People who got married in Canada..

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Sister,

This process is a b!tch; so you want to be quite precise and careful throughout. Are you getting married in the US? in Canada?

Proof of domicile is important - for you as a sponsor, even if your mom is the joint sponsor, you need to prove residence in the US. How? Through bank accounts, being registered to vote somewhere, having a drivers license, etc. , they are quite helpful.

Good luck, L.

p.s. If you are in Canada illegally, you can potentially get into all kinds of sh1tty trouble that you'd rather avoid and that can screw up the process for you big time- but that's your biz.

Ditto all of that!

Proving domicile on the I-864 is up to you, in terms of the documents you produce for your affidavit of support, as Len mentioned.

yeah bank account is there, anything i have is at that addy. i have a driver's license, car is titled and registered there. so not too worried about that, plus that is a long ways to worry anyways.

getting married in canada. and as far as being here illegally...well in the cr-1 forum, people said it doesnt matter what i do. i entered legally. if i want to get PR status here, aparently I can even though I am illegal, and stay while in that process. I just can't leave and come back at the moment, which is fine.

Well that depends how long you stay - it's not legal to stay in Canada over a certain period of time, there are limits. How long have you been here?

Ditto what the trailmix said. You should solve your status in Canada before anything else happens sister. Be careful - I would hate to see this seriously screw up your life

still deciding if i should become a PR in canada so we can DCF, but that costs a small fortune too. I am for sure I am illegal because the last time I came they said I could only stay for two weeks and I'm staying. and on CIC's site, if I plan to go for PR here, it doesn't matter if I am legal or not.

Allrighty then - good luck

[wowswift 3]

I just read the thread in the CR-1 forum that you mentioned, I don't think you got very good advice.

First of all, 'domicile' is defined in a few ways, other than actually being - foot on the soil of the U.S.. For example, I am the U.S. citizen, I am also a Canadian citizen and I live in Canada - I am the sponsor.

The other thing is, someone suggested you could file using Direct consular filing, which is not correct for your situation (impossible at this point in fact). You are however able to mail your petition directly to Vermont.

yeah, im not going to stress over the domicile part. like i said, i still have what i have there, and if i have too, i can go back. and i remember someone saying to DCF but then i read that i'd have to be a PR here, and also don't even know if I can do it in canada anymore. since that thread in that forum said you could, then can't, then could again so if i went that route (which id rather save the 1k anyways) id call first

[trailmix 77]

Best of luck with your visa process

Edited December 13, 2007 by trailmix