Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Canada	Packets	I punched all of the papers at the top with an ACCO hole puncher (my dad had one, I didn't go out and buy one) and then separated all the secionts with paper clips in the order that the list on my cover letter stated. Don't go blowing your money on all sorts of stuff...keep it simple.	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-09 12:03:00
Canada	Yomtl, good luck tomorrow	Congratulations!!! YAY!	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-09 22:38:00
Canada	Yomtl, good luck tomorrow	woo hoo! It's today..can't wait to find out what's happening!!!	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-09 09:14:00
Canada	Yomtl, good luck tomorrow	Best of luck sweetheart!!! Can't wait to hear all about it!	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-08 19:45:00
Canada	DS-230 part II at Vancouver consulate	QUOTE (SonoranSongbird @ Jun 11 2008, 11:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Obviously we are holding onto it. We assume they wouldn't just forget. Will we need this when crossing the border for the move? Or adjusting status? Or do they just not use those last two pages at Vancouver? To some extent, this is out of curiosity---we will hold onto the document---but if we have to hand it over to CBP when he moves down, we will pack it someplace accessible. Oh, yes, and we got the visa. I will post a review sometime soon. CONGRATS!!!!!!! That's awesome news!!! I held onto mine too, I'm taking it to the interview (which I know I don't need but whatever) I have no idea what it's used for but I hold on to everything anyway...lol	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-11 11:20:00
Canada	Finally have my CR1 interview date!!!!!!!!!!	awesome! Congratulations hon!!!	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-10 10:18:00
Canada	Really In A Bind Here	I don't know what to say. All I can say is that I'm sorry	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-04-09 16:20:00
Canada	And still no news..	Just wanted to say, I'm so so sorry	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-03 08:08:00
Canada	Canadian TV in the US	I would also be interesting in knowing this	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-12 16:39:00
Canada	Melissa & Chris - good luck tomorrow	All the best to you both!!!	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-12 09:21:00
Canada	Montreal Consulate: Nerve wrecking, but Approved	Congratulations!!! Make sure you hold onto that NOA2, it's probably one of the most important documents through all of this, other than the actual K1 visa!!! You'll need to it adjust status for your green card. Glad everything turned out well!!!!	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-12 09:20:00
Canada	posted in K3 forum as well-need advice re: USPS	I beg to differ but it is definately required.	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-12 21:26:00
Canada	posted in K3 forum as well-need advice re: USPS	I'm sorry you are having such a hard time. Mail sucks They will ask for it at the interview....worst case scenario, if you don't get it in time for the interview, you will get an approval pending that document. You'll simply mail in the document when you have it and your visa will be approved and mailed to you. Nothing is impossible. Best of luck hon!	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-12 21:09:00
Canada	I don't know how I'll last...	QUOTE (SapphireDreams @ Jun 13 2008, 08:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I actually feel pretty at peace with things now that it's been delivered. I actually LOVE my job here and don't intend to quit until a few months after i actualy get my visa, so I'm not in any rush or anything actually. I feel myself getting excited after each NOA and then i'll simmer down. I've been reading the boards and posting here and there since December, so I've braced myself. Now it's real though and it feels great! I'm so glad you feel this way!! It's been a long wait for you to even start and now you have and I couldn't be happier for you guys!!! I'm the same way. I love my job here, I'm not really in a super rush either and I like it that way. When you work yourself up and get all anxious, it's toxic for your own sanity. Happy journey hon!!!	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-13 07:49:00
Canada	I don't know how I'll last...	Now the obsessive compulsive behavior begins!!! Checking USCIS every 2 minutes...staying on VJ till all hours.... It has begun!!! Hold on hon, it's a crazy ride!!!	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-11 11:08:00
Canada	Hotels in Montreal	QUOTE (anxiouslywaiting @ Jun 13 2008, 09:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> So now that I have my interview date (Yeah!) I need to look into booking a hotel in Montreal. If anyone can let me know what hotels are good and which are not, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a bunch! Do you have any air miles to use up? If you do, the Best Western Europa Downtown is very close to the embassy (1240 Drummond St. Montreal, QC H3G 1V7) My mom and I are staying there for free cause I used up all of mine doing so...way to get rid of them!! Other people have stayed at Tour Centre Ville - Across the street from Consulate and the Holiday Inn. Downtown Montreal can get very pricey.	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-13 08:31:00
Canada	CBR - Good luck tomorrow	QUOTE (CBR @ Jun 11 2008, 08:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Oh yea, we were approved!!!! Woo hoo! Congrats hon!!!!!!	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-11 20:31:00
Canada	CBR - Good luck tomorrow	QUOTE (Leafgal @ Jun 11 2008, 01:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hasn't been on since Friday so maybe not by a computer while away, hopefully we will hear something soon though. I hope so!!!	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-11 12:53:00
Canada	CBR - Good luck tomorrow	Um...where are you?!?!	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-11 11:23:00
Canada	CBR - Good luck tomorrow	CBR....I wish you so much luck!!! You'll do so fine!!!	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-10 23:08:00
Canada	Address?	Thank you everyone!!!!!!!!	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-13 19:42:00
Canada	Address?	QUOTE (Cassie @ Jun 12 2008, 02:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Leafgal @ Jun 12 2008, 12:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> So great to hear you know where you will be settling down. I agree that you can tell them at your interview the new address you will be moving to so they can make a note in your file. Yep, me too, just alert them at your interview, and then again when you file AOS. New place together yay! We'll need a piccie thread for that! Will do! I'm excited cause we are allowed to paint in there, as long as we paint it back to white when we leave. We get to pick out furniture together when I get there...I'm so jazzed!! This is amazing! I couldn't be happier!	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-12 13:45:00
Canada	Address?	QUOTE (SonoranSongbird @ Jun 12 2008, 12:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Congratulations on your new home! You may not own it, but it is still your first home together. Now you will have some place to call your own and if you want to buy, you can take the time to find a house you really love first. Thank you sweetheart, we are pretty happy	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-12 11:35:00
Canada	Address?	QUOTE (flames9 @ Jun 12 2008, 11:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> When u go for the interview , you can easily enough pass on ur new address as well, they just pen it in!! Thanks lovey	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-12 10:57:00
Canada	Address?	QUOTE (fwaguy @ Jun 12 2008, 11:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (~Laura and Nick~ @ Jun 12 2008, 10:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (fwaguy @ Jun 12 2008, 11:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> AFAIK, until such time the USC submits an I-864, he/she is not under an obligation to keep the USICS informed of there whereabouts. For the alien, it is important after entry.... So when I file for AOS I just put our apartment address? That is the first time we did it.... Thank you!	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-12 10:28:00
Canada	Address?	QUOTE (fwaguy @ Jun 12 2008, 11:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> AFAIK, until such time the USC submits an I-864, he/she is not under an obligation to keep the USICS informed of there whereabouts. For the alien, it is important after entry.... So when I file for AOS I just put our apartment address?	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-12 10:19:00
Canada	Address?	Well... Nick and I decided against a house for the time being and have reluctantly but still excitedly rented an apartment. Nick had already mailed me all of the paperwork (I-134) etc. before we were approved for the apartment and it has his old address on it. The apartment is ours now and Nick is moving in next week but I wanted to know when I should let the government know? Should I let them know when I go for my interview on the 20th? It's not a HUGE deal cause his old address is his parents house so we will have access to the mail but I'd still like it to be current. What do you guys think?	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-12 10:13:00
Canada	Fingerprints	Glad you are feeling better!!!	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-05 09:47:00
Canada	Fingerprints	You guys are doing the right thing Your fiance has a criminal record so he must go to the RCMP and do the fingerprinting route. If no criminal record, then he could have gone to the local police station and just gotten a Canada wide police search. That is not the case here and you are doing this the correct way. I'm sorry it's taking so long. Worse comes to worse, you go to the interview without the documentation and they simply wait for him to send it to them and then they issue the visa. Approval pending upon documentation. I wish you much luck!!!	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-04 20:43:00
Canada	Documents to bring to the IR/CR1 interview in Mtl	I would make copies of everything Linda...you never know what they will want to keep or not keep. I know I'm only doing a K1 interview, not an IR but I just made copies of everything I'm bringing just to be on the safe side. Congrats again on the date!!!	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-15 06:31:00
Canada	Renting a truck in the US + Not activating K1 visa	woo hoo! Congrats us!	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-15 21:22:00
Canada	Renting a truck in the US + Not activating K1 visa	You're getting married on my interview day and Kathryn's birthday?? What a great choice!!! Congrats!!!!!	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-15 06:33:00
Canada	Renting a truck in the US + Not activating K1 visa	QUOTE (ChasingAmy @ Jun 12 2008, 09:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sell everything you own here before going and buy new stuff down there. That's what I'm going to try and do Sorry, I'm not loaded I like my stuff and I want to keep it. Good luck selling your stuff!	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-12 20:54:00
Canada	Renting a truck in the US + Not activating K1 visa	QUOTE (CherryXS @ Jun 11 2008, 02:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I wouldn't have asked my earlier question about doing the move prior to K-1 interview, had that info been available. I was joking hon don't worry.	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-11 14:42:00
Canada	Renting a truck in the US + Not activating K1 visa	QUOTE (~Laura and Nick~ @ Jun 11 2008, 02:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (rae_and_scott @ Jun 11 2008, 02:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (~Laura and Nick~ @ Jun 11 2008, 02:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Wow, the budget website SUCKS! I can't even look at the rates to drive from my area to NJ at all...it shows the drop off locations in NJ but it won't allow me to select them. So stupid!!! That's b/c they don't allow one-way from Canada to the US. You have to pick a location in the US to make it work. I agree, it sucks and they should spell it out a bit more clearly. Oh, I see!!! Yeah so like 250 bucks to go from Niagara Falls, NY to New Jersey.... I just really don't want to chance them making me activate my K1, plus all the gas and pollution of driving...picking it up, coming all the way back home (2 hours) driving all the way back down....not worth it to me at all.	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-11 13:36:00
Canada	Renting a truck in the US + Not activating K1 visa	QUOTE (rae_and_scott @ Jun 11 2008, 02:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (~Laura and Nick~ @ Jun 11 2008, 02:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Wow, the budget website SUCKS! I can't even look at the rates to drive from my area to NJ at all...it shows the drop off locations in NJ but it won't allow me to select them. So stupid!!! That's b/c they don't allow one-way from Canada to the US. You have to pick a location in the US to make it work. I agree, it sucks and they should spell it out a bit more clearly. Oh, I see!!!	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-11 13:32:00
Canada	Renting a truck in the US + Not activating K1 visa	QUOTE (rae_and_scott @ Jun 11 2008, 02:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I did a similar thing when I moved to Toronto 4 years ago. We did a one way Budget truck, drove it from NYC to Toronto, unpacked, then the next day returned it to Niagara. It will DEFINITELY save you money, but it will also definitely cost you a lot more time. At least it did with us. But it depends on which is more important to you; spending time or money. Now that you've brought this up I kind of wish I had done this the other way around. We are getting a Uhaul on Saturday; the cost of the truck without gas is $725. I just looked up Budget from Niagara and it's only $268! Also Uhaul is just a horrible company. They called us today to tell us the closest truck they can give us is 30km away. We don't have a car. Scott was like "what are we supposed to do?" to the guy on the phone, and now, miraculously, they are going to deliver it to us. But I am still tempted to switch over to Budget and deal with more hassle... I dunno. Anyhoo, sorry, I digress. I have also read other threads about people crossing the border and not activating your visa and my guess is that you would be just fine. I would just specify to the border agent that you do not want to activate your visa at this time. Wow, the budget website SUCKS! I can't even look at the rates to drive from my area to NJ at all...it shows the drop off locations in NJ but it won't allow me to select them. So stupid!!! QUOTE (CherryXS @ Jun 11 2008, 02:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> This info would have been good to add to your timeline and siggie. The time line police are here.	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-11 13:25:00
Canada	Renting a truck in the US + Not activating K1 visa	QUOTE (Cassie @ Jun 11 2008, 01:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Yomtl @ Jun 11 2008, 12:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Bus from Montreal to Vermont : 20$ (about 2 hours) Gas to come back with truck from Vermont to Montreal : 30$ max. I would save about 500$....(1300$ if renting in Canada vs. 800$ if renting in the US) As far as the k1 visa goes I had the interview 2 days ago so I should receive it in a few days hopefully. Are you factoring the cost of gas needed for the truck?? They get crappy gas mileage. And is the extra mileage going from Vermont to Montreal and back factored into the price? I think honestly it would be a waste of time and energy, not to mention the fact of not activating the K1..what if they make you? I think with the cost of gas for the truck and the fact that they may make you activate the K1, I wouldn't do it. JMO. Edited by ~Laura and Nick~, 11 June 2008 - 12:43 PM.	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-11 12:38:00
Canada	Moving within the US	QUOTE (bluegreen @ Jun 15 2008, 12:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yep, Upack was a bit more expensive than Uhaul. Plus, we'd STILL have to drive my car from CO to CA, so we would not avoid the driving anyways...And I am the same as you Laura - we don't really have a huge amount of stuff. Ugh. I actually still also have to move my own stuff down from Canada as well. So it's going to be TWO horrid U-Haul trips. Oh well! We have a rule that we have to eat breakfast at IHOP every morning on non-pleasure related road trips, which definitely helps. Sounds like a plan! IHOP is delish!	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-15 06:32:00
Canada	Moving within the US	QUOTE (emt103c @ Jun 13 2008, 10:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Check out upack.com. . .depending on the size you need it seems to be reasonable AND you don't have to drive it yourself! Others have used it here. . .I'm just in the reserving stages and it's cheaper for me than a U-haul. upack was up there in price...over 1500.00 I believe and I don't have that far to go, an 8 hour drive, if that. Pods was worse...over 2 grand! It was also a stupid option cause I don't have a whole house to move and I don't need a month to pack my stuff. I also hate the thought of not being with my stuff when it's moved. I bet they riffle all through people's stuff. The most expensive obviously was the private moving companies. I got quotes for 3 grand and upwards.	~Laura and Nick~	Female	Canada	2008-06-13 22:03:00