Your advice

[sweety-sweet 1]

You all might want to kill me for asking again and again the same thing.

I got married in US on third week of Sep 2012. I went there with visit visa and did not tell the immigration officer as I intend to get married there. I just told visit. But I came back to Canada on the exact that I told him. Our I-130 starts just in Nov 2012.

In January, the ticket will be very cheap and I think of visiting him again in US for one week. I have 10 years valid visit visa to US and I am PR of Canada. I am still working full time and I can bring the letter from my employer. As well as the letter from my landlady. Will it be OK to go there?

Is there any other documents to be needed just in case? Or I should not go? I want to see him but I dont want any problem in my immigrant visa to US in a near future. Kindly advise on this.

Thank you.

[The Mean Lady 604]

Your visit in Sept has nothing to do with your future visit in this case.

As long as you bring your ties to Canada (letter from employer stating intended return, copy of lease, bank statements, copy of NOA1, etc) then you shouldn't have any issues, but it's always the end choice of the CBP officer.

[sweety-sweet 1]

Your visit in Sept has nothing to do with your future visit in this case.

As long as you bring your ties to Canada (letter from employer stating intended return, copy of lease, bank statements, copy of NOA1, etc) then you shouldn't have any issues, but it's always the end choice of the CBP officer.

Thank you so much. I will bring all these on my next trip. Thanks again.

[dwheels76 5,468]

You all might want to kill me for asking again and again the same thing.

I got married in US on third week of Sep 2012. I went there with visit visa and did not tell the immigration officer as I intend to get married there. I just told visit. But I came back to Canada on the exact that I told him. Our I-130 starts just in Nov 2012.

In January, the ticket will be very cheap and I think of visiting him again in US for one week. I have 10 years valid visit visa to US and I am PR of Canada. I am still working full time and I can bring the letter from my employer. As well as the letter from my landlady. Will it be OK to go there?

Is there any other documents to be needed just in case? Or I should not go? I want to see him but I dont want any problem in my immigrant visa to US in a near future. Kindly advise on this.

Thank you.

Should be no issue. You did the right thing and that was you married and left at the appointed time. They love it when you follow the rules. So just bring your evidence of ties and go enjoy holiday with husband. Congratulations.

[SelinaWill 5]

Your visit in Sept has nothing to do with your future visit in this case.

As long as you bring your ties to Canada (letter from employer stating intended return, copy of lease, bank statements, copy of NOA1, etc) then you shouldn't have any issues, but it's always the end choice of the CBP officer.

sorry might be a stupid question but how does a bank statement help? (u mean just the printed version of bank activities right?) i will visit my husband in december and really only have a letter from my employer, dont have a lease cause i moved back in with mom until i will move to the states. so im just wondering and hoping this will be enough)

[sweety-sweet 1]

sorry might be a stupid question but how does a bank statement help? (u mean just the printed version of bank activities right?) i will visit my husband in december and really only have a letter from my employer, dont have a lease cause i moved back in with mom until i will move to the states. so im just wondering and hoping this will be enough)

I asked the people from work just now. They said just bring the last 1 or 2 pay stub and letter from employer will be good enough.

[The Mean Lady 604]

sorry might be a stupid question but how does a bank statement help? (u mean just the printed version of bank activities right?) i will visit my husband in december and really only have a letter from my employer, dont have a lease cause i moved back in with mom until i will move to the states. so im just wondering and hoping this will be enough)

The CBP wants to see that you have adequate funds to support yourself in the states (regardless of having a spouse there).

It also shows that you have funds and a bank account in Canada so it's just another tie that holds you there.

Especially if you have a decent amount of money there since you can't just go to the US and pull it out in one shot.

Presumably, if you had fair amount of money in a bank in Canada, you'd need to return to get your money as well as close your account when you leave (otherwise you'd be racking up overdraft fees from your monthly fee).

[The Mean Lady 604]

I asked the people from work just now. They said just bring the last 1 or 2 pay stub and letter from employer will be good enough.

You really don't want to go in with what you think is "good enough"

I mean, you're more than welcome to, but having my husband denied at the border over 5 times, myself, I know by now that he needs to come with everything he can.

His "border folder," as we call it, consists of the following items:

• Various paystubs, currently spanning 2012 and some of 2011 which shows his job is long term

• We always include an updated letter from his employer stating when he'll return

• His tax returns for 2011 and 2010

• Hotel confirmation for 3 weeks (when we went in June, we actually stayed in a hotel paid for by my employer so we wouldn't have to stay with my mom for that long

• Copy of our renters insurance policy that states expected withdrawals through Jan 2013

• Copies of old as well as current Hydro bills - This helps to show we haven't broken our lease and left

• Copy of Lease

• Current Copy of Bank printout from online

We have worked for 3+ years establishing this folder for my husband and it was only in June that after 3 years of crossing, they didn't question him for over an hour and simply looked his paperwork over and let him cross.

Now, I'm not saying you're going to have these problems, I'm just saying that if you decide a letter and a paystub are enough to get you over, and you're denied, then that feeling you're going to have afterwards? It sucks.

I never hurts to be prepared for the worst with the CBP.

Edited November 30, 2012 by KDubovik