Please Help! Canadian looking at a K1, K3 or CR-1. Which best fits my situation and which gets me in the US the quickest??

[js66 0]

Hello everyone,

I’m looking for some information on what will be the quickest Visa to be approved and what would be best for me.. The K1, the K3 or the CR-1.

I have looked all over the site and it seems like the approvals range all over the map. I’m sure there are many reasons for that so I thought I’d ask some of the really knowledgeable people here.

My Situation:

- I’m Canadian and I’ve been here in the US for 8 years on multiple TN Visas

- My TN Visa will expire in late June

- I am not currently married but we are talking about getting married before my TN visa expires if that would speed up the process.

- My job is changing from a contractor to a company employee. As an employee my company doesn’t want to be involved in any Visas so I have to do this on my own another TN visa is not an option.

- My company is global. They have told me that if I go to Canada I can keep my position and work there. If I choose to become legal to work in the US they will transfer me to the US payroll when that is an option and I can live in the US again.

- I have to accept the company position before I have time to do an AOS. I need to be on the Canadian or American payroll in about 6 weeks. I would not be able to stay in the US the required 90 days after marriage. If I stayed in the US with out starting work in Canada the company can not hold my position at work and I would be unemployed.

My objectives

- I want to marry my girlfriend that I live with and have been dating a few years and I want us together as much as possible

- To be legal to work in the US as soon as possible

- I want to take the new position offered to me as a company employee

From what I can tell I’m in a position where I can apply for a K1, K3 or CR-1. I really don’t know what would be the best.

Because I can’t stay the 90 day’s it sounds like I will have to go to Canada. I would have loved the AOS but it doesn’t look like an option. I may or may not get married prior to that depending on what would keep us together more. I would like to marry before leaving but I may not if a fiancé visa would be quicker.

I have heard many different times for the various visas and am getting conflicting reports from attorneys I have talked to. I spoke with two attorneys about CR-1’s. One attorney is telling me 6 months and the other is telling me about 12 months. One is telling me I can visit the US while I wait the other says I cannot.

Everyone here is so kind and knowledgeable. Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.

[trailmix 77]

Hi,

I just replied to your questions in your duplicate thread:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...t&p=2846117

[pushbrk 12,977]

Hi,

I just replied to your questions in your duplicate thread:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...t&p=2846117

So did I. Please don't make duplicate posts.