US Visa worries, please help!

[Sookeh]

Apologies in advance for how confusing this is. I feel totally overwhelmed.

Basically, DH has been offered a job near NYC. We all want to go and I am assuming this will mean we're put on L1B and L2 visas. My issue with this is that I am a Canadian citizen with ILR to remain in the UK (currently without a passport or a ILR stamp, erk). I've lived here my whole life but have, as of yet, not applied for citizenship.

What issues would living overseas for a few years have on my ILR and would this change once DH and I are officially married?

It's all so confusing! I am also wondering whether my mental health history (I was on a 72 hour section for post natal depression last year) would make it difficult to get a visa.

I'd so appreciate any advice at all because we have no idea what we're doing

I second the bit about intentions. Just ignore it - no one is going to follow it up!

Apply for British citizenship as soon as you have a document with which you can apply! Why wait till you get married? Do also check if your mum ever applied to REGISTER you as a British citizen, it would have to have been done before the age of 18 and it would have been a formality becoming a British citizen that way, no need to naturalize. Any child on ILR can apply to register as a British citizen - some parents don't do it because it means having to denounce another nationality eg Danes cannot take on another nationality without losing Danehood!

It would make it cheaper (no need to pay to change docs) if when you marry, you DON'T change surname too!

LOL about proof of dates in UK in last 5 years, without a passport, how on earth could you have travelled??? I'm sure you'll love collecting 5 years of UK utility bills won't you?

I don't even know if I have five years worth of utility bills. Argh!