Travelling to Chicago - Please help anybody
Mar 1st 2009, 2:35 am
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Re: Travelling to Chicago - Please help anybody
You don't like snow but you are wanting to live in Canada??????
You will need the marriage certificate for your immigration documents. That might take one day or perhaps one month to get. Ask if you can get the marriage certificate sent to your in-law's Chicago home. What we did was give them a self-addressed and prepaid Priority Mail Envelope to send the certificate back to us. Worked beautifully and we received the certificate less than a week after our marriage.
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Mar 1st 2009, 2:41 am
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Mar 1st 2009, 8:06 am
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Re: Travelling to Chicago - Please help anybody
You don't like snow but you are wanting to live in Canada??????
You will need the marriage certificate for your immigration documents. That might take one day or perhaps one month to get. Ask if you can get the marriage certificate sent to your in-law's Chicago home. What we did was give them a self-addressed and prepaid Priority Mail Envelope to send the certificate back to us. Worked beautifully and we received the certificate less than a week after our marriage.
You will need the marriage certificate for your immigration documents. That might take one day or perhaps one month to get. Ask if you can get the marriage certificate sent to your in-law's Chicago home. What we did was give them a self-addressed and prepaid Priority Mail Envelope to send the certificate back to us. Worked beautifully and we received the certificate less than a week after our marriage.
Mar 1st 2009, 10:17 pm
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Re: Travelling to Chicago - Please help anybody
Asalam Alaykum Fizzy,
It looks like as someone stated earlier, they don't issue the certificate immediately. Take a look at these links:
http://http://www.cookctyclerk.com/s...rtificates.asp
http://http://chicago-hotels.tripadv..._Illinois.html
You should be able to get it posted within 10 days.
It looks like as someone stated earlier, they don't issue the certificate immediately. Take a look at these links:
http://http://www.cookctyclerk.com/s...rtificates.asp
http://http://chicago-hotels.tripadv..._Illinois.html
You should be able to get it posted within 10 days.
Mar 3rd 2009, 2:05 pm
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Re: Travelling to Chicago - Please help anybody
Hello everybody
I am a British Citizen but have never traveled to US before. I am planning to do so soon. I am married to my Canadian partner but its not valid here in UK therefore the Canadian Immigration will not accept it as a valid marriage. We need a marriage certificate that's valid in the jurisdiction the marriage took place. I need to apply for my Canadian PR asap.
The residency time to get married here in UK is almost 3 weeks and my partner cant leave his job for such a long time. I cant go to Canada, because the immigration already knows he is my spouse and suspect that I will not return to England once I enter Canada. Therefore we have decided to get married in US. Its a quicker way so hopefully soon we will be both meeting up in Chicago after 3 months
The problem is I have never traveled to US before. I am scared of the immigration officers. Should I tell them I am visiting my Canadian partner so that we can tie the knot OR should I say I am going to see my family friends. My husband's brother is a US citizen and lives in Chicago. Would they cause problems if I tell them my true intentions? What if they start cross questioning etc ...
Please advise
I am a British Citizen but have never traveled to US before. I am planning to do so soon. I am married to my Canadian partner but its not valid here in UK therefore the Canadian Immigration will not accept it as a valid marriage. We need a marriage certificate that's valid in the jurisdiction the marriage took place. I need to apply for my Canadian PR asap.
The residency time to get married here in UK is almost 3 weeks and my partner cant leave his job for such a long time. I cant go to Canada, because the immigration already knows he is my spouse and suspect that I will not return to England once I enter Canada. Therefore we have decided to get married in US. Its a quicker way so hopefully soon we will be both meeting up in Chicago after 3 months
The problem is I have never traveled to US before. I am scared of the immigration officers. Should I tell them I am visiting my Canadian partner so that we can tie the knot OR should I say I am going to see my family friends. My husband's brother is a US citizen and lives in Chicago. Would they cause problems if I tell them my true intentions? What if they start cross questioning etc ...
Please advise
Now this will sound obvious, but make sure you have a return ticket to the UK, Other wise USCIS will not let you in, in fact, you will not even get on the plane in the UK. I entered the USA under the visa wavier program in 2004 and married (my now ex wife). and I JUST got my green card yesterday, That’s right, 5 soding years to get it.
It is not a 3 month process for a visa, Minimum its 8 months before you can enter. The USCIS WILL ask why you are here. How do you know CIC in Canada would not allow you in? Have you been told that BY CIC?
Mar 3rd 2009, 4:23 pm
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Re: Travelling to Chicago - Please help anybody
I have been in Chicago now for 5 years and I love it.
Now this will sound obvious, but make sure you have a return ticket to the UK, Other wise USCIS will not let you in, in fact, you will not even get on the plane in the UK. I entered the USA under the visa wavier program in 2004 and married (my now ex wife). and I JUST got my green card yesterday, That’s right, 5 soding years to get it. It is not a 3 month process for a visa, Minimum its 8 months before you can enter. The USCIS WILL ask why you are here. How do you know CIC in Canada would not allow you in? Have you been told that BY CIC?
Now this will sound obvious, but make sure you have a return ticket to the UK, Other wise USCIS will not let you in, in fact, you will not even get on the plane in the UK. I entered the USA under the visa wavier program in 2004 and married (my now ex wife). and I JUST got my green card yesterday, That’s right, 5 soding years to get it.
It is not a 3 month process for a visa, Minimum its 8 months before you can enter. The USCIS WILL ask why you are here. How do you know CIC in Canada would not allow you in? Have you been told that BY CIC?Good luck with everything
I have been refused entry to canada in January. I am only visiting Chicago so what will the USCIS ask me? Can they send me back without a reason?
I will have a return ticket and show that I have ties back home. So hopefully it should be ok.
Thanks for the reply dear.
Mar 3rd 2009, 5:58 pm
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Re: Travelling to Chicago - Please help anybody
Hiya
Good luck with everything
I have been refused entry to canada in January. I am only visiting Chicago so what will the USCIS ask me? Can they send me back without a reason?
I will have a return ticket and show that I have ties back home. So hopefully it should be ok.
Thanks for the reply dear.
Good luck with everything
I have been refused entry to canada in January. I am only visiting Chicago so what will the USCIS ask me? Can they send me back without a reason?
I will have a return ticket and show that I have ties back home. So hopefully it should be ok.
Thanks for the reply dear.
Well if you have been denied into Canada, USCIS will want to know why. They will know that you have been denied entry into Canada whether you tell them or not, you should have some kind of stamp in your passport also from CIC which will show that you were denied entry,
However that does not mean USCIS will not allow you in. My advice is this. I would contact the US Embassy in London and ask them, you may need a visa before you travel to the USA. They can send you back if they believe you will violate any immigration law,
He/She will ask why you are in the USA, For how long, Where will you be staying, etc etc just general questions, I would not worry about that. This may sound all doom and gloom, But if you do your homework BEFORE you travel, and follow advice from the US Embassy, You should be just fine.
Bring a hat when your in Chicago, I got out of the car today and a penguin bit my ass.
Mar 3rd 2009, 7:39 pm
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Re: Travelling to Chicago - Please help anybody
I have been in Chicago now for 5 years and I love it.
Now this will sound obvious, but make sure you have a return ticket to the UK, Other wise USCIS will not let you in, in fact, you will not even get on the plane in the UK. I entered the USA under the visa wavier program in 2004 and married (my now ex wife). and I JUST got my green card yesterday, That’s right, 5 soding years to get it. It is not a 3 month process for a visa, Minimum its 8 months before you can enter. The USCIS WILL ask why you are here. How do you know CIC in Canada would not allow you in? Have you been told that BY CIC?
Now this will sound obvious, but make sure you have a return ticket to the UK, Other wise USCIS will not let you in, in fact, you will not even get on the plane in the UK. I entered the USA under the visa wavier program in 2004 and married (my now ex wife). and I JUST got my green card yesterday, That’s right, 5 soding years to get it.
It is not a 3 month process for a visa, Minimum its 8 months before you can enter. The USCIS WILL ask why you are here. How do you know CIC in Canada would not allow you in? Have you been told that BY CIC?She does NOT need a visa to come here and marry.
Hiya
Well if you have been denied into Canada, USCIS will want to know why. They will know that you have been denied entry into Canada whether you tell them or not, you should have some kind of stamp in your passport also from CIC which will show that you were denied entry,
However that does not mean USCIS will not allow you in. My advice is this. I would contact the US Embassy in London and ask them, you may need a visa before you travel to the USA. They can send you back if they believe you will violate any immigration law,
He/She will ask why you are in the USA, For how long, Where will you be staying, etc etc just general questions, I would not worry about that. This may sound all doom and gloom, But if you do your homework BEFORE you travel, and follow advice from the US Embassy, You should be just fine.
Bring a hat when your in Chicago, I got out of the car today and a penguin bit my ass.
Well if you have been denied into Canada, USCIS will want to know why. They will know that you have been denied entry into Canada whether you tell them or not, you should have some kind of stamp in your passport also from CIC which will show that you were denied entry,
However that does not mean USCIS will not allow you in. My advice is this. I would contact the US Embassy in London and ask them, you may need a visa before you travel to the USA. They can send you back if they believe you will violate any immigration law,
He/She will ask why you are in the USA, For how long, Where will you be staying, etc etc just general questions, I would not worry about that. This may sound all doom and gloom, But if you do your homework BEFORE you travel, and follow advice from the US Embassy, You should be just fine.
Bring a hat when your in Chicago, I got out of the car today and a penguin bit my ass.
The Embassy (Consulate) can not and will not give immigration advice (that's what the internet is for, dammit
).A misplaced visa application can do more harm than good.
Mar 3rd 2009, 10:17 pm
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Re: Travelling to Chicago - Please help anybody
With all respect, your situation was completely different. Neither of these two is a US citizen or resident and they do not intend to live in the US.
She does NOT need a visa to come here and marry.
The agency in charge of the border is the CBP, not the USCIS.
The Embassy (Consulate) can not and will not give immigration advice (that's what the internet is for, dammit).
A misplaced visa application can do more harm than good.
She does NOT need a visa to come here and marry.
The agency in charge of the border is the CBP, not the USCIS.
The Embassy (Consulate) can not and will not give immigration advice (that's what the internet is for, dammit
).A misplaced visa application can do more harm than good.
I never said she did need a visa to enter, Just because the UK is in the VWP, it does not mean every british citizen is entitled to use it. All I said was do your homework and look into it. I have lived in Canada also and hold LPR Status there too,How ever you look at it, being refused entry into any country is a red flag, and it WILL warrant USCIS or CBP to look into it., all i am saying is be prepared and be pro active,
Mar 3rd 2009, 11:05 pm
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Re: Travelling to Chicago - Please help anybody
They can assist people who can't read the website, but they are in no position to be advising people about individual cases.
