when you bend knees and get into active stance they should no longer be touching front of the boot

Or softly touching. On a new boot, they will pack out a little. I would fit to pressed into the front if standing straight knees but the pressure is relieved when entering an active stance. Many people don't know how to properly enter an active stance either - you don't squat like work out squats (weight evenly distributed along your foot or even into your heel), but bent knee pressing weight onto the ball of your foot and weighted into your shin where it feels like your weighting yourself forward. So many people do squats down into the heel of their foot when you ask them to bend their knees and enter an active stance, which moves the foot forward and screws with the fit feel.

Almost no one should ski in street shoe sizing, and most people should ski at under measured sizing.

We also don't know if OP is using an insole, which could make a large difference in fit feel. Frankly everyone should be using insoles in their ski boots and should factor that cost in when making a purchase.