Can I travel back to Canada after we get married?

[Officer's Fiance 0]

My fiancé and I just got engaged in NYC this past weekend during Fleet Week!!! YEY...except that now I am stressed out with all this immigration stuff to go through. I am a Canadian citizen, he is a US citizen. I understand he needs to file a petition for me to get a K-1 visa... then I go down to the US, I have 90 days to get married..... no problem, we plan on doing this in December!! BUT- he is getting deployed overseas after we get married and I need to come back to Canada to sell my house, and I still have a job I want to stay in while he is overseas. My question is- after we get married, can I come back to Canada and enter in the USA 4-6 months later? I heard somewhere that I can't travel until my status changes, is this the case? HELP...

[arwensun1965 0]

For a K1 visa yes you need to change your status before you can go back to Canada, maybe because of the situation you could maybe look at some other options? Maybe a K3 visa would be better for your particular situation, look at all the guides before you decide what to do. Good Luck and Congratulations on your Engagement.

Janice

[thai2luv 0]

My fiancé and I just got engaged in NYC this past weekend during Fleet Week!!! YEY...except that now I am stressed out with all this immigration stuff to go through. I am a Canadian citizen, he is a US citizen. I understand he needs to file a petition for me to get a K-1 visa... then I go down to the US, I have 90 days to get married..... no problem, we plan on doing this in December!! BUT- he is getting deployed overseas after we get married and I need to come back to Canada to sell my house, and I still have a job I want to stay in while he is overseas. My question is- after we get married, can I come back to Canada and enter in the USA 4-6 months later? I heard somewhere that I can't travel until my status changes, is this the case? HELP...

Hello,

If you would like to travel to Canada after you marry, but before your AOS is approved, you can file for Advance Parole using form I-131. See this link:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...adjustmentforms

Good Luck to you

[bamdame 0]

Congrats

Let me see if I can help.

My wife is from Vancouver, I'm in the AF..so we understand your situation a little.

Ok my wife went back to VAN during the K-1 process...you can see our timeline for how long it took...she came down here in Jan and we got married in April (within the 90 days)...we are currently filing for AOS/EAD and AP...she can not travel outside the US, even to Canada, until she get Advance Parole (AP), once she gets that she can travel with no problems. You may want to look at the K-3 since he is going to be gone...i.e. you have to wait anyways outside the US while he is deployed, it is just up to you. Either case you wait for the process. As you know the K-1 visa has the 90 day time limit to get married after entring the county, but it is also has a 180 day validity that it has to be used in.

[Cygnet 0]

Congratulations on your engagement!

I can't give you much advice on K-1 as I'm not well-versed with that particular visa. But I just wanted to ask you which consulate (Vancouver or Montreal) you think you'll be having your interview. The reason I ask is that people in Vancouver seem to be getting their interviews faster than the ones in Montreal. If you want to get married in December in the US, you may have to figure out if you'll make that deadline. Do you think you'll be able get through the entire process in 7 months? I hope so... but one never knows.

There's also this new law - IMBRA. It's just added security checks for K visa applicants. Anyway, I suggest you look at timelines of K-1 applicants in Canada as well as looking into the other types of visas.

Good luck!

Edit: Sorry... didn't answer your question about travelling back to Canada but I think thai2luv is right.

Edited June 1, 2006 by Cygnet

[meauxna 15]

My fiancé and I just got engaged in NYC this past weekend during Fleet Week!!! YEY...except that now I am stressed out with all this immigration stuff to go through. I am a Canadian citizen, he is a US citizen. I understand he needs to file a petition for me to get a K-1 visa... then I go down to the US, I have 90 days to get married..... no problem, we plan on doing this in December!! BUT- he is getting deployed overseas after we get married and I need to come back to Canada to sell my house, and I still have a job I want to stay in while he is overseas. My question is- after we get married, can I come back to Canada and enter in the USA 4-6 months later? I heard somewhere that I can't travel until my status changes, is this the case? HELP...

It sounds like you are not yet ready to immigrate to the US. Why don't you get married, return to Canada to live and work and work on a spousal visa process while your husband is away? With timing and luck, you'll have that finished by the time he returns?

A K-1 just doesn't seem very appropriate for your situation.

[Officer's Fiance 0]

I plan on going through the Montreal Consulat since I live in Ottawa.... but I am really confused as to what I should be doing... which visas I should be applying for? K-1 or K-3?

We want to get married in December in the US, and since I have to come back to Canada for 6 months while my fiance is deployed overseas then would I simply apply for a K-3 (spousal)? Would that work? How long does it take to get a K-3? Someone I know told me it toke him a year before he got his papers approved, I think that is soooo long!

Congratulations on your engagement!

I can't give you much advice on K-1 as I'm not well-versed with that particular visa. But I just wanted to ask you which consulate (Vancouver or Montreal) you think you'll be having your interview. The reason I ask is that people in Vancouver seem to be getting their interviews faster than the ones in Montreal. If you want to get married in December in the US, you may have to figure out if you'll make that deadline. Do you think you'll be able get through the entire process in 7 months? I hope so... but one never knows.

There's also this new law - IMBRA. It's just added security checks for K visa applicants. Anyway, I suggest you look at timelines of K-1 applicants in Canada as well as looking into the other types of visas.

Good luck!

Edit: Sorry... didn't answer your question about travelling back to Canada but I think thai2luv is right.

[Officer's Fiance 0]

My fiancé and I just got engaged in NYC this past weekend during Fleet Week!!! YEY...except that now I am stressed out with all this immigration stuff to go through. I am a Canadian citizen, he is a US citizen. I understand he needs to file a petition for me to get a K-1 visa... then I go down to the US, I have 90 days to get married..... no problem, we plan on doing this in December!! BUT- he is getting deployed overseas after we get married and I need to come back to Canada to sell my house, and I still have a job I want to stay in while he is overseas. My question is- after we get married, can I come back to Canada and enter in the USA 4-6 months later? I heard somewhere that I can't travel until my status changes, is this the case? HELP...

It sounds like you are not yet ready to immigrate to the US. Why don't you get married, return to Canada to live and work and work on a spousal visa process while your husband is away? With timing and luck, you'll have that finished by the time he returns?

A K-1 just doesn't seem very appropriate for your situation.

THank you for your reply!!! This is the information I was looking for... I want to get married int he US, come back to Canada and return in about 6 months when he is back from overseas.... a spousal visa is what I'll look into now! Thanks again