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bhweij

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Hi all,

1st, I have been only posting questions in this forum. I am so grateful to all participants and hope that I will be able to share situations and answer enquiries in the near future.. My CN (Asia) is expected to become current in April.

1) I am jumping ahead with this question, but would appreciate some feedback from people who have knowledge or experience about this subject.
I am thinking of moving my stuff, furniture, electronics and maybe my car as well to US.
I have calculated that by shipping my car and some of my stuff, it will still save me some losses occurred by selling my car locally and buying new one in US. That is of course if my goods-to-follow are tax and customs exempt in the US.
Will new landed immigrants be exempted from tax and customs for items declared to follow? Are cars be included in such exemption? If so, when do we declare the list of goods to follow? Will such facility be limited to certain States or on federal level?

2) I am still confused with the country of chargeability/nativity question (#6). I was born in a country were my parents were residents; on work permit basis.
Whereas my citizenship and passport are obtained from my parents’ origin/home land. Both countries are eligible to claim chargeability.
Since we left the county of my birth more than 10 years ago, I have never returned their and will not be able to do so without visitor visa.
What is the correct country to claim chargeability/nativity in the DV application or during the interview?

Thanks again to all.
 
bhweij said:
Hi all,

1st, I have been only posting questions in this forum. I am so grateful to all participants and hope that I will be able to share situations and answer enquiries in the near future.. My CN (Asia) is expected to become current in April.

1) I am jumping ahead with this question, but would appreciate some feedback from people who have knowledge or experience about this subject.
I am thinking of moving my stuff, furniture, electronics and maybe my car as well to US.
I have calculated that by shipping my car and some of my stuff, it will still save me some losses occurred by selling my car locally and buying new one in US. That is of course if my goods-to-follow are tax and customs exempt in the US.
Will new landed immigrants be exempted from tax and customs for items declared to follow? Are cars be included in such exemption? If so, when do we declare the list of goods to follow? Will such facility be limited to certain States or on federal level?

2) I am still confused with the country of chargeability/nativity question (#6). I was born in a country were my parents were residents; on work permit basis.
Whereas my citizenship and passport are obtained from my parents’ origin/home land. Both countries are eligible to claim chargeability.
Since we left the county of my birth more than 10 years ago, I have never returned their and will not be able to do so without visitor visa.
What is the correct country to claim chargeability/nativity in the DV application or during the interview?

Thanks again to all.
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I don't know the answer to first question. For the second question, you can write your country of birth for chargeability. You could also use your parents, but then you may have to provide their birth certificate etc too. I would go with your country of birth. You would need to have your birth certificate to proof your eligibility for that country's chargeability. Also, since you would be doing CP, you have to start on getting the police report. It is a time consuming process, so get a head start on it too. You need a police report if after the age of 18 you stayed in a country for more than 6 months (in general). All the best.
 
Thanks for your answer.

I would like opinions on the written sentence in the DSP-122 form:

"In most cases, this will be the country where you were born. You may also claim the country of birth of your husband or wife. In addition,
you may claim the country of birth of either of your parents, if neither of your parents lived in, or was born in, the country where you were born."

How would anyone be born in a country where neither of parents lived in or was born in it?

To clarify on my issue, my parents were born in a different country and got citizenship of a third country by naturalization.
e.g. my parents were born in country "A", lived in country "B" and obtained citizenship and passport. Never received passport or citizenship of "A". Then they moved on work permit to country "C" in which I was born, but got the citizenship of country "B".
 
Your notification letter - letter you received that informed you that you were selected - should state the country of chargeability. Use that consistently.
 
bhweij said:
I am thinking of moving my stuff, furniture, electronics and maybe my car as well to US. I have calculated that by shipping my car and some of my stuff, it will still save me some losses occurred by selling my car locally and buying new one in US. That is of course if my goods-to-follow are tax and customs exempt in the US.
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Your problem with the car is going to be importing it. To do so, you need manufacturer's certification that it meets all US emissions and safety standards. It's a pain to accomplish (and in some cases impossible, even for Canadian vehicles). You will be saving yourself much grief if you just sell the car and buy another one (used) in the US.

Remember as well that it costs money to ship things. In a lot of cases the price differential between doing that and merely selling your stuff and buying new things in the US is very small, and the difference in hassle is quite large.

I am still confused with the country of chargeability/nativity question (#6). I was born in a country were my parents were residents; on work permit basis. Whereas my citizenship and passport are obtained from my parents’ origin/home land. Both countries are eligible to claim chargeability.
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You cannot claim your parents' country of chargeability since they were residents of your country of birth when you were born. The chargeability based on parents' country of birth is for the case of children born to tourists, diplomats and other individuals who by definition are not residents of a country.
 
Thank you all for your responses.

To: TheRealCanadian, many thanks for your help.
1. My country of birth does not represent my nativity, that’s why I did not select it as country of chargeability in my application. However, both countries, country of birth and nationality are both eligible for DV.

Moreover, my country of nationality (the one selected for chargeability in my application) is the same as the country of birth and nationality of my wife.
Accordingly, should this be an issue during my interview, I intend to base my selection on my wife’s country of birth/nativity. She is eligible for DV in terms of education/work requirements.
However, would such reference require that my wife to submit a separate proof of funds as well? (the obtained bank statement with required funds shows my name and account number)

2. In case of pregnancy, how would this affect our application and medical examinations?

Thanks again,
 
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