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As noted above, my employer's lawyer has prepared all the green card application paperwork , for me and my wife, including a I-134 Affidavit of Support for my notarized signature. (I have the LC and she is my dependent.) Then my employer decided to present me a bill of $3010 for my wife's share of t...

My thoughts exactly: a curious choice. On the other hand, I hear the skiing in Whistler is looking very good this year so it may be time to go home.

Thanks, nelsona. Not that I expect you to take any responsibility for your response to the following question, but check this out: What do you think of an employer who brings a Canadian down in May 2005, when he's already married, pays for a house-hunting trip with spouse, pays for TD-1, H1-B, etc,,...

I am a Canadian working in the U.S. whose employer is applying for my Legal Permanent Residency, and paying the legal fees. I have a spouse who is not employed. In this case, does the employer usually pay the spouse's legal fees too. Or does the family bear the cost? Or is there no standard?

Here's the message I just received from my firm's lawyer today. I'm guessing this is good news. Any bets on when my LPR will come through? "Joe’s case has been approved by DOL. He was filed as EB-2. The priority date is September 18, 2007, however there is currently no immigrant visa backlog ...

When I look at the State Dept Visa Bulletin for November 2007, [url]http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_3827.html[/url], there are two boxes that show the PDs that are being processed. In the employment-based visa box, many of the cells simply have the letter "C" instead of...

Thanks very much for the very clear explanation.

What exactly is a PD (priority date), why is it important, and who issues it (US CIS or DOL)?

This is a long shot. (Everyone I've asked says so) but I've seen longer shots in this forum, so here goes: Circa 1970 a Canadian couple with a teenaged girl moved from Toronto to Pittsburgh. However, the girl stayed in Canada for university. Years passed: parents became U.S. citizens and are now dec...

I got my TN when I drove across the border. I do not believe the US issues them in advance at all. Just show up with your job offer on paper. I now have an H1B and understand that if you get a new job with the same job classification your new employer can hire you and pull over the old H1B as a resu...

You have the right to go and work in Canada whenever you damn well please! The place you really need to ask your question is over on the cross-border tax forum because that situation might be a little muddy. However, it reminds me (a Canadian born and bred) of an incident when I was living in London...

None of my business, and I know this'll draw a flame from nelsona, but if she works for her Canadian employer from her U.S. home and the Canadian employer pays into her Canadian bank account, and she pays Canadian taxes as a non-resident, .....sure it's illegal from the IRS perspective, and I'm sure...

I currently hold an H1B. I thought I had read, in this forum, that it is possible to establish a personal corporatation (C-corp?) in the U.S., hire myself, and transfer this H1B to the corporation I have established. I can't find the posting that I recall. Is what I've described possible? If so, wha...

I moved to the US in 2005 so filed dual status NR tax return, which I had to do manually. 2006 I am a full-time US resident and want to use TurboTax, which (I recall) has no form 8891 in software. Can I simply mail the 8891 hard copy as a stand-alone to my tax office? Also, although nelsona says to ...

Canadian citizen currently with H1-B and plan to change jobs, but the new job may not be close enough in description to current one to "port" H1-B. Do I have to wait one year before applying for new H1-B? In that case, I suppose I suppose I'd best go back to TN-1, right?