After we (my girls and I) cross the border with our K1 visa's are my girls able to return to Canada prior to my getting married???

See, my girls spend a lot of time with my parents in Canada. They are planning on watching them when me and my man take off for our wedding in Vegas. Now last nite as I'm trying to fall asleep I had this question in my head....what if they can't go back to Canada?? Then what....???

We live on the border (as you may/may not already know) so it all works out so good. Now, I'm just concerned.

anyone???

Nope... only with AP which you can file with your I-485 after you are married... So your parents would have to come to the US if they want to watch them.. if they go to Canada, they will not be able to get back into the US...

As Canadians we oftentimes have become too complacent about our relationship with the border. This shoudl serve as a reminder on how complicated the border really is...

Is there such a thing as an emergency advanced travel. Like if somebody back home in Canada took ill and you had to get back to be with them. I would like to find this out as my Mother is up in yrs and I'm wondering if she took ill would I be allowed to travel back to Canada before the 2 yr thing

Yes, dependant on circumstances it is possible. However, you must have previously filed for AOS before it will be considered.

If you file for AP most people have that in a few months (I believe)... so it wouldn't be a matter of 2 years. You can file for AP with your AOS.

I have heard of emergency AP where they expedite the application for illness, etc. but I'm not sure if they only do this if you have already filed for AP or if you can just do it when needed.

In retrospect, I wish we had applied for AP when we filed AOS. I would encourage anyone to do that if they think there is a chance of having to go back to Canada.

At the time of filing, my husband had no plans to return to Canada in the near future. Everyone in his family was healthy and were coming to see us in April for our wedding. Also, money was tight (we paid for AOS and EAD, plus knew our formal wedding was coming up), so he chose not to pay the additional money to file for AP.

Well, our wedding was April 21 in CT. My husband's family traveled with us up to New Hampshire a couple days later to spend more time with us and see our house. My MIL became very ill and was hospitalized for 5 days (long story, but suffice it to say this last week was the week from HELL). Anyway, she has been stabilized enough to travel back to Canada to receive services from her regular doctor that will be fully covered insurance wise. My husband had wanted to travel back to BC with his parents to offer support and assistance as they traveled, but couldn't because he did not have AP. So, I drove them to Montreal yesterday, let my husband out at a small town on the Vermont - Canada border where he killed 5 hours waiting for me to get back from dropping my in-laws at the airport.

Quoted for emphasis. I know that when we decided to get married I had no idea that we'd have to go through the same immigration process as someone from say... Norway (I just picked a random country).

I'm very sorry to hear that I hope everything works out well

I'm sorry to hear that too. I hope she gets better soon and that this rough patch is over soon.

AP is one of the 2 reasons why we filed K3 instead of K1.

yup...thats is what I figured...

It is really hard considering my family lives about 1 block into Canada and I'm gonna be 7 miles on the USA side. It is one of those things we are just "used" to doing...going back and forth sometimes 10 times a day (little exageration here!)....

This is gonna suck!

How long does the AOS usually take??

I hope things have worked out and she is doing well. You just never know.

With K3 do you get AP right away once you're allowed to stay in the U.S.??

You are in the same circumstance as us. That is why I choose the CR-1 (spousal) rather than K1 (fiancee) as I don't have to worry about AP as I still work in Canada.

AP is not required as a K-3 is a multiple entry visa

K3s are multiple entry, good for 2 years. No need to apply for AP.

We thought about the same thing.
My daughter is 19, and was on the visa, but wants to go to University up here. We decided it would be better to drop her and let her come and go as a visitor.

Vnoe, thanks for asking the question,

Emergency AP is available with an InfoPass appointment (I did it when my Mom was in the hospital), but it has to be an emergency. Going to Vegas to get married, is unfortunately, not an emergency.

You will not be able to send your daughter's to Canada in order to go to Vegas to get married. You cannot file for AOS or AP until after marriage.

Can your parents come to the U.S. to look after your daughter's while you go to Vegas?

Good luck for a successful resolution.

Thanks....I talked to my parents today about it and they both will be coming to the USA to look after my girls. Only stipulation was "make sure you show us how to work the TV/satellite". I'm sure I can handle that.

I don't know why I wasn't thinking in the first place. Happens I guess. Oh I'm in love and my brain is swimming somehwere.....lol.

My girls would love to go to Vegas (yeah, 5 1/2 y.o. twins).....to watch mommy marry....they want to be the flower girls, which would really only last about 2 seconds and then they would be bored.

This little issue is resolved.

.....so..until I think of another!!!

Thanks everyone for your opinions as always...