Help me out please

[Darnell 8,478]

We're not engaged yet but planning on being in the next couple months.... I'm wanting to move there asap is this possible to do before we get engaged? Or what's the best way to go about it?

I suggest you come down on E-2 visa, stay here for a year, get engaged, live together.

Then at some point, get married in USA, then HE move to Canada with you, get a job in Canada.

No other USA immigration required.

[christeen 966]

Yea- i did leave that out...... if you plan to engage, Moly, make sure you either refer to your SO as your fiance, or just use his name instead.

Of course, i dont really know much about how much scrutiny the consulate in canada will give you..... I just know it would be a godsend if the guangzhou consulate were as lax as canada's. [not to say that in canada its easy- mind you, i just know GUZ is one of (aside from mid-eastern consulates) the hardest to get through.]

I don't know, from what I read, Equador is a real b1tch to get through...

[Moonandstar 6]

http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/index.p..._direction=desc

Check this. GUZ ranks below Ecuador. Given, Ecuador only has 19 reviews, but for the amount of people that go through the grinder at GUZ, the approval rate is one of the lowest gobally.

[Moly 0]

So i date an american citizen and live in canada. What would happen if we took off to vegas and got married?!?! Could i move to the US right after and work?!?

[Rito 28]

So i date an american citizen and live in canada. What would happen if we took off to vegas and got married?!?! Could i move to the US right after and work?!?

You could stay in America for the duration of your Visa Waiver, which is 6 months, and then return to Canada and file a K3 marriage visa. You could not work in the US during that time, and this process would not be faster than getting a fiance visa. If you just stayed in the US, you would be there illegally and thus would have trouble finding work or returning to the US if you ever left.

Moly, I know that immigration is very confusing, but you've started a number of topics now with very general questions. Please consider reading the very helpful guides before you make another topic, and then feel free to come back here if you need help understanding what you learn there.

[canadian_wife 1,802]

Just so we don't confuse terms, Canadians dont' travel on the Visa Waiver and the duration of stay is up to the Border Patrol at the time of entrance. And no, you cannot move and work right after marriage. If you wish to move with your husband after marriage, then you'll need to apply for the appropriate visa. You can go fo the K-1 visa, which is for someone who is engaged, or you can go for the Cr-1 (better than the K-3)

Going to the US with the intentions of marrying and staying, while traveling as a tourist, is illegal and can result in a lifetime ban from the US.

Start by reading guides suggested by Rito.

Good luck.

[Carlawarla 1]

We're not engaged yet but planning on being in the next couple months.... I'm wanting to move there asap is this possible to do before we get engaged? Or what's the best way to go about it?

Hi Moly,

If you're thinking of becoming engaged, and want to move to the U.S., then you have to petition for a visa. Either a fiance's visa which is a K-1, or a marriage based visa (after you're married you'd apply) probably a CR-1 visa. Please read the Guides to see which one is best for you.

When you're engaged, and if you're applying for a K-1 visa, then you can still visit until you are granted the visa to move here as long as you can provide proof of sufficient ties to Canada.

I'm going to provide you some links for the Canada Forum here, the Canada VJ Wiki Guide, and some common questions Canadians have about visiting and moving here during the visa processes.

Best of luck!

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showforum=93

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/Canada

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=191858

[Carlawarla 1]

I'm a canadian girl who's been dating an american for 8 months now. Our plan is to get engaged within 4-5 months and marry by the end of the year. I'm wanting to move to the US and work before we get married. Is this possible to do? What do i have to do to work and live in the US before marrrying. Please help this is so frustrating...

I noted you started another thread in this forum. I gave you some information, and links in that one.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=235502

[Rito 28]

Just so we don't confuse terms, Canadians dont' travel on the Visa Waiver and the duration of stay is up to the Border Patrol at the time of entrance.

Ah right, forgot it's a bit different for Canadians - thanks canadian_wife!

[Krikit 1,163]

Merging multiple threads. Moly, please post only one thread when asking the same question. Thank you.

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/index.p..._direction=desc

Check this. GUZ ranks below Ecuador. Given, Ecuador only has 19 reviews, but for the amount of people that go through the grinder at GUZ, the approval rate is one of the lowest gobally.

Those numbers can be misleading. They represent the ratings people give a consulate, and not the visa approval rate. They have more to do with someone's experience dealing with the consulate than anything else. Some people will feel they were severely mistreated by the consulate staff, and give a correspondingly low rating, but they might still have had their visa approved. The embassy in Hanoi is rated almost the same as GUZ, yet Hanoi doesn't even issue visas.

That said, GUZ is known on this board to be a tough consulate to get a visa from. I think it's a safe bet that it's a lot tougher than Montreal or Vancouver.

So i date an american citizen and live in canada. What would happen if we took off to vegas and got married?!?! Could i move to the US right after and work?!?

It's not illegal for a foreigner to come to the US and marry a US citizen. Also, the spouse of a US citizen is generally permitted to adjust status without leaving the US, provided they entered the US legally (barring certain types of restricted visas). What is not permitted is to enter the US using a non-immigrant entry privilege with the intent of immigrating. That would be fraud. The burden would be on you to prove to USCIS that you did not intend to immigrate when you entered; i.e., to marry and apply for a green card. Some attornies claim that getting married within a certain time frame will trigger an automatic presumption of fraud by USCIS (some say 30 days, others say 60 days). The bottom line is that USCIS might deny your AOS petition, and you might be banned from the US for presumptive immigration fraud. This is definitely the fastest way to immigrate to the US, but it carries a very severe penalty if you fail. It's far less risky to apply for and obtain the appropriate visa.

[TBoneTX 43,536]

GUZ ranks below Ecuador. Given, Ecuador only has 19 reviews, but for the amount of people that go through the grinder at GUZ, the approval rate is one of the lowest gobally.

Not to make light of the GUZ challenges at all, but the Ecuador ratings are skewed mightily toward a deceptively positive-seeming conclusion. I know of FIVE couples here on VJ who have NOT submitted reviews and who would rate Guayaquil (Ecuador) a Zero -- and only because there is no lower rating.

[Moonandstar 6]

Not to make light of the GUZ challenges at all, but the Ecuador ratings are skewed mightily toward a deceptively positive-seeming conclusion. I know of FIVE couples here on VJ who have NOT submitted reviews and who would rate Guayaquil (Ecuador) a Zero -- and only because there is no lower rating.

Well it seems like Ecuador and GUZ are just two of a kind then! Cuz i was about to say the same!