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I am green card holder and my wife and kids are canadian citizens,Can my family live with me in USA?
- Thread starter ughani
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TheRealCanadian
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Your family cannot reside in the US merely because they are Canadian. Probably the only way for your spouse to enter is to qualify for an H or L.
They cannot live with you in the US unless that have green cards or other long term visas like H1. Once you become US citizen, you can petition for their green cards and that process will take a few months. If you petition now as a green card holder, they will take several years to get it.
You don't need to apply for TN if you have a GC.
You don't need to apply for TN if you have a GC.
Jackolantern
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I believe he was thinking of getting TN status so his family would get derivative (TD) status.You don't need to apply for TN if you have a GC.
The problem with that strategy is having to surrender the GC before getting the TN status.
Jackolantern
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How did you get your GC? Were you already married before the GC was approved? Depending on your answers to those questions, it may be possible for your wife and children to get green cards quickly via follow-to-join.Can my family go to public schools in USA and get health insurance from my company insurance? I am also a canadian citizen so do I need to apply for TN even though I have gc??
Jackolantern
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You've been living in Canada for 4 years? Visiting USA "sometimes"? You're lucky your green card hasn't been canceled.
To qualify for citizenship, you need to have spent a minimum total of 2.5 years of the last 5 years physically in the US, without the length and frequency of your absences outside the US being long enough to break "continuous residence". Which generally means no single absences of 6 months or more, and no string of consecutive absences (i.e. multiple trips with very short stays in the US between each trip) adding up to about 18 months or more. Your primary residence must be the US for the past 5 years. So unless there's something else you're not telling us, like you're working for the US government in Canada, you won't qualify for citizenship for a number of years.
Were you under 18 when you got your green card? Did any of your parents become a US citizen when you were under 18?
To qualify for citizenship, you need to have spent a minimum total of 2.5 years of the last 5 years physically in the US, without the length and frequency of your absences outside the US being long enough to break "continuous residence". Which generally means no single absences of 6 months or more, and no string of consecutive absences (i.e. multiple trips with very short stays in the US between each trip) adding up to about 18 months or more. Your primary residence must be the US for the past 5 years. So unless there's something else you're not telling us, like you're working for the US government in Canada, you won't qualify for citizenship for a number of years.
Were you under 18 when you got your green card? Did any of your parents become a US citizen when you were under 18?
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