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My wife filed her I-539 extension last week, 2 months before her I-94 expires. From the uscis.gov website, we saw that the expected processing time is 2.5 months, so there is a real possibility that we will hear back after her I-94 expires. I'd still like to ask for your expert opinion on this...

Thanks for your help once again!

Hi, I'm back with another question, and quite urgent at that... After reading Nelsona's replies, we decided to go the I-539 route. Unfortunately, we let the matter sit for a few months, and now we are ready to send in the I-539 when my wife has only 2 months left on her I-94. After some...

Extension in 2013 Followup question: In 2013, when my wife and I both need to renew our TN and TD visas: Nelsona, you mentioned that my wife needs a consular visa. Does this constrain us to obtaining our visas at a consulate rather than simply getting them at a border crossing? If so, do...

Hi Nelsona, cool, thanks for the info. Will let you know how it goes!

Thanks for your response Nelsona. I'm amazed at how knowledgeable you are... you helped me before and you're helping me again! My wife is a Chinese citizen, not Canadian. Pardon my ignorance, but I'm don't know what circumstances would require her to get a consular visa. It sounds like...

Hi guys, My wife and I are in the US on TN and TD visas respectively. We arrived in Feb 2009 and were admitted for 3 years until Feb 2012. I changed employers in the middle of 2010, went to the border, and re-entered with a new TN visa valid until 2013. My wife did not come with me to...

Snakesrocks, I live in California. Nelsona, is the success rate high even if done without a lawyer? Can people share their experiences here?

Can anyone recommend a good and inexpensive lawyer to use for a TN visa? Alternatively, does anyone have experience preparing the documents himself/herself? Not sure if that is a do-able option, so hoping to hear from you. Thanks in advance!

Great, thanks!

Hi, I'm a Canadian citizen on a TN visa while my wife is on a TD visa. I might changing jobs soon. I understand that I can go to the Canadian border and get a new TN visa for my new company, then resign from my old company. My question is, does my wife need to do anything, or will her TD...

Thanks for your advice, Superjk. I've also considered applying for PR for my wife. However, looking at the form, I see that it is asking me for my "Record of landing/confirmation of permanent residence number". Perhaps you can help me on this -- do you happen to have any idea what that is...

Superjk, how did your wife's appointment go? Hope it went smoothly. It sounds like your wife can travel to Canada on a tourist visa. Can you share you experience getting that? Any difficulties? My wife is now in the U.S. on a TD visa with me, but back when we were in China, we were...

Success Update: my wife and I have successfully obtained our TN/TD visas, both valid for 3 years. The advice of a consulate staff whom I contacted by fax was to ignore the telephone operators (most of whom asked me to set up a TD appointment for my wife only) and set up a simultaneous...

Great, thanks for your reply!

To apply for her TD visa, what should my wife bring? On the phone, consulate operators said for her to bring our marriage certificate, her passport, my job offer. I'm wondering what else she should bring. Proof of assets in China?

Thanks superjk, unsane and nelsona for your help. My plan: Plan A: apply for TD & TN simultaneously. If that doesn't work: Plan B: have wife apply for TD without my having gotten a TN first. Plan C: go to US first on TN and then have wife apply for TD in Beijing. Plan D: Apply for PR for...

I do actually live in China...have been here for over 5 years. So I guess Clause c applies for me.

Unsane, Page 5, clause c of your doc is especially interesting. It seems like the right way to go about it is for me to go with my wife together to the embassy; I would get a TN visa, which then confers the derivative TD visa on my wife. I was originally planning for my wife to go there alone...

Wonderful...thanks for your advice. We'll definitely bring that doc!