Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 3:35 am-
First TN in 2000, we sold our house in Canada, bought a house in US and moved 11,000 pounds of furniture and one car to the US. They asked us what would happen if there was an end to the job or status and we said we'd sell the house and move back. That seemed to satisfy the question at the time. Husband was transferred back to Canada 2 years later and that's exacly what we did. In 2004, we came to the US again with about 1/2 of our furniture, but certainly what others might call a 'household'. The furniture came separately though and they didn't even ask about it, but cleared it when the carrier arrived behind us. We've since sold the Canadian home and all of the rest of the contents, so everything we own is here in the US. We're given permission to reside in the US for 1 year, and there is no stipulation that I've ever seen that requires us to maintain 2 households. If someone can point me to that information, please post a link. We very much intend to leave the US with all of our belongings if and when our status here is lost. I'd love to hear stories of anyone being denied because they were bringing all of their personal belongings across. This is just my experience and offered as information for you to make your own decision.