Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Canada	My letter to Lee McClenny	Oh Wyatt... You'll get back to Kansas some day! Just click your ruby shoes together! QUOTE (Wyatt's Torch @ Oct 21 2009, 01:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (lgg @ Oct 21 2009, 10:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It's the government, my friends -- i think disingenuous is wholly applicable.... Much to my/our chagrin... Bah! And here I thought that Americans were all completely honest, sincere, warm, caring, empathetic, ethical and personable people! La Souris! Love your sammich board! It's rather lovely -- I'll keep an eye out of you on the news! we could make a little party of it! QUOTE (La Souris @ Oct 22 2009, 02:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Good luck with the letter LGG and friends. Since the consulate is a little over a mile from my place, I'm working on my sandwichlady concept...	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-22 06:21:00
Canada	My letter to Lee McClenny	It's the government, my friends -- i think disingenuous is wholly applicable.... Much to my/our chagrin...	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-21 12:27:00
Canada	My letter to Lee McClenny	Hey Peachy... I didn't take the exact sentences -- I took an idea from them. The only thing I took was about the online forum and where I'd gotten my information and statistics, you know? And not your exact verbiage either. Just thought that basing my knowledge on something might be smarter than not and that's about it. Believe me... the do NOT sound the same at all... PS I was an editor -- plagiarism is a HUGE no-no in my world! QUOTE (Peachey @ Oct 18 2009, 10:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> LGG, can you tell me what you took from our letter? Did you take exact sentences? I don't want our letters to sound the same. Edited by lgg, 18 October 2009 - 09:37 AM.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-18 09:32:00
Canada	My letter to Lee McClenny	Just to let you all know, I have sent my letter -- in case you all thought I was all talk and no action! I edited it based on the great information that Trailmix and Peachy and Varba and all the rest of you gave me and I sent it off. Just an FYI for you all...	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-18 09:15:00
Canada	My letter to Lee McClenny	hey Spoom... You're preaching to the choir of the paranoid over here! QUOTE (Spoom @ Oct 15 2009, 04:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (lgg @ Oct 15 2009, 04:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I've decided to send it SANS information. It's still all under my maiden name and I am now using my married name for everything including this letter. I suppose I COULD be found if they wanted but it's such an innocuous query, I doubt they would even bother, you know? It's more of a lament than anything... Yeah, you're probably right. I'm so cynical about the US Government nowadays.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-15 15:23:00
Canada	My letter to Lee McClenny	I've decided to send it SANS information. It's still all under my maiden name and I am now using my married name for everything including this letter. I suppose I COULD be found if they wanted but it's such an innocuous query, I doubt they would even bother, you know? It's more of a lament than anything... QUOTE (Spoom @ Oct 15 2009, 04:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (lgg @ Oct 15 2009, 04:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ummm... Quick question here... I'm going to send this with our case number and names and D.O.Bs on it. Is this okay do you think? Or are they going to throw our file into the furnace??? I swear it reads so nicely and way more concisely than yesterday's version... LGG I don't mind sending it without our info -- it's not like I expect them to pull our file form the stack and such so.... I'd be careful. They can't very well just throw your file away, but it will almost certainly be added to it, and you'll be questioned as such at the interview. Further, it may make it into your USCBP file per someone else on here who filed a similar letter, so it may be brought up at the border every time you cross. That said, they may just find your file based on your name alone anyway.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-15 15:20:00
Canada	My letter to Lee McClenny	Nice, trailmix... NICE!!!! Funny enough? That's exactly how i pictured it too!	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-15 15:11:00
Canada	My letter to Lee McClenny	Ummm... Quick question here... I'm going to send this with our case number and names and D.O.Bs on it. Is this okay do you think? Or are they going to throw our file into the furnace??? I swear it reads so nicely and way more concisely than yesterday's version... LGG I don't mind sending it without our info -- it's not like I expect them to pull our file form the stack and such so....	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-15 15:05:00
Canada	My letter to Lee McClenny	Not sure if our CR1 is listed on there -- there is a C1 but I'm not sure if that's the same thing. I would LOVE to know the numbers. Because if there were only 711 KIs, the number for CR1s must be about half that, I would say? AS the majority of visas like this are the fiance ones. Nice. QUOTE (Rhiann @ Oct 15 2009, 10:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Here you go. Not sure if CR-1s are included or not though. http://www.travel.st...DetailTable.pdf	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-15 10:50:00
Canada	My letter to Lee McClenny	Sprailenes, Sprailenes, Sprailenes... What would we do without the hilarity of you! QUOTE (Sprailenes @ Oct 15 2009, 11:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Rhiann @ Oct 14 2009, 10:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Canada only processed 711 K-1 visas last year. 5000 in the Philippines. Why cant we have their system? Because young women is their biggest export. OOOPS DID I SAY THAT WITH MY OUTSIDE VOICE!?	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-15 10:48:00
Canada	My letter to Lee McClenny	Varba??? Did they really tell you to stop calling every day? Did you tell whomever you spoke to to effen shut up and that you'll call whenever you darn well feel like it? Well... I called today too and when I started asking questions, the guy said, sorry I have to do this and started reading me the 'script'... I stopped him and I said, "I could recite that to yo u -- I don't need to hear it again, thanks for you help, have a good day -- I'll call back next week." T'was nice. QUOTE That would have been my call to them Tuesday. It was a wham-bam-thankyou-maam call of: 1) Yes, there is no interview and never was. 2) Further delays at Montreal, don't expect one till next year. 3) Stop calling every day. I gotta admit, I cried. But if you tell anyone..	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-15 08:55:00
Canada	My letter to Lee McClenny	Hey Rhiann... Where'd you get those numbers? This is something i have been crazy curious about forever. Think about it -- if they process ONLY 711 K1 visas last year -- that is nothing -- that means that the CR1/IR1 count must be less. Anyway... just wondering where you got your info? Thanks, lady... QUOTE (Rhiann @ Oct 14 2009, 10:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Canada only processed 711 K-1 visas last year. 5000 in the Philippines. Why cant we have their system?	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-15 08:46:00
Canada	My letter to Lee McClenny	Hehehehehehehehehehehe! Do it!!! Okay... I kid... Oh and I poached some of your lines for our letter, okay?	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-14 13:52:00
Canada	My letter to Lee McClenny	I LOVE it! This is a great letter -- concise, informative and with heart Good job, Peachy and Varba... I actually have pared mine down too but will now commence to add some of points you guys mention (CR1 applicable of course) to the letter I will send. Good letter. Thanks a lot for posting it. LGG	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-14 13:03:00
Canada	My letter to Lee McClenny	You know what? I am actually a very sarcastic person IRL... it's my brand of LGG humour. Not in a mean or cutting way but in a slight jabbing, easy going taunting way. But no place for Mr. McClenny! In which case, I'm going to swipe your more concise style with some of my emotive, k? Not plagiarizing just using yours as a template! QUOTE (Peachey @ Oct 14 2009, 01:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> We're almost done ours Lgg, I'll post it soon. I'm putting my business writing skills to use! YAY!	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-14 12:30:00
Canada	My letter to Lee McClenny	Hi Trailmix... Yep, I agree with you and everyone. I also do think that it should be a nice mix of coming from the heart/personal experience as well as the facts. You're comment about the end part of the paragraph is perfect and I'm going to tweak the anger/accusatory tone out of that sucker. Thanks TM... you rock.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-14 12:16:00
Canada	My letter to Lee McClenny	It is SO hard to write something that is totally logistical and based on pragmatism as it's something so close to me.... This is exactly what I was looking for -- in my line of work there is no room for hurt feelings and constructive feedback -- if I'm going to send it, I want it to be good and not overly weepy which is what I can't help write at the moment... Thank you guys...	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-14 12:07:00
Canada	My letter to Lee McClenny	Yep... this is what i'm looking for... It was hard to write because I was/am emotional...	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-14 11:37:00
Canada	My letter to Lee McClenny	Dear Mr. Lee McClenny, I am a Canadian citizen being petitioned by my American spouse for a CR1 visa. We have gone through every stage so far and have since completed the NVC August 12, 2009. We are waiting for an interview date. I have since found out that there is a HUGE backlog of cases at the Montreal consulate. The only Consulate in Canada that processes our particular type of visa. I would like to ask, why is this? Why is this the case when Canada is such a huge, sprawling county with a consulate in every major city? Does this not strike you as absurd???Now we?re all waiting because Montreal has slowed down. Did everyone quit???Did the budget get cut???Oh right, there?s nothing you can do now as Montreal is the only consulate that processes CR1 visas. I know, it?s a little silly, right?? I find this unacceptable to say the least. Not just for me, but for all of us Canadians who are waiting to be with our spouses and for those waiting for their K1s, in order to get married. I do realize, Mr. McClenny that immigration is a privilege and not a right ? I do know this but it?s so insulting and frustrating to see high-fraud consulates pushing 100s and 100s of spousal visas through a month whereas Canada is at a complete standstill. I need to ask you ? could you not look into this? Could you not perhaps see if there is a solution? Our lives are on hold here and it seems so unfair. Some cases have been waiting 5-6 months even to be scheduled for an interview. I?m writing to you out of frustration and anger. We have no indication as to when we?ll interview thus, we cannot plan to give notice at our jobs and lodgings and other things we can?t plan for now. Would you be able to get his all done faster if Canada were a high-fraud country??This speaks poorly of us if we cannot process things like this when the majority are easy, concise and legitimate. Anger is easy when we see most other consulates accomplishing all of the above with apparent ease and in a timely fashion. We are tax payers. We are voters. We are upstanding citizens of the USA and of Canada. We are potential American citizens. You have a family, Mr. McClenny, how would you feel if bureaucratic red tape kept you apart, kept you from planning and moving ahead? I doubt very much that you would enjoy it at all. Please look into what?s going on in Montreal and make some progress with our case and with all the other cases that are awaiting an interview. Sincerely and I do thank you. Please also forgive my frustration but this system warrants some repair. This is the letter I would like to send. Please advise or post your own and perhaps we can come up with some sort of concise template? I tend to the emotional the verbose so.... I'd be happy with some constructive critique as well. I'd like to mail this letter today. Edited by lgg, 14 October 2009 - 11:25 AM.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-14 11:23:00
Canada	Canadians in/from Toronto, Canada!	Is it? I have NO idea -- as non-native Ontarian, I know my little bubble of live/work/play and that is it. What frigid hell are you living in for School????? QUOTE (Missa @ Oct 19 2009, 02:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> i used to live in oakville before i moved to this frigid hell for school. ^__^ we're like neighbors ya? even though oakville is too good to be a part of the GTA apparently	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-19 13:56:00
Canada	Canadians in/from Toronto, Canada!	Well? If I may suggest? If you or anyone, ever make it to the Island, do yourself the HUGE favour of renting a car and exploring it from tip to tip. You will, for truth, be overwhelmed, amazed and awed. I can make this promise assuredly. QUOTE (trailmix @ Oct 19 2009, 02:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (lgg @ Oct 19 2009, 12:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Man... I had some really good times at Pipers... rode my bike up the BIGGEST hill ever, met my friends, played touch football and then we'd build a fire down on the beach at the bottom of the cliffs and drink wine coolers. Ah.... youth... It was a beautiful place, Trailmix... perhaps I should let you judge for yourself... Yes, before we move AGAIN we might take a trip and pre-inspect the place this time Then again maybe not haha	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-19 13:51:00
Canada	Canadians in/from Toronto, Canada!	Man... I had some really good times at Pipers... rode my bike up the BIGGEST hill ever, met my friends, played touch football and then we'd build a fire down on the beach at the bottom of the cliffs and drink wine coolers. Ah.... youth... It was a beautiful place, Trailmix... perhaps I should let you judge for yourself...	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-19 13:31:00
Canada	Canadians in/from Toronto, Canada!	Don't get me wrong -- the Island is freaking amazing it really is, I spent my whole young adult hood at Piper's Lagoon in Nanaimo -- nothing wrong with that. BUT... if you're going to haul butt to the Island, to somewhere where the beauty is already right there whereas Nanaimo, since it's a logging hub, you have to dig around a bit more to find said beauty... Pipers Lagoon	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-19 13:18:00
Canada	Canadians in/from Toronto, Canada!	It's the armpit of the Island... Ladysmith!!! Port Alberni, Ucluelet or Lantzville -- which is JUST outside of Nanaimo but 3 times prettier. I lived in Nanaimo for 15 years... take my word for it -- it is the armpit of Lotus land... QUOTE (trailmix @ Oct 19 2009, 01:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Why what's wrong with Nanaimo?? It's natures playground!!	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-19 13:02:00
Canada	Canadians in/from Toronto, Canada!	Hey Trailmix... I grew up in Nanaimo! May I recommend Victoria? OR even ladysmith, Cinnabar Valley or even Port Alberni? Courtenay? I think you might LOVE The Sunshine Coast... that place epitomizes Lotus Land.... QUOTE (trailmix @ Oct 19 2009, 01:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> We would definately like to move to a small town. I don't care if everyone knows my business - I have nothing interesting to share on that front - so enjoy. Less traffic, easy access to everything, QUIET - I see a lot of benefits. I have always lived in a big city - even our jaunt to 'small town' Lake Mary in Florida - wasn't - it's no small town, it's simply a suburb of Orlando. The problem is employment, which i'm sure it is for everyone - small towns are not known for their huge job opportunities - so that's a down side. Sometimes I think we should just go ahead and move to a smaller place and just see how the work thing pans out. I would really like to move to BC, perhaps Victoria or Nanaimo. Edited by lgg, 19 October 2009 - 12:55 PM.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-19 12:54:00
Canada	Canadians in/from Toronto, Canada!	I agree with you 100% Buggles... And Krikit? I was having that EXACT same thought myself "hmmmm, what the hell am I doing with that new screen name?????"	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-19 11:36:00
Canada	Canadians in/from Toronto, Canada!	Oh yeah, Kensington Market is pretty cool too! I also think the Distillery district is quite nice -- nice little cheese and art shops and stuff there. . Ahhhhhh... cheese and art! What more could you want? QUOTE (Sprailenes @ Oct 19 2009, 12:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I was born and raised in Toronto and I love it. I love Kensington Market and Queen W. I LOVE the indie music scene there. It's absolutely amazing. The food, the restaurants. My husband would say the women. He's always said the women in Canada are: "10's". Yes we are! What don't I like about Toronto? That city smell that tends to stick to you.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-19 11:24:00
Canada	Canadians in/from Toronto, Canada!	Hey all.. I live in TO, downtown, burgeoning on mid-town in Little Italy... Um. I hate it??? I'm originally from the west coast (vancouver island) and then lived in Montreal for 12 years. Much prefer Montreal - I find toronto rude and cold and waaaaaaaaay too big. Too loud, too smoggy and well, i'm not a fan. I do love the area of High Park thoug -- that's a very nice area and I find a little solace there. I tend to go hiking and go along the Beltline trail and cycling and running around the waterfront are great if there weren't SO many people all the time. I'm not a shopper so going to malls and the shopping areas is not my idea of a good time but I do like China town for some awesome restaurants and such. I'm actually pining to get the heck out of this giant city -- i'm looking forward to somewhere smaller and quieter and less densely populated... JMHO!	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-19 11:20:00
Canada	Credit Cards	Well, truth be told? We're also a bunch of wussie's too. Canadians, god love you, I am one through and through but we allow ourselves to just take it and with very little assuaging we're like, "Hey thanks, brother!" It's true. I wrote to Air Canada and basically said, "Really? You really think charging these crazy fares is going to get anyone anywhere?"... Kind of thing. They wrote me teh HUGEST load of B.S. I have ever seen in my life. Basically a big F.U. person we don't give a ####### about. Oh... they offered me 5% off my thousand dollar ticket. Which I am not buying as you all probably know... Anyway... Agree with you DeadPool... but we're a nation of softies... QUOTE (DeadPoolX @ Oct 27 2009, 02:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (dutchmatt @ Oct 27 2009, 11:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It's just like everything else in Canada it will take us a few years to catch up. And heaven forbid we would have flashy pictures on our cards that might be too much for our canadian eyes. In canada we can't even get visa debit cards - crazy. Another point along the same lines - ever noticed how much cooler US license plates are? I mean you wanna support breast cancer? Get a cool pink plate. Don't get me wrong - I'm Canadian but I can't wait to get out of here. We take it up the a$$ with everything from cell phone rate, air fare, car insurance and beer. And cool plates and credit cards of course . And what do we do? Nothing - we get used to other people telling us how it is and how it's gonna be. I've said this a million times to my wife. The sad fact is that Canadians ALLOW this to occur. Why? Canadians aren't dumb (well, some are, but every country has some idiots) and can easily see what's happening to them and how the U.S. fares a lot better. Canadians should DEMAND change.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-27 13:50:00
Canada	Credit Cards	man, you said a mouthful... I have been going NUTS lately with freaking Air Canada and their thousand dollar ticket to Maryland. To that I say. EFF YOU! For the love of biscuits, it's so unreal. Taking it up the a$$ indeed. Thanks for hearing me out on that one -- it's been making me so angry. Luck with your interview, dutchy... QUOTE (dutchmatt @ Oct 27 2009, 02:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It's just like everything else in Canada it will take us a few years to catch up. And heaven forbid we would have flashy pictures on our cards that might be too much for our canadian eyes. In canada we can't even get visa debit cards - crazy. Another point along the same lines - ever noticed how much cooler US license plates are? I mean you wanna support breast cancer? Get a cool pink plate. Don't get me wrong - I'm Canadian but I can't wait to get out of here. We take it up the a$$ with everything from cell phone rate, air fare, car insurance and beer. And cool plates and credit cards of course . And what do we do? Nothing - we get used to other people telling us how it is and how it's gonna be.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-27 13:43:00
Canada	Credit Cards	Yeah, I'm with you Wyatt... I don't understand those cards either. Thus far, when I'm in the US I only use my credit cards as our debit cards are useless over there. That said, I like my credit cards -- I carry no debt but they're great to have for said occasions and such. BTW... just wondering, am I going to be able to keep my Canadian credit cards? i was planning on it as I only ever make payments and stuff online. And yes, I was planning on keeping my Canadian bank accounts too... thanks guys... LGG	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-27 13:12:00
Canada	Marriage Certificate	Wow! Well, I guess it never hurts to try, right? It does annoy me though that they'd be so unkind as to demand one thing but meanwhile, someone else in the same office accepts the thing we were told not to send in! Don't get me wrong, I'm happy if it works out for someone else this way but we would have been 9 weeks ahead if we'd done the same thing. Well, it's just testament to the fact that there is a definite lack of consistency amongst the government offices! Good on you though for getting that done quicker. I guess the the thing is, try... you never know, right?	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-27 17:23:00
Canada	Marriage Certificate	I cannot explain how some people got it expedited -- it could have been a few years ago and since then, they have really tightened up the regulations. What I CAN tell you? USCIS is NOT going to accept anything BUT the official registered marriage certificate. So, if it takes 6-8 weeks, that's what you will have to wait for. You can try and get the slip of paper they give you once you get married notarized but I'll tell you, the USCIS will not accept it. Try and send it if you will, they'll send you back your package or RFE you for it, but it all works out to the same waiting period. The thing is, these visas are MARRIAGE Based -- they want to see some serious, hard-core evidence that you are married and that it's a fully recognized marriage within Canada. Just my two cents but I don't think you have any other choice but to wait to have your marriage registered by the Province of Ontario. Good luck. QUOTE (CAN2US @ Oct 27 2009, 03:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (ambermiele @ Oct 27 2009, 10:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I had called today, and asked about this. I know now that you must have your license registered first before you can request a Legal Certificate. On the information sheet I received, it says to call the Registrar allowing four weeks from the date of forwarding the license to them before calling for confirmation. I will have to wait for the Letter of Urgency anyways to send with both the license and the request afterwards. The lady on the phone mentioned, that you CAN take it to Toronto to request for the certificate, but it would take just as much time as mailing it in. I may not take that chance, and just take it straight to Toronto to request the certificate WITH the letter of urgency. I believe it would go faster anyways, because I would be handing it in personally! Let me know if this works for any of you! This is the information I was able to gather today. I called the following service Ontario (see below) and they transferred my call to the Office of the Registrar 777 Bay Street ON M5G 2C8 Phone: 1-800-267-8097 The lady at the registrar ( I also know her name) said the following: ?The priest has to submit the signed documents to us before you can apply for a marriage certificate ?The marriage certificate is only available within 8-10 weeks ?The only way you can get a marriage certificate in 5 days is if the marriage has been registered a long time ago OR if you have a letter from the consulate suggesting an interview date ?There is the option of writing a letter of urgency to the manager of the registrar but priority is only given to people with interview dates ?I mentioned how some people with marriages as a few days old were able to get the certificate in 5 days ,to that she replied that its impossible, and that we should reconfirm with them their wedding dates. Basically she said its best to just “wait” as it was obvious she was discouraging any sort of expeditation. She also told me not to waste money on getting it expedited. I was going through all the services that are offered by service Ontario and there is something called “Certified copy of Statement of Marriage (long form)” I am not sure what that is, anyone any idea, because if its something certified which means it becomes an official document, then maybe we can use that until we wait for the actual certificate. I am going to get married, make sure my priest submits the document ASAP, and then I am going downtown to make it work. Show them the requirements of US immigration and speak to the manager if possible OR get them to write me a letter (notarized) that I have applied for a marriage certificate and it would be available in 8-10 weeks etc. Since, I don’t’ understand, how some people can get it while others can’t. I also don’t understand how USCIS can approve visa application without a certificate for others but would give others people a hard time. They should know it takes 8-10 weeks to get a marriage certificate in Ontario!!	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-27 14:13:00
Canada	Marriage Certificate	Uh. Okay then. Well, good luck with everything. Keep us posted -- it'll be interesting to see how it works out.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-26 20:30:00
Canada	Marriage Certificate	ANd NO, NO, NO!!!! Do NOT just send the record of marriage you get the day of getting married -- that is NOT an official document it is not an official Marriage Certificate, USCIS will NOT accept this. That is incorrect information. You have to get the official document from The Registrar. If anyone else from Ontario can back me up, please do. But that slip is akin to a receipt of purchase, if I may, it's not the actual article. I think both you guys need to relax a bit there are is SH1TLOADS of forms and stuff to fill out -- they're not hard but you need to be accurate and send these government organizations what they need or you'll only delay yourselves. Okay? Good luck. We're here to help. Really. PS Do let us know if you do manage to get your Marriage certificate faster and such, I'm sure other Ontarians will want to know this information. Edited by lgg, 26 October 2009 - 08:21 PM.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-26 20:18:00
Canada	Marriage Certificate	@ambermiele... I think your best bet is to call and see -- as you can see, someone from ONtario got lucky and was able to process this faster. Most cases of registering a marriage take between 6-8 weeks in Ontario. ours took 9. So, call them, call again and contact the poster who was able to have theirs expedited and see if they can help you. And relax. There's a lot of forms to fill out and stuff to send -- if you rush too much you might make a mistake which'll only hold you up more. Good luck.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-26 20:15:00
Canada	Marriage Certificate	Wow... I wish I would have known that -- we got married right in Toronto proper last year and were told that there was no way we could get it expedited... wish we had done what you'd done, Bowflex -- we'd be 8 weeks ahead of the game! Totally would have paid an extra 100$ too... QUOTE (bowflex @ Oct 26 2009, 04:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> My wife and I were married in Windsor, Ontario, and were told that if we waited by mail that it could be months before it was ready. We called the Thunder Bay office and were told that if we went to Toronto we could get it right on the spot, it would just cost a whole lot more (I believe we paid about $100 more than normal back in February of 2006). My wife, parents, and I drove to Toronto for the day, picked up the certificate about a week after we were married, and had our documents ready for the lawyer to send in the next day. Good luck!	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-26 15:46:00
Canada	Marriage Certificate	To Thunder Bay? If I'm not mistaken -- the office of the Registrar is in Thunder Bay, ONtario and all marriage licenses need to be registered there? Office of the REgistrar General I'm pretty sure that ALL marriages, deaths and births have to be registered at the Registrar General. Please correct me if i'm wrong -- I don't want to give out the wrong information if possible! This info that I have is only if they marry in Ontario. Anything else -- I have NO idea... QUOTE (July09Bride @ Oct 26 2009, 04:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> After our wedding, we HAND-CARRIED the paperwork to the county offices and we got the certificate on the spot!!! So, call and see if, by chance, there is an option to hand-carry the paperwork after the ceremony. What's the worst that could happen, they say no? Perhaps, they'll say YES!! Good luck! Edited by lgg, 26 October 2009 - 03:33 PM.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-26 15:30:00
Canada	Marriage Certificate	Hey there CAN2US... are you getting married in Ontario? If so, then YES! We waited for 9 weeks to have our Marriage cert filed in Ontario and then sent to us. IF we ever needed another one, it'd only take like a week but that first time registering is a doozy. And... you DO need your marriage certificate for the initial filing of the 1-130 for your CR1, there is NO point sending it in without your marriage cert or the copy of it for the USCIS... you cannot use the slip of paper that you get at your ceremony -- you need the actual registered marriage certificate. Sorry about Ontario if you are in fact here -- that made me so mad as it's already a waiting game. Good luck. Apply for it as SOON as you get married, okay? BEst, LGG QUOTE (CAN2US @ Oct 26 2009, 02:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey Everyone, I was told by City Hall that a marriage certificate will take 8-10 weeks to issue, and we definitely need a copy of the marriage certificate to file for a CR-1...so is it possible for now to apply for the CR-1 based on the unofficial document given to us by our priest...and provide USCIS with a proof that we have ordered our marriage certificate and that once its available we will ship it off...?? Do you think its best to wait 10 weeks (AND delay our process )to get a marriage certificate and then file? Or should we go ahead with the filing and provide the necessary proof? Please advice if anyone been in the same situation! thanks in advance!! Edited by lgg, 26 October 2009 - 01:11 PM.	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-26 13:10:00
Canada	1133 days later	OH man... Thank GOD -- finally, eh? Good to hear the good news. Best of luck to you! LGG	lgg	Not Telling	Canada	2009-10-26 12:06:00