David P.

Hi all,

After having my fiancé enter the US many times over the last year and myself
entering Canada as well, always as tourists we finally decided this week to
get married. Since we had not deiced when we would finally get married we
had not filed for the fiancé visa. What is the best course of action for us
to follow now The last thing we want to do is have a problem with INS with
anything.

Thanks! This newsgroup has been a huge help!

AlphaTrionTJW

File for a K-3 visa from Canada. It's a lot easier than going the AOS route
from America. My wife is Canadian and we filed for an AOS from the and it
tok two and a half years to get her green-card.


--
Toby & Antoinette Woods
-----------------------------------
Our Homepage: http://www.woodsfamily.cjb.net
Immgration Timeline:
http://www.geocities.com/toby_antoin...migration.html

andrea874

The "best" way depends if you want your wife to stay in the US or if you're willing/able to be seperated from her for awhile.

ian-mstm

If you've decided to get married and live in the US, you basically have two choices - 1) get married in Canada and file a K-3 visa for your wife; 2) apply for a K-1 visa for your fiancee and, once approved, get married in the US. There are pros and cons to both but the main advantage to the K-3 is that your wife, when all is said and done, will have a green card. The K-1 requires annual filings for employment authorization and a generally longer timeline to receive a green card, but you get to be together during the process! Others will be happy to fill you in on the specifics.

Sheila and I went the K-1 route - feel free to read about our whole journey from K-1 to Naturalization: http://medix.marshall.edu/~levstein1/k-1

Ian

Rete

Please discount this advice. Not all district offices take 2 or more years to adjudicate an adjustment of status. In fact a K-3 means you still have to do the AOS once the K-3 is approved and you are here in the US unless you want to return to Canada to complete the I-130.

YOu don't give much information. Where are you now? Where does the USC live in the US?

Rete

Rete

YOu can also marry in the US and return to Canada and wait out the K-3. You do not have to marry specifically in Canada to apply for the K-3.

Rete

David P.

I am living in WA in the US and my wife lives in BC, Canada. Due to our
jobs we are both going to keep our current residences for the next 1-2
years, commute on weekends and then move her to the US. My main concern is
not to cross some detail that INS has that we are both unaware of and then
make this a difficult situation. Ironically our residences are within 75
miles of each other, but there is that border in between.

Thanks for the help. This group is amazing with the concern and help.


"Rete" <member167@british_expats.com> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Please discount this advice. Not all district offices take 2 or more
    > years to adjudicate an adjustment of status. In fact a K-3 means you
    > still have to do the AOS once the K-3 is approved and you are here in
    > the US unless you want to return to Canada to complete the I-130.
    > YOu
    > don't give much information. Where are you now? Where does the USC
    > live in the US?
    > Rete
    > Originally posted by AlphaTrionTJW
    > > File for a K-3 visa from Canada. It's a lot easier than going
    > the AOS route
    > > from America. My wife is Canadian and we filed for an
    > AOS from the and it
    > > tok two and a half years to get her green-card.
    > >
    > >
    > > --
    > > Toby & Antoinette Woods
    > > -----------------------------------
    > > Our Homepage: http://www.woodsfamily.cjb.net/"]http://www.wood-
    > sfamily.cjb.net[/url]
    > > Immgration Timeline:
    > http://www.geocities-
    > com/toby_antoinette/immigration.html"]http://www.geocities.com/toby_an-
    > toinette/immigration.html[/url]
    > --
    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

Rete

The problem that you might have is that the crossing agent might decide one day that you or she is a risk for migration without proper documentation. At all times carry documentation that proves you have concrete reasons to return at the end of the visit to your respective country.

At the time of your wanting her to move to the US or you to Canada, immigration procedures might have changed so look into the procedures about a year closer to the need to act.

Rete