ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
CanadaCanada/US Crossing with Vehicle Letter
QUOTE (Krikit @ Jun 8 2009, 06:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
There are a number of people on here who have driven their car over and not imported them. Mine didn't even ask me about importing my car so it's a good thing I knew all about it or I would have had extra things to do. lol

Since there are so many restrictions to importing your car when you get here, I had to wait until I actually had a SSN and the NOA from my AOS before I could get my driver's license and register the vehicle. So I drove on my Canadian plates with Canadian registration from November till June without a problem. (Geico insured me with the Canadian info and I just gave them the new information when I got it.) But Florida has allowances for Canadians so I got off pretty easy. I hear California's pretty tough, as well as some other States, though.

I think BorderDriver brought her vehicle and does not plan on registering it. You may want to check her posts.


Thanks Krikit! I just feel better knowing someone else tried it. I have already "moved" to the US but want to go back to Canada and get my car and bring it over. I am wondering what I should say (or not say) at the border. I just hope they don't stop me saying I cannot bring the car at all without the compliance letter. I will check with our insurance agent here in Indiana to see if they will cover the car, even temporarily... Wish me luck.
Monica
monicatonyFemaleCanada2009-06-08 19:17:00
CanadaCanada/US Crossing with Vehicle Letter
Of course my case just had to be difficult. I called Volkswagon about my 97 jetta and asked for a compliance letter. They said that I have an "L" in the fifth position in the VIN # and therefore my car does NOT meet US standards and they would NOT be able to supply me with a compliance letter. There are no modifications, no exceptions and I am SOL. Geez. I really need my car here as I have not yet established a good enough credit rating to qualify for a car loan. Stuck between and rock and a hard place. I wonder if it is okay to drive my car "temporarily" with Canadian plates and insurance until I am in a better position to buy a new car here in the US. Anyone else try this? Do the US border guards stop you from driving your car across altogether if you have no compliance letter. Do they let you thru if you tell them it is temporary and you won't be trying to register that car?
monicatonyFemaleCanada2009-06-07 23:40:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresneed a cover letter with I-130 package?
Hello friends
I finally have my marriage certificate in hand (takes forever from Ontario). We are filling out the I-130 forms and G-325A copies. Do we need to send some sort of cover letter with these forms? I read somewhere you should reference "I-130 petition" on the outside envelope too. Any tips?

Cheers
Monica (L)
monicatonyFemaleCanada2006-09-26 16:09:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresphotocopy every page of passport?


Hi,
My BC was the same way so I sent it and photo copies of my passport pages. Even the front cover just to be sure.Even the instructions and blank pages. Just to be sure.

I was approved and received no RFE.

And my petition was approved in 7 weeks. So I say send both..... and send copies of EVERY page of passport. I put 2 pages on 1 sheet pf paper and make sure there in order. Can't be to safe :-)

Good luck!
Mike

Thanks Mike
I'm all about dodging the RFE! I will photocopy his BC as best we can and send all the passport pages too!
Monica

Hello
I've already given many $ to the Canadian Gov't for marriage certificates, "long form" birth certificates, "copies of birth", etc. etc. to be prepared for whatever they ask! My hubbie assured me he already had a long form birth certificate....just neglected to mention its about to disinegrate! ha.
Wish me luck
Monica
monicatonyFemaleCanada2006-09-27 14:00:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresphotocopy every page of passport?

Hi,
My BC was the same way so I sent it and photo copies of my passport pages. Even the front cover just to be sure.Even the instructions and blank pages. Just to be sure.

I was approved and received no RFE.

And my petition was approved in 7 weeks. So I say send both..... and send copies of EVERY page of passport. I put 2 pages on 1 sheet pf paper and make sure there in order. Can't be to safe :-)

Good luck!
Mike

Thanks Mike
I'm all about dodging the RFE! I will photocopy his BC as best we can and send all the passport pages too!
Monica
monicatonyFemaleCanada2006-09-27 13:47:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresphotocopy every page of passport?


Hello

We are ready to submit our I-130 petition and my US spouse pulls out his very old and faded birth certificate. I am sure it won't photocopy well. I read another supporting document could be his current passport but do they really need photocopies of every single (both sides) page in his passport??

Help!
Monica


I did photocopy every page of my passport, but te embassy only took the information page. That being said it is ALWAYS better to be over prepared.

Thanks for the tip! Did you give this instead of a birth certificate?
Monica
monicatonyFemaleCanada2006-09-27 13:42:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Proceduresphotocopy every page of passport?
Hello

We are ready to submit our I-130 petition and my US spouse pulls out his very old and faded birth certificate. I am sure it won't photocopy well. I read another supporting document could be his current passport but do they really need photocopies of every single (both sides) page in his passport??

Help!
Monica
monicatonyFemaleCanada2006-09-27 13:34:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresAnybody have any luck with an I-824
It's making me crazy too Dayna...hang in there! I spoke with a US Immigration officer at the Toronto airport today to ask if I could enter the US on my approved K3 (activate it)and start the process to obtain permission to work (which I think is an EAD?) but return to Canada to continue working in the meantime. Technically my residence would be the US but he said the K3 would let me go in and out of the US as much as I need to continue to work in Canada until my work authority in the US comes through, followed by a transfer to the US with my company. I know this won't help those of you with long distances to travel to be with your loved ones. But for those who can visit frequently, like me, this might be an option to get the ball rolling and not have to quit your job and have no income during your wait for the EAD to be approved. I am counting on what the Officer said to be true!!
Monica
monicatonyFemaleCanada2007-02-21 19:06:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresAnybody have any luck with an I-824

The I130 should only be retained if the I129F is approved before or at the same time as the I130.

USCIS now assumes that anyone who files the I129F would prefer to pursue the K3, so the odds are that your I130 will be retained.

I'm slightly confused by your post, have you been approved yet?

Yikes.... are you thinking, Riblet, that all of our I130's are now lost in limbo and our only choice is a K3? I just finished trying to understand the flow chart and James's shortcuts but does this new process means none of that will happen for me now? should I still try to see if NVC gives me a case number so I can follow the same timeline you did ie. case number followed by DS3032 and AOS fee bill or has all of this system been replaced with filling out this new I824 thingy. Help confused and scared!

Oops ..sorry to be confusing. I was a bit panicked by NY IZMIR's news. I HAVE been approved for both the I129 and the I130 at the same time from the California Service Center. I thought they were both then going to the NVC and I would follow the NVC flow chart from here on for the I130 and also follow up on the K3 to see which would happen quicker. My husband phoned to say the same notice arrived in the mail today that NY IZMER received ....saying the beneficiary was in the US and to apply for an I 824 if I needed to apply for a visa outside the US. I was wondering if that meant they have made a mistake with our petition and we cannot follow the usual I130 procedures...as you have. Do you think they have retained it in California and it's just a matter of contacting them and telling them to forward it to the NVC?
monicatonyFemaleCanada2007-02-20 22:45:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresAnybody have any luck with an I-824
Yikes.... are you thinking, Riblet, that all of our I130's are now lost in limbo and our only choice is a K3? I just finished trying to understand the flow chart and James's shortcuts but does this new process means none of that will happen for me now? should I still try to see if NVC gives me a case number so I can follow the same timeline you did ie. case number followed by DS3032 and AOS fee bill or has all of this system been replaced with filling out this new I824 thingy. Help confused and scared!
monicatonyFemaleCanada2007-02-20 22:19:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresAnybody have any luck with an I-824

NY_IZMIR,

Why did you petition for a K3 visa if the immigrant visa is the one that you'd rather have?

Yodrak


I filed for the K3 after seing dismal processing times by VSC. I really really really need visa in my wife's hand by July because we're having a wedding reception overseas at the beginning of July and hope to come back to the states together afterwards. If the 130 was forwarded to NVC, then I thought I had a shot at getting the CR1 using James' shortcuts, hence my original question. But now that there's the additional 824 processing time added, I don't think we can make it anymore. I'm gonna call them tomorrow to see if there's a way they can fix their mistake. (Since there's absolutely no indication in any of my forms that my wife is in the U.S. which is the reasong they're citing for retaining the 130)

I just received an approval for both the I130 and I129f as well and the notice said the same thing about residing in the US. Our thought was to apply for both options and see what works out. Using the K3 would depend on if I can enter the US with the K3 and start the papers for the work permit yet keep my airline job in Canada and fly back and forth for work in Canada while waiting for approval. Has anyone else tried moving to the US and continuing to work in Canada? I don't even know if this is allowed. I hear they hold up the I130 awaiting further instructions from us when they know you have filed for the I129. What is the next step to get that I130 moving too?
Good luck!
Canadian girl
monicatonyFemaleCanada2007-02-20 18:56:00