favorite Rush album, with A Farewell To Kings a close second. I saw Rush in concert in 1997 on the Different Stages tour, and it was a great show...but I'm sure it would have paled in to comparison to seeing them in their prime in the late '70's. How about RUSH and MAX Webster - New Years Eve concerts at Maple Leaf Gardens....Also saw RUSH Farewell to Kings Show. Any Toronta people remember GENTLE GIANT?	CdnMN	Male	Canada	2009-10-29 11:59:00
Canada	Just a random Idea	QUOTE (trailmix @ Oct 29 2009, 01:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> How about this for when you pass through customs "For correct immigration info, please refer to Visajourney.com"	CdnMN	Male	Canada	2009-10-29 14:41:00
Canada	I-130 Sent	Well, the I-130 is on it's way to Chicago. Thanks to everyone here for the help and information. With any luck at all, the time until my son can get here will be shorter rather than longer. I spoke with his teacher back home and she has noticed a change in his school work lately. She talked to him about it and he said he's just kinds bummed. He didn't think it would take so long to be able to move here. K	CdnMN	Male	Canada	2009-11-07 08:03:00
Canada	Toronto Medical	How much does it cost to get the medical done? Do you make an appointment or just show up? Thanks Ken	CdnMN	Male	Canada	2009-11-09 20:46:00
Canada	I130 Processing	I'm in MN and sent an I130 in to the Chicago Lock Box. It is for my son from Ontario. Where does it get processed? Nebraska? Thanks	CdnMN	Male	Canada	2009-11-12 19:55:00
Canada	I130 - Processing Time	I sent an I130 in for my son last week. It went via courier and was received at the Chicago lockbox last Monday. How long should it take before they cash the cheque? (I'm using "cheque" in honor of my Canadian friends here. This is the only place where I can spell words correctly and have them understood. ) Thanks Ken	CdnMN	Male	Canada	2009-11-17 09:13:00
Canada	Oh No	Just talked to my Mom. She is visiting this year over Thanksgiving. She saw something on the news last night about the shopping that goes on after Thanksgiving. Mom is a shopaholic.....She wants to go out Friday morning HELP !!!!!	CdnMN	Male	Canada	2009-11-07 08:48:00
Canada	A friendly rivalry	QUOTE (kristy_sea @ Nov 17 2009, 11:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm planning my first three month visit to Minnesota (where my partner is originally from) and we've been joking back and forth about my teaching the natives the enormous health benefits of poutine, wearing head to toe 'Canada' themed clothing and speaking French as often as possible.. It has become a bit of a competition to find new outrageously Canadian ways to irritate Americans. Any suggestions? (Obv 'The war of 1812' and ' "free" healthcare' are tossed around liberally. ) I'm a Canadain living in Minnesota - I mention to my friends here that it is similar to a Rissian being sent to Siberia. - Offer to teach them to speak properly and complete thier sentences...Want to come with ?????? With what/who... - Bring a bottle of ketchup and tell them you heard they really enjoy spicing up their hotdish. Make sure to tell them you got the mild kind. - Tell them you heard the Viking were planning on joining the CFL so they would have at least a slim chance of winning - Argue about "Canadian Bacon".....Our bacom in Canada is in long strips just like yours. Quit trying to pass off round slices of ham as bacon. - Pull up to a Caribou or Starbucks drive through and ask for a double-double. Confuses the hell out of them.	CdnMN	Male	Canada	2009-11-17 12:42:00
Canada	NOA-1 Received from California	Hey All, Just got the NOA1 for the I130 we sent in for my son. It came in the mail yesterday and the status on the USCIS site shows it is in Initial Review. The timeline shows that it takes about 5 months to process. Does that mean 5 months before it is sent to NVC? The Case Status display on the USCIS site doesn't really say at what point this gets sent to NVC. As always, thanks for the help. Ka	CdnMN	Male	Canada	2009-11-20 08:06:00
Canada	Off Topic - Thanksgiving Wind Down	Everyone must be winding down or have gone home already. It is sooooo boring here at work. 4 hours until I pick my mother up at the airport. She's flying in from Ontario for a visit. A bit of Thanksgiving Trivia I looked up to pass the time. In the middle of the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln, prompted by a series of editorials written by Sarah Josepha Hale,[10] proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated on the final Thursday in November 1863. Abraham Lincoln's successors as president followed his example of annually declaring the final Thursday in November to be Thanksgiving. But in 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt broke with this tradition. November had five Thursdays that year, and Roosevelt declared the fourth Thursday as Thanksgiving rather than the fifth one. In 1940 and 1941, years in which November had four Thursdays, he declared the third one as Thanksgiving. Although many popular histories state otherwise, he made clear that his plan was to establish it on the next-to-last Thursday in the month instead of the last one. With the country still in the midst of The Great Depression, Roosevelt thought an earlier Thanksgiving would give merchants a longer period to sell goods before Christmas. Increasing profits and spending during this period, Roosevelt hoped, would help bring the country out of the Depression. At the time, advertising goods for Christmas before Thanksgiving was considered inappropriate. Fred Lazarus, Jr., founder of the Federated Department Stores (later Macy's), is credited with convincing Roosevelt to push Thanksgiving back a week to expand the shopping season. - And now Christmas shopping season starts at about the same time as halloween.	CdnMN	Male	Canada	2009-11-25 16:54:00
Canada	ANT IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN! OATH CEREMONY DETAILED STORY….	Congrats Ant Sounds like everyone was really nice. K.	CdnMN	Male	Canada	2009-11-30 19:47:00
Canada	Non-legal wedding in Canada	QUOTE (Laura & Ted @ Dec 3 2009, 01:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Funny, I was just snuggling my cat as you wrote that. I'll see if he's available on our wedding date. CdnMN, what are the sensitive phrases you're referring to? For a marriage to be legal in Canada...at least in Ontario, the follow is required to be a part of the ceremony 1) The couple must individually signify their consent to the marriage.." Do you xxx take..." 2) There must be a public declaration and opportunity to provide evidence that the marriage should not take place..."If anyone here can give just reason why this couple should not be married....during the service....or by the posting of Bans of Marriage at least 3 weeks before the ceremony (If I remember correctly it is 3 weeks) 2) There official must state the authority by which he pronounces the couple as husband and wife..."By the power vested in me by the Province of xxx I now pronounce you husban and wife..." These statements are not legally supposed to be a part of a "staged" ceremony. Of course, it isn't a big deal if you are already married. The problem is when the couple are not really married and the service is designed as a deception.	CdnMN	Male	Canada	2009-12-03 15:17:00
Canada	Non-legal wedding in Canada	QUOTE (Laura & Ted @ Dec 3 2009, 01:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Once we get our visa and I get to the US (hopefully by early 2010... waiting for packet 4 now!), we're going to get legally married there as required by the K1 process. It will be a small, private ceremony with no family or friends present. And we're planning our "real" ceremony for September 2010 in my hometown in New Brunswick. My question is about who can officiate. (We're not religious so not having a priest/minister/etc. We'd like to have a friend do the ceremony.) Since we will already have our marriage certificate from the US wedding and therefore not filing a Canadian marriage certificate, does that mean that the officiant at our Canadian wedding does not have to be a "registered officiant" and therefore not have to go through all the procedures to become registered? I'm hoping people who have done their "second" and non-legal wedding in Canada (or another beneficiary's home country) can share their wisdom with me! Thank you!!! Providing you are already legally married and not needing to register the marriage in Canada, anyone can officiate. Essentially, you would be renewing your vows. Do the people who will be attending know you are already married. If not, and certain phrases are used, it could be an issue. If those in attendance are led to belive it is an actual ceremony that is where there may be an issue.	CdnMN	Male	Canada	2009-12-03 14:12:00
Canada	Ashenflowers is learning Ukulele???	QUOTE (Krikit @ Dec 3 2009, 07:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> LOL Is that your uncle? Not unless he is reincarnated These guys should team up with the Shriners Kazooo Band.	CdnMN	Male	Canada	2009-12-03 09:23:00
Canada	Ashenflowers is learning Ukulele???	So, in reading through the Secret Santa posts, one stood out. My uncle played Ukuele so, when I saw that Ashenflower was learning, it got me reminicing. I just happened to find the attached video, so in honor of Ashenflower's venture into the world of music, I thought I would post this http://www.youtube.c...feature=related	CdnMN	Male	Canada	2009-12-03 08:46:00
Canada	We got our Interview Date!!!!	QUOTE (lgg @ Dec 3 2009, 06:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Guys, I don't know if the map gave us luck, but I got home tonight and opened my lap top to an email from the NVC telling me my interview date! We got a date for January 26th at 8:30am! I got so freaked out that i mistyped my password here as many times and got locked out for 14 minutes. I called my husband first and he was driving and we're thrilled! You guys are great and anyone else in my time frame, check your email or call. the funny thing? I called this morning and was told no go! WOW. Just WOW. Finally! The sense of relief and everything is overwhelming.... GREAT News....congrats!	CdnMN	Male	Canada	2009-12-04 09:10:00
Canada	I need a Tourtiere Recipe	lgg, Thanks soooooo much. I'm going to make this tomorrow to try it and then make it next week when I have some US friends over. I told them I would serve some real Canadian specialty and I can't ger peameal bacon. And yes, your ketchup maison sounds great. Please send me the directions for this to. I use either ketchup or freat tomato slices usually, but this sound really good. Thanks again. Ken PS...now I'm at work and hungry and nothing seems like what I want.	CdnMN	Male	Canada	2009-12-04 13:59:00
Canada	I need a Tourtiere Recipe	Does anyone have an authentic tourtiere recipe. Friends of mine used to make it but I never got the recipe from them. There are hundreds on line but they are all so different that I thought someone here might be able to share an authentic Canadian recipe. Thanks K	CdnMN	Male	Canada	2009-12-04 13:35:00
Canada	Can I activate the visa at POE and come back to TO?	I did almost exactly what you are talking about. I went to the POE at Pearson Airport and went throught their process on a Friday. I stayed with my wife in the States for the weekend and flew back home. That was in March. I didn't move to the US until June. Hope this helps. CdnMn	CdnMN	Male	Canada	2009-12-17 09:38:00
Canada	Custody Agreements	Thanks to all. I'll pass this info on to my ex. We'll both be happier knowing there isn't any need to deal with a lawyer. (Actually, when we divorced, we just brough in a draft of what we agreed to and handed it to the lawyer and said "This is what we want".)	CdnMN	Male	Canada	2009-12-16 18:28:00
Canada	Custody Agreements	Right now, according to the custody agreement, my ex has sole custody. It's has never been an issue as we can get along. We were considering just leaving the custody agreement as it is. (Why pay lawyer/court costs if we don't need to). My ex will give a notarized letter stating that she agrees with my son moving here. We were both concerned that if the custody agreement still said she has sole custody, either the interviewer at Montreal or the officer at the POE would cause trouble if all we had was a signed letter. We weren't sure if what is stated in the letter needs to be in agreement with what is stated in the custody agreement. If we can avoid having to go through a lawyer and court to make an unnecessary change, that would be great.	CdnMN	Male	Canada	2009-12-16 18:01:00
Canada	Custody Agreements	I spoke to someone at DOS regardingthe process for bringing my son here. One of the questions I asked was "How does the wording of our custody agreement need to be done? Can it still state we have joint custody providing I have a letter from my son's mom stating she has given permission to move here with me?" I was told that they didn't care about the custody agreement and all I needed was a notarized letter from my ex that she was allowing my son to come and live with me. To me, this just doesn't sound right. I don't want to go into the interview in Montreal and have my son's visa denied because of this. Does anybody have any info on what needs to be stated on a custody agreement. Will Montreal want to see this? I need to find out so that I can get this straight with my ex and arrange for the court to process a new custody ammendment to out divorce if necessary. Thanks. CdnMn	CdnMN	Male	Canada	2009-12-14 14:11:00
Canada	Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!	Merry Christamas to you Ant...and everyone else. All the best in the New Year too! To those of you spending your first Christmas here in the US; just to put your mind at ease, Canada is closer to the North Pole so Santa does hit Canada first, but he has plenty left over for his run through the States. - Of course, since I'm in MN, I'm in the early part of his run, not sure what happens when he gets further south. CdnMn	CdnMN	Male	Canada	2009-12-21 11:06:00
Canada	The weatherman is the Grinch	QUOTE (Wyatt's Torch @ Dec 22 2009, 03:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Woo hoo!! My wife was able to switch to a flight that has a layover in Atlanta instead. No snow in the forecast there! Thanks CdnMN...and thanks NWA! Makes me a very happy camper indeed! Wyatt, I'm so glad to hear she was able to reschedule. All the best! Cdnmn	CdnMN	Male	Canada	2009-12-22 20:06:00
Canada	The weatherman is the Grinch	QUOTE (trailmix @ Dec 22 2009, 02:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Just connecting to a flight to Omaha Seems nobody but me gets to MN and just stays. I'm thinking I must have made the wrong decision years ago. I know I should have made a left turn at Albuquerque (as Bugs would say)	CdnMN	Male	Canada	2009-12-22 15:32:00
Canada	The weatherman is the Grinch	Thank you Santa....or NWA in this case. NWA just issued a travel waiver for flights out of MSP....among other airports. We need to scramble a wee bit, but we are flying out tomorrow night at 7 pm. If we didn't take that flight, NWA was saying that it would likely be Sunday at best and more like Monday before they would get us to Toronto. So, I get a couple extra days of some good old fashioned Dutch cooking and treats. CdnMn QUOTE (trailmix @ Dec 22 2009, 01:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> So my Niece gets on the flight from Calgary to Minneapolis yesterday and they have to wait (as I mentioned before she missed her connecting flights) - anyway, they are waiting and the captain says something along the lines of: "We are being delayed because we are waiting for a second de-icing. I fly in and out of a lot of places and we don't have to wait for a second de-icing" Then a few minutes later "We are still waiting for a second de-icing, in the U.S. they only do one de-icing, in fact this is the only place where they ever do two de-icing runs" Guess it was making him a tad grouchy. On a more somber note, one of the people who does the de-icing here in Calgary fell off of the machine yesterday and was killed, I suspect that slowed them down a bit - completely understandable. Was she visiting MN or just passing through?	CdnMN	Male	Canada	2009-12-22 15:26:00
Canada	The weatherman is the Grinch	QUOTE (Wyatt's Torch @ Dec 22 2009, 09:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> UGH! My wife has a layover in Minneapolis on Thursday. I hope everything works out okay for you...and for us! Hey Wyatt, She would be welcome to stay with us. We can all drink and drown our sorrows together. I could hook up a webcam to my computer and we can all cry in our beer's...or scotch...or whatever. Seriously, I hope she gets there without any delays. At least for us, we are at home. I hate living in the airport. People look at you funny when you curl up on across a couple of chairs with a teddy bear and battery powered night light. The good news is that, as of right now, the worst of it may miss the Twin Cities proper and go a bit north. It will still be nasty...freezing drizzle, sleet and snow....but not the 1 foot + they were thinking. Take care and with any luck at all, we will all get to where we want to be this Christmas. CdnMn	CdnMN	Male	Canada	2009-12-22 12:16:00