Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Canada	Job Interview	I had another interview today, was horrible timing as we had some pretty bad snow here, I hope I got a A+ for driving in as 7 people canceled on the lady Grats inky, I wish you luck and hope to see you got that Job	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-01-26 20:08:00
Canada	Job Interview	Best of luck to you! I know how nerve wrecking the whole thing is, I just finally got an offer today after almost a year of looking. Just have to wait on the background check to come through for the whole thing to be finalized. Thanks for the tip about the Canadian credit check Kathryn, thats a great idea! I'm crossing my fingers for you Coralie and Inky! Grats!! I think we all seem to be looking forever.... 3 months of loooking	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-01-26 09:29:00
Canada	Montreal Interview	Are the children Us citizens? did you apply for visas for them? I am a tad confused. IF you did file i-130's for them (cr-2) then yes they would need to attend. please let us know more information so we can answer your question in more detail.	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2010-09-22 06:34:00
Canada	visa issued!	Grats MTL. It is nice to hear that they apologized a few times.	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-02-09 09:19:00
Canada	Toronto Medical Today.	Immunization record question: So I have my medical on Tuesday (15th) and I have all my immunizations up to date. I have all the little booklets that you receive from when you were younger with the recorded dates of the immunizations. Is this sufficient evidence of immunizations? Do I need a letter from the public health department? Yes that will work. That is all I had for my son and I had no problems.	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-02-11 09:22:00
Canada	Toronto Medical Today.	Just scroll/glance down under the fees and it says "All fees are in Canadian dollars". Canadian and US dollars are almost at par at the moment. It's probably a good time to do some current exchange. On a somewhat related topic...Just tried to call and book a medical appointment in Toronto and I got the answer machine. Does anyone have an idea how long it takes for someone to get back to you? 24 hours or so..	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-01-31 16:43:00
Canada	Montreal Interveiw	It was there in August 2009 lol That makes it even worse lol I am officially blind I guess	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-02-10 08:20:00
Canada	Montreal Interveiw	They have a little play area for kids right next to the desk where you come up on the elevator and the girl has the DHL envalopes. Nice little are to keep the kids busy has some books and toys and tv with cartoons playing. What? how did I miss this area? Lol Oh well glad I never have to do it again but sad that this area was unseen to me. Maybe its new.	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-02-09 09:18:00
Canada	Montreal Interveiw	heres a question...What play area? lol	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-02-09 08:25:00
Canada	A joint bank account.	yep just so she can take money ot when she needs it. My husband was added to my cibc account with just his Drivers license and Passport. Call the banks and explain what you are looking for. That is what I did in Canada and the states.	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-02-10 12:27:00
Canada	Passport Emergency	You need your passport so they Can issue your visa into it. If you do not have your passport by the interview date then you will most likely have to send your passport into Montreal when receive it. This may take some time as Montreal is backlogged and does not tend to open there mail quickly.	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-02-14 16:56:00
Canada	Montreal didn't give me a waybill number	Like what was said earlier, if you are put in AP you will be waiting 2-3 months. It sounds like you are in AP. It doesnt matter if they told you that you were approved you will still be in extended processing untill they are finished doing various checks. If you go over to the section for people from your country, the same thing happens to pretty much all of them. They get approved but then get put into AP right after and end up waiting 2-3 months. he interviewed in Montreal so Yes There should be tons of people around here that have gone through ap. Although At the moment I cannot think of anyone Unfortunately There is no set time line, they will get around to it at some point but with the backlog you never know. Just cross your fingers its only 2--3 months. Hang in there	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2010-12-21 08:24:00
Canada	Get a letter from your doctor!!! No matter how small the issue!!!	I got good health notes from my doctor for our medicals. I am sorry that you are having trouble, however they say on there site..... We recommend that you bring a brief readable note or letter from your doctor detailing your medical or psychiatric problem(s), current treatment and long-term prognosis. The Panel Physician needs to know about your past and current medical problems and what the likelihood is that you will require further treatment in the future. It is better to bring more information than you think is required. . I am sure you will be fine and you will be approved at the interview. Again sorry that you got the round about when you seemed quite prepared.	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-02-21 14:32:00
Canada	AP	My visa was issued today! It turns out that I was put in AP by mistake! I heard from the consulate today. I'll write details in a separate post when I get the chance. C. Awesome News!! Get your butt to the USA now lol	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-02-08 03:51:00
Canada	AP	no i didnt get a welcome letter..but the consular told me it might take 4 to 8 weeks...he gave me a white letter saying that i m in AP...he wanted to keep my passport but i kept it with me...n said whn its done they will call u and ask you to send your passport.. Did he give you a reason for AP? Although I think having a passport is a great thing, I would not have taken my home with me. In my opinion that is going to make the wait even longer as They do not process mail very quickly, you may be in AP for say a 6 weeks but then it could take them another 6 weeks to find your package and stamp/return your passport. Again just my opinion as MTL really is slow at times. I am sure you have your reasoning for keeping your passport and I am not bashing you at all	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-02-05 10:45:00
Canada	AP	I'm in the same situation. I feel like I'm dying. I don't understand it at all. Did they give you a "Welcome to the USA" letter? I got one, and the official told me I'd get my visa "in about a week." Now it's been over two weeks and I'm in AP. Why? I have no idea. When was your interview? Mine was January 19. C. He just had his interview on the first of Feb. Im sure you will get your passport and visa very soon Mtlgato hang in there OP>IT could take a week, a month or even a few months , just hang in there and keep calling dos and checking the DHL site.	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-02-04 15:43:00
Canada	ITIN	last year it took approximately 6 weeks from date of sending in the paperwork to direct deposit. At around 4 weeks the ITIN came in the mail.	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-02-25 13:07:00
Canada	Getting license in USA, "direct transfer" - Very helpful tips I learned the hard way	MD is really easy too. Just bring in all your i551 or greencard, old license, 2 pieces of id and "tell them that it is considered a Out of state transfer".	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-02-19 08:52:00
Canada	Credit Rating: Canada to the US	The most irritating part is that you'll find 20 people who have 20 different experiences. Some were easily added to the spouse's existing CC - for us at Wachovia they said we had to reapply for a brand new joint card and they flat out denied us because I had no credit history (although my husband's is quite good). Some places have actually been able to use the Cdn spouse's Cdn credit history. It seems to depend on the banking institution, and the person you're dealing with - along with luck. I would try the most obvious ones like being added to the spouse's card first and if that doesn;t work out then keep on going down the line and if you end up like me and have to get a secured card, so be it. I do not mind starting out again as I did not have good Canadian credit although I did not have really bad credit either.	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-01-19 13:55:00
Canada	Credit Rating: Canada to the US	Hi Udella & Wiz: I was added onto my husband's AmEx and Visa cards without any problem. But I bet they're not contributing to my credit rating right now, but we'll see (I tried applying for a credit card to see what happens). Maybe I'll get a retail credit card or two in the meantime. I didn't know that about the mortgage stuff. That's also good to know. I think it's about time to re-negotiate the mortgage anyways in several months, so maybe I can work on building my credit rating in the meantime. Anyone with any specific links please let me know thanks! I added myself to my husbands credit card with capital one when I got my ssn.. It is on my credit report and If you apply via there website you see this : With regard to financial responsibilities, you (and the secondary cardholder, if applicable) are responsible for any charges placed on the account by an authorized user. The authorized user does not have financial responsibility for the account. Even though the authorized user does not have financial responsibility for the account, credit data is still reported to the credit bureaus on the authorized user (except on Small Business accounts). I checked via freecreditreport.com and I now have a few months worth of Good reporting	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-01-19 13:01:00
Canada	Driver's License for Canadians	http://www.flhsmv.gov/	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-03-02 19:09:00
Canada	Driver's License for Canadians	http://www.gathergog.../checklist.aspx	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-03-02 13:01:00
Canada	Question about going back/forth after visa issued	I am not sure about the whole staying in Canada more then the states but I do know that Sara Jane continued to work in Canada for a bit. She did the daily drive back and forth to my knowledge so at least it is possible to still maintain work in Canada.	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-03-04 13:38:00
Canada	DHL	We have interview in last week of March. Our interview date is set by NVC and I am going for DHL registration online http://usvisa-info.c...er_information. Just wondering, do we need to register every beneficiary or one registration for all the family members? You just need to register Yourself and then It will say add a family member at the bottom. I did end up registering My son and one for myself as well and it still worked out. Only because I didn't realize you could do it any other way	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-03-02 15:07:00
Canada	PORT OF ENTRY TO US	Yeah no i-94 for spousal visas, they will probably not ask you much of anything. When we drove through Ny They just asked me if the address was correct for the address to send my greencard.	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-03-03 13:24:00
Canada	how long to receive passport	Unfortunately Montreal opens their mail at a slow wait and I would assume that your passport is probably sitting in the mail room collect dust at this point. That is if DOS says that they have yet to receive your passport or have yet to print the visa. I truely hope that this is not true and that it has already been printed. In the past it has taken anywhere from weeks to months for them to return a passport that was sent in after the interview. I wish you luck... keep calling dos.	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-03-09 10:01:00
Canada	Montreal..of course!	I got a call Tuesday Feb 8 ,in the morning from the Montreal Consulate..they had just received our file upstairs..well I figure upstairs, where ever. They said the expedite was granted and that I needed to get my medical ASAP. So I got my medical taken care of Wednesday morning in Toronto and we're going to pick up my Medical folder on the way up to Montreal this coming monday. Sophia who called was very nice and patient with me as I was friggin shocked and stumbled over my words on the phone. Interview date set for Wednesday Feb 16 at 9 am! Super quick..almost too quick. But I believe we'll be ready. She told me that we just needed to bring a few originals that weren't requested, divorce decrees, and my criminal check, which I had thought we sent in..but just a copy, my bad. All the other usual stuff off the sheet, domicile, photos, phone logs, emails and facebook screen shots. Copy of bills and a few other things as well as the documentation regarding our Expedite. I pray it goes well, I'm soo nervous that I'm sick. I hope it all works out positively as I want and need to get back home. I'll let you guys know what happens when I get back in about a week. Thats awesome. Let me know what happens sending great vibes your way,.	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-02-10 19:07:00
Canada	after the interview	Yup you can travel the moment you get it. I have know a few people who picked up there visas from dhl and then left that same day. I got mine 5 days before I left but it was a planned thing. If My husband had not made arrangements for our travels, I would have drove the moment it was in my hand. lol	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-03-20 10:06:00
Canada	Applying for credit cards	It's a real unsecured credit card. My wife was approved for $500 without any prior credit or a job! yup i was approved the other day for a capital one $500 limit. i have no job so it works for me	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-03-17 10:24:00
Canada	Applying for credit cards	Thanks guys due to this topic I decided to apply for a newcomers capital one card and automatically got approved. I have been here for 5 months http://www.capitalon..._31_T_CP62721AW	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-03-15 16:26:00
Canada	Applying for credit cards	I am going to say a no no for lying about your income but I have to say that I am on three of my husbands credit cards as AU and I checked my freecreditreport.com and I have 5 months worth of on time payments etc so I have to say that it still works.	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-03-15 15:12:00
Canada	Need info from other Canadians....please comment	Have to agree with all above... No one is going to advise you to do anything illegal. I suggest you do a k-1 or cr-1 and visit during the process. I hope it all works out for you.	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-03-21 11:16:00
Canada	POE Tomorrow	Wow, 4-6 months for her Greencard? Can she work before then? Are her ITIN and the stamp in her passport enough for her to get a job? Also, since she's flying out of Halifax, are they going to do the POE there? They do the customs part there... Thats not what I was told when i crossed lol I was told up to 12 weeks If it went past 12 weeks then to call. I believe I had mine within 6 weeks and I dont think i have seen many people wait 3-6 months for a green card. She can work once she has her SSN.	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-03-25 09:31:00
Canada	Transferring consulates	That is quite odd. I would do what heat said but maybe also call/email Vancouver to see if they are still processing fiance petitions.	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-03-23 07:35:00
Canada	How long can you hold off the interview...	When I did My finger print check it took a total of 60 days and that was from the date I sent it in the mail to the date it was in my hands. You should probably be ok.	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-03-29 08:02:00
Canada	MTL - interview date	Hi Heather. Quick Question: I received my IV Bill yesterday. do I pay that out of a Canadian bank in Canadian or US funds? or can my husband pay it out of his american bank? Sept 13, 2009 - Met Online June 18, 2010 - Married in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Sept 3, 2010 : I-130 Sent Sept 14, 2010: NOA1 Issued (Hard Copy) Dec 10, 2010: NOA2 Approval!!! 85 Days since NOA1 - NOA2 ------------------ NVC Received File - Dec 14, 2010 Dec 31, 2010 Received Case #/ Dec 31, 2010: I-864(AOS) fee ($88) payment Received Jan 4, 2011: I-864 (AOS) PAID Jan 5, 2011: AOS package Via Mail Jan 7, 2011: Sent 3032 through email and Opt In Called Jan 19th, said waiting for 3032 form. Jan 24, 2011 - Got email from NVC saying they have me as Opted In. Jan 24, 2011 - Accepted 3032 Feb 3, 2011 - IV Bill Invoiced - $404.00 We paid Via My husbands US Bank account.	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-02-04 14:44:00
Canada	MTL - interview date	Thanks CanadianGal..I'm just suprised because other's that got approved in january got their their interview dates within 7 weeks of NVC completion. I haven't even gotten an email yet that our case has been completed. My wife made the call Monday and they said it was done and be in Montreal in 2 days. I did the sign in and it failed..so..i dunno what to expect next. Shame us CR1 folks can't use the self scheduling service. I would give nvc a call and tell them you havent received your case complete email... I called and they told me exactly when they sent it out...I got it a few hours after that.	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-01-27 19:04:00
Canada	MTL - interview date	probably is...family visas are a higher priority typically. My CR1 was approved Jan 24th...still no email with interview date..lol. it's been two days..maybe since you got approved to my approval they got backlogged and jammed again. lol Off topic for a second... I am soo glad to see you got your case complete , I know you still have quite a journey but atleast it is getting closer ..hang in there OP..I am not sure about employment visas..although it does seem that montreal has sped up quite a bit.	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-01-27 09:59:00
Canada	MTL - interview date	Thanks Canadiandggal and others. I sent DS230 and other documents by courier mail to NVC and AVM is updated with "Case Complete". It seems they are going to send interview letter by mail. maybe not heather says they sent her an email so Looks like they do it with regular as well Good luck	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-01-26 13:58:00
Canada	MTL - interview date	We didn't do electronic processing and we got an email with our interview date.... I only did Electronic processing therefor I only know what happens when you use Electronic processing,,,therefor I am not going to say anything about regular processing but you answered that for them	Canadiandggal	Female	Canada	2011-01-26 13:56:00