Hello All
I am new to the forum and thank you for all the great info. However, I am in a very odd situation and was hoping one of you might be able to help. I am a Canadian Citizen living in Seattle, WA on an H1-B visa. My fiancee is a dual Canadian and US Citizen living in Victoria, Canada. We plan to get married in and then move to Baltimore, Maryland to live together. So this is an odd situation where the US citizen lives in Canada (she was born in Canada and has lived there all her life. The US citizenship is through her mother who was an American), and the Canadian Citizen is in the US on a non-immigrant visa.
1) Are we still eligible to do Direct Consular Filing at the Vancouver/Calgary consulate? If so, am I still eligible to re-enter the United States in the interim period on my current H1-B provided I continue working for my existing employer in the United States?
2) Suppose DCF is not an option for us, I understand we can do the adjustment of status from Baltimore I understand we file the entire application (I-130, I-485 etc.) and send it to the Chicago address. Now does the I-130 get forwarded to one of the service centers? And where does the I-485 get processed? I am trying to judge if DCF is much faster than AOS and I am not too sure what dates to look at.
Thank you very much all and have a very Happy New Year and hope alll your applications go well.
Muraari
Full Version: US Immigration for Canadians (marriage based)
What does she use as proof of her U.S. citizenship?
Hi
A US Passport.
Muraari
A US Passport.
Muraari
QUOTE(muraariv @ Jan 2 2007, 05:38 AM) 
Hello All
I am new to the forum and thank you for all the great info. However, I am in a very odd situation and was hoping one of you might be able to help. I am a Canadian Citizen living in Seattle, WA on an H1-B visa. My fiancee is a dual Canadian and US Citizen living in Victoria, Canada. We plan to get married in and then move to Baltimore, Maryland to live together. So this is an odd situation where the US citizen lives in Canada (she was born in Canada and has lived there all her life. The US citizenship is through her mother who was an American), and the Canadian Citizen is in the US on a non-immigrant visa.
1) Are we still eligible to do Direct Consular Filing at the Vancouver/Calgary consulate? If so, am I still eligible to re-enter the United States in the interim period on my current H1-B provided I continue working for my existing employer in the United States?
2) Suppose DCF is not an option for us, I understand we can do the adjustment of status from Baltimore I understand we file the entire application (I-130, I-485 etc.) and send it to the Chicago address. Now does the I-130 get forwarded to one of the service centers? And where does the I-485 get processed? I am trying to judge if DCF is much faster than AOS and I am not too sure what dates to look at.
Thank you very much all and have a very Happy New Year and hope alll your applications go well.
Muraari
I am new to the forum and thank you for all the great info. However, I am in a very odd situation and was hoping one of you might be able to help. I am a Canadian Citizen living in Seattle, WA on an H1-B visa. My fiancee is a dual Canadian and US Citizen living in Victoria, Canada. We plan to get married in and then move to Baltimore, Maryland to live together. So this is an odd situation where the US citizen lives in Canada (she was born in Canada and has lived there all her life. The US citizenship is through her mother who was an American), and the Canadian Citizen is in the US on a non-immigrant visa.
1) Are we still eligible to do Direct Consular Filing at the Vancouver/Calgary consulate? If so, am I still eligible to re-enter the United States in the interim period on my current H1-B provided I continue working for my existing employer in the United States?
2) Suppose DCF is not an option for us, I understand we can do the adjustment of status from Baltimore I understand we file the entire application (I-130, I-485 etc.) and send it to the Chicago address. Now does the I-130 get forwarded to one of the service centers? And where does the I-485 get processed? I am trying to judge if DCF is much faster than AOS and I am not too sure what dates to look at.
Thank you very much all and have a very Happy New Year and hope alll your applications go well.
Muraari
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