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I wanted to give an update here. I shipped my cat via a direct flight (with 1 hour of driving afterwards) to my husband in Canada via cargo a couple of weeks ago. I considered flying with him, but for two reasons I decided to fly him (He is 18lbs and the weight limit on board is 22lbs including...

He will have to file a US tax return next year because he is a US citizen (no way around this if he is a US citizen). As for ACA, if he wants to do everything by the book, yes, he will need to get health coverage where he resides, which most likely will be only for the state where the coverage...

I think you should talk to a Canadian immigration lawyer. You don't want to do this wrong.

Just curious... how long does it usually take to get the official COPR letter after the status is updated to DM (Decision made)? Of course, it takes longer to receive a letter if your address is very far from Canada, but I am just trying to get a feel for it.

Thank you very much rcohen. You are the BEST!

What do you mean by "my application"? Are you talking about IMM-0008 that I filled out? That has my address in the US listed.

I am so sorry to bug you about this, but I want to make sure I understand what you mean... My address in California and my husband's address in Canada are listed in my application. And you are saying the COPR (approval letter) will be mailed to me in the US (The US address is listed for me - the...

Oh, I see. We probably should have put my husband's address in the application for me as well as for himself, but we didn't. Mine shows a US address. I will be moving shortly, but I will have a US address (just a different one and I won't be checking often since I will be visiting my husband for...

I have been told I could use my sponsor's address as mine? How do I notify this to CIC? Do I just have my sponsor write to the email address he got when he got the SA? I am going to be moving around a bit and it makes more sense that I use my husband's address. BTW, is there any reason that...

rcohen, Thank you very much for your very thorough and thoughtful post. I appreciate it very much. Yes, I think I am stressing myself out a bit here - Some of the so-to-speak horror stories I have read here made me feel like I'd better be prepared for the worst. I did learn some things on the...

Some people are better at fibbing than others, and I am one of the worst ones so I really have to be truthful. I think you did what you had to do and from the outcome, I'd say you did great.

Thank you for your reply. Yes, I did consider renting a room also. It will definitely be cheaper although I will probably never feel comfortable enough to stay there, but it would be an address I could call home, as you say.

If spouses just get up and leave their home country and fly to Canada to stay with their spouses while waiting for the PR, what do they usually do with their address in their home country? They will have to show the immigration officer their rental agreement (or mortgage paper, etc), right? How...

COOL! Thank you very much! I will definitely check this out!

Thank you very much for this. I am still debating back and forth between getting a place in Buffalo, or stay within Canada, but I hear you, and I totally agree with what you are saying. If I don't get a place in Buffalo, I think I will just have to stay put in Canada, to be on the safe side.

Thank you very much for your response. The problem I see in doing this at least for me is that I won't have a rental agreement, or paystubs (that's how I am planning to save money - by not renting any place at all...) My initial plan was to rent a place in Buffalo so I have a rental agreement to...

Yikes... It is starting to sound like if I go there to visit my hubby until PR is completed, I will be sort of like an Inland applicant if I want to make sure I can come back in! Thank you very much for this warning!

Thank you very much for all your responses! Yes, I am trying to minimize what I am moving - I've been told the moving cost is based on weight and distance, and since I cannot change the distance, I am trying to get rid of as much heavy stuff as possible (All my books have already been donated...

Re: Help needed - Should I move to Buffalo or stay with hubby without an apartment? Also, I think I read somewhere that some US citizens got a thing called Visitor Record? Should I ask for that if I were intending to stay in Canada with my hubby for a few months?

Re: Help needed - Should I move to Buffalo or stay with hubby without an apartment? Thank you very much for the link! Very good information! So let's say I bring all the paperwork the link mentions to the immigration officer at the airport... (I am picturing myself there..) Am I supposed to...