New Member - Need Help

[kaylamarie 0]

is the k-1 process just as long as if he was to move here to canada?

[kaylamarie 0]

is the k-1 process just as long as if he was to move here to canada?

would he be able to get a workers visa if he came to canada for 5months? like..would it be simpler if he lived here for 5 months during the process?

[JillA 2]

There is no K-1 to Canada.... for him to come to Canada, you must be married to sponsor him. They have no fiance visa

[kaylamarie 0]

There is no K-1 to Canada.... for him to come to Canada, you must be married to sponsor him. They have no fiance visa

lol all we have to do is get married and he can just come here?

[Peachey 10]

Well no, there's more to it than that. You have forms to fill out and fees to pay, but he can be with you in Canada while you wait out the process.

[JillA 2]

There is no K-1 to Canada.... for him to come to Canada, you must be married to sponsor him. They have no fiance visa

lol all we have to do is get married and he can just come here?

Umm no, it's not that simple LOL. If you want info on immigration to Canada, visit roadtocanada.ca

[kaylamarie 0]

well were both willing to move, but since i know a lot about the process of me going there now, i want to start to get info about if he were to come here

[kaylamarie 0]

anybody know anything about the process of him coming here?

[Danu 19]

No idea, but that link Jill gave might help give some insight.

[trailmix 77]

anybody know anything about the process of him coming here?

The things that are different about immigrating to Canada (rather than the U.S.)

- You can do an inland application - your spouse can be here with you while you wait for his PR.

- You do not have to prove a certain amount of income, just that you can financially look after the immigrant.

- Current time, from what I have read, is around a year. He could however get work authorization before that if I remember correctly.

Things that are not different:

- You pay fees

- He has to have a medical

- You have a lot of paperwork to fill out (however it's all done at once, not in bits and pieces).

Citizenship and immigration Canada has a good website, you will want to read this:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/spouse.asp

Edited October 6, 2009 by trailmix

[kaylamarie 0]

hi guys! sorry its been awhile like 10 days actually i think but i've been very busy and we've been pretty much killing ourselves deciding which i shte best option for us and it's for me to go there things have came up and well i'll not get into it at the moment but my intentions are to visit there for 6 months when we start the I-129f. and so yes i need ties for poe. i know i can use

a note from my employer saying i still have my job?

a bank statement to say i have money and a bank account here

i don't currently have a lease so that wont work.

i was wondering if you could all give me a list of things i can use as ties to Canada because i really cannot afford to be denied so if they ask i want to be able to have a lot of things to show them and me and my boyfriend will be going back to the US together so..when they ask me who i'm visiting to i just point to my boyfriend? thanks a lot guys! and sorry again for not posting in so long hope you didn't all forget about me!

by the way i will have all mail mailed out to me, that will be taken care of and i will have all necessary documents needed for my parts of the I-129 package

Edited October 16, 2009 by kaylamarie

[canadian_wife 1,795]

When will you be filing? A copy of the NOA-1 wouldn't be a bad idea. What about bills you are paying while you are in the US? If you'll be living with your parents, what about a lease with them to show that you intend to return? Any doctor's visits planned (we all know how SLOW doctors can be when scheduling apts in Ontario)? I once used a wedding invitation as a tie to Canada.

If you are traveling with your fiance then simply tell the BG that you'll be traveling with him.

Good luck.

[Udella&Wiz 325]

I was never asked for anything, although I came prepared. I was honest with the borderguard and stated that I was going to visit my boyfriend and then once we were engaged I referred to him as my fiance.

- I always had a letter from my employer stating when they knew I'd be away and when they expected me back at work.

- my return trip information if I was flying back (which I was the majority of the time)

Frankly, having a copy of bills you pay or Dr's appointments scheduled (what piece of 'official paper' would you have?) aren't very good proof, you could fake a Dr's appt and bills can be paid from anywhere, you don't have to return to Canada to pay them.

If you've filed for the K-1, I've heard a lot of people bring a copy of that paperwork along to prove they are filing it. I personally never saw the need to have it, but hey - why not be prepared

Edited October 16, 2009 by Udella&Wiz

[kaylamarie 0]

I was never asked for anything, although I came prepared. I was honest with the borderguard and stated that I was going to visit my boyfriend and then once we were engaged I referred to him as my fiance.

- I always had a letter from my employer stating when they knew I'd be away and when they expected me back at work.

- my return trip information if I was flying back (which I was the majority of the time)

Frankly, having a copy of bills you pay or Dr's appointments scheduled (what piece of 'official paper' would you have?) aren't very good proof, you could fake a Dr's appt and bills can be paid from anywhere, you don't have to return to Canada to pay them.

If you've filed for the K-1, I've heard a lot of people bring a copy of that paperwork along to prove they are filing it. I personally never saw the need to have it, but hey - why not be prepared

yeah i wont be filing until im there in the US but ill have already had my necessary documents i need for my parts of the I-129. 6 months is a long time and i just don't think my employer would give me a note? what exactly is it? just a typed note saying i plan to return to my job?

Edited October 16, 2009 by kaylamarie

[Peachey 10]

I always get my boss to write me a letter on letterhead saying when I'll be back and the consequences if I don't return.