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Forum: USA
Jan 7th 2023, 3:47 pm
Replies: 758
Views: 226,597
Posted By laidback4

Re: Class 2 NI abolished. What about us poor expats paying voluntary contributio

I looked thorough this thread and while I'm sure that the answer to my question lies there somewhere, I couldn't see it. Yesterday my wife received a letter from HMRC detailing her Class 2 and 3 NIC...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Nov 11th 2017, 3:29 am
Replies: 10
Views: 4,317
Posted By laidback4

Re: Wording in Green Card activation visa

Thanks for the responses.
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Nov 10th 2017, 7:10 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 4,317
Posted By laidback4

Re: Wording in Green Card activation visa

We wanted them to finish school (and in the elder son's case college) in Canada first. That's now done so they are ready to come over. I only work 40 minutes or so from the Canadian border so getting...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Nov 10th 2017, 6:24 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 4,317
Posted By laidback4

Re: Wording in Green Card activation visa

I was initially in the US on an L1B which i had changed to a Green card last year. The rest of my family were processed in Canada but under my application, so i guess the answer to your question is...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Nov 10th 2017, 5:50 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 4,317
Posted By laidback4

Re: Wording in Green Card activation visa

Correct, I'm in the US. They are in Canada. Upon presenting the Visa to the border agent they will presumably get a Green Card some weeks or months later. I understand that the activated Visa will...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Nov 10th 2017, 5:20 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 4,317
Posted By laidback4

Wording in Green Card activation visa

I currently have a Green Card and my family have just been processed for their Green Cards at the US Consulate in Montreal. They received their passports this morning together with their Visas...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
May 22nd 2017, 12:47 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,224
Posted By laidback4

Re: Do I have to return to SS office for permanent SSN?

Coincidentally i went to the SS office here in Chicago on Friday for exactly the same purpose, having been putting it off since I got my Green Card last August. I just needed the existing SS card and...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Apr 13th 2017, 2:22 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,228
Posted By laidback4

Re: Will trip to Cuba risk my status?

I do have a British passport as well so if I need to produce one in the future I'll use that. As for whether or not the Canadians report my travel to the US authorities, I'll just have to hope for...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Apr 11th 2017, 2:05 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,228
Posted By laidback4

Re: Will trip to Cuba risk my status?

Well I don't know whether its because I have a Nexus card too, but I was told when I first got the card that the CBP were only interested in the Green Card itself. I must have entered the US over...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Apr 10th 2017, 12:40 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,228
Posted By laidback4

Will trip to Cuba risk my status?

Hi all. A week ago I went to Cuba on vacation with my wife. The trip was a package deal via a Canadian tour operator and I used my Canadian passport and flew out of Toronto. Now I have had a Green...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Jan 19th 2017, 3:51 am
Replies: 3
Views: 2,067
Posted By laidback4

Re: Canadian Citizen applying for L1A visa at a physical border

I have. I actually applied for an L1B Visa at the border crossing at Buffalo back in 2014. I showed up on a Saturday afternoon and they weren't best pleased to see me as they were very busy. I was...
Forum: USA
Dec 29th 2016, 2:18 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 1,922
Posted By laidback4

Re: Chicago Tips?

I live in Lakeview and commute into the loop every day. There are great transit options and the area feels very safe. People here do seem younger than when I lived in Old Town but I'm 50 and don't...
Forum: Canada
Dec 16th 2016, 4:51 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 5,393
Posted By laidback4

Re: Just moved from the USA, struggling more than I expected

I moved in the other direction - I used to work in Mississauga but now live/work in Chicago. I work in IT and frankly am astonished just how low wages are for IT jobs in the GTA, especially given the...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Nov 20th 2016, 11:05 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 3,100
Posted By laidback4

Re: Is it any easier to eventually get into the USA by first emigrating to Canada?

That's how i got in. We initially emigrated to Canada, Southern Ontario to be more specific in 2009. We became Canadian citizens after five years or so, and the company that I worked for was acquired...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Aug 31st 2016, 12:44 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 1,799
Posted By laidback4

Re: Returning I-94 waiver (US)

When we lived in Canada and needed to return an I-94W I used to drive to Hamilton Airport which wasn't far from where we lived. The CBSA office is next to the terminal there, so I'd pull up, pop in...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
May 31st 2016, 9:24 pm
Replies: 72
Views: 7,535
Posted By laidback4

Re: Moving to the USA from Uk

I came to the USA via Canada, though purely by chance. We emigrated to Canada via its skilled workers program and five years later were Canadian citizens. I was then offered a transfer to one of the...
Forum: Canada
Mar 16th 2016, 9:09 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,728
Posted By laidback4

Re: Former Employer won't provide letter of experience

An update as promised - my former employer emailed me out of the blue this morning, asked me a couple of questions about the immigration lawyer, and then provided the letter that I asked for!...
Forum: Canada
Mar 14th 2016, 3:44 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,728
Posted By laidback4

Re: Former Employer won't provide letter of experience

Well, I left a voicemail today and I did get an email back from a staff member there shortly afterwards. He advised the owner is dealing with my letter, is off until Monday next week and that he'll...
Forum: Canada
Mar 13th 2016, 2:54 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,728
Posted By laidback4

Re: Former Employer won't provide letter of experience

Thanks all for your responses. The job was in Ontario by the way. I'm in Canada for a couple of days at the moment and may pop in and see the employer and just try to persuade them to provide the...
Forum: Canada
Mar 12th 2016, 3:12 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,728
Posted By laidback4

Former Employer won't provide letter of experience

Hi all

I live in the US but am posting this in the Canada forum in the hope that someone might be able to advise. I was transferred to the US from Canada a couple of years ago by my current...
Forum: USA
May 22nd 2015, 9:00 pm
Replies: 80
Views: 7,199
Posted By laidback4

Re: If you could live anywhere in the USA?

I've been in North Carolina for exactly a year, although my job takes me all over America. I love coming back to Charlotte though, just about perfect here!
Forum: Canada
Apr 28th 2015, 1:03 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 2,962
Posted By laidback4

Re: Transfer of UK pension to Canada

I used UK2Canada Pension Transfers when I was living in Canada and I found them to be fine, no issues or problems at all.
Forum: USA
Jul 26th 2014, 2:13 am
Replies: 29
Views: 1,886
Posted By laidback4

Re: American Express question

I had an Amex card in the UK, then moved to Canada, then recently the US. On each move I went to the page on the Amex site called moving abroad and completed the details. I quickly received a new...
Forum: Canada
Oct 3rd 2013, 9:44 pm
Replies: 203
Views: 21,785
Posted By laidback4

Re: Citizenship time line

We applied for citizenship in September 2012. Last week we received letters telling us to go to Hamilton to write the test today, which we did. They then marked them while we were being interviewed...
Forum: Canada
Sep 21st 2013, 8:40 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 820
Posted By laidback4

Citizenship exam query

After applying a year ago for our Canadian citizenship as a family, we received a letter yesterday for from CIC. We applied as a family (my wife, me and our two teenage sons).

Puzzlingly the...
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