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Being a Canadian in the United States for the last nine years has been an interesting adventure, to say the least. Although our nations are neighbours, there can be two more different approaches to the same problem so close to each other.
I can’t claim to be an expert on how Canada processes new immigrants, but [...]

After 12 hours on the road, 20 minutes in Canada (well, Quebec), and a night in a really crappy hotel room, we are back home, with freshly minted I-94s.
In the immigration office, they were hesitant to hand us the I-94s because we still have valid H1-Bs. I had to insist that they give us them [...]

On July 20, the family crossed over the border back into the US after attending Samantha’s grandmother’s funeral in Toronto. It had been a great weeken, a chance to get reacquainted with Samantha’s extended family and introduce the boys to some of these folks.
We crossed the border at the Peace Bridge, and got an Immigration [...]

Ok, as someone who is waiting for his Green Card, the story of the treatment allegedly received by Hiu Lui Ng frightens me. [BoingBoing link here. NY Times here ]
My Green Card has been in process for more than three years. We are supposedly approaching the end of the long road. But how do I [...]

Landed in the US on a one-day business trip today. The family is enjoying Christmas with the grandparents in Victoria, BC, and I need to work remotely to cover the time.
I flew into Seattle for a one-day trip, with my brand-new Advanced Parole documents. Figured it would be speedy.
90 minutes later, they let someone who [...]

This morning we dragged the family out of beg at a ridiculous hour for an adventure into downtown Boston.
It was a big day in the Green Card Process: We were off to get fingerprinted and have our pictures taken. This is a big step, as we can now be cross-referenced against all of the major [...]

Well, now that I’m certified, the slope gets slippery very quickly.
We have until early August to get all of our docs to the lawyers before the August 17 deadline.
Many calls, pictures, doctors appointments, and huge expense.
Going to be a fun month.
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Well folks, I got the good news last night: I am Department of Labor Certified.
This means that I can now actually apply for a Green Card.
Oh yeah, and based on some of the other happenings in the world of US Immigration (here and here), I am part of the group that is either going to [...]

It seems that more than the usual immigration backlog reduction process has been at work in the USCIS. There are two likely scenarios that appear to be running around immigration circles these days, regarding the Green Card slot tease that has turned into such a furore.
The first is that the Department of State, which issues [...]

I have been reading Greg Siskind’s blog, and he has many articles on the growing hue and cry over the USCIS Visa debacle. [here and here, as examples]
Based on everything I have read, I might benefit from this scam. However, it makes me ill to think that a group of bureaucrats broke their own rules [...]