Canadian Moving to the US - US spouse

[NikLR 13,220]

7 hours ago, dburnt said:

Work visas are again different from a "visitor" visa, or from "just staying".  My point was that you must always have status, and just as with any application, your friends could also have been denied (less likely for work visa than a spontaneous visit).  Canada is no different than the USA...you can't just show up and stay indefinitely without status...you can be denied status at any time if they feel the need.  The difference might be the degree of enforcement.  But just as with the US, if you are doing a permanent application and you have been violating the immigration laws, there is a good risk that you will be denied and barred.  

 

I think you misunderstand.  They married, or arrived in Canada to marry, then stayed.  Applied for work visas while waiting for the inland spousal application as they are allowed to do. 

[santoki 2]

On 1/12/2017 at 5:20 PM, AstroCanada said:

Just to be clear, this is the normal path for married spouses to immigrate.  Don't confuse with with Direct Consular Processing which is not offered in Canada and is substantially faster.

Is there any particular reason Canada isn't one of the places this is allowed? I'm trying to wrap my head around why it's so much easier for people from other countries to have their applications processed. 

[AstroCanada 206]

2 hours ago, santoki said:

Is there any particular reason Canada isn't one of the places this is allowed? I'm trying to wrap my head around why it's so much easier for people from other countries to have their applications processed. 

It just comes down to where USCIS has decided to place their field offices.   It may have something to do with immigration volume.  Sadly it makes the journey from Canada slower

[NikLR 13,220]

There are only about 11 countries that have USCIS field offices in the world.  It's more of an affordibility issue for thr USCIS than not.  Only a USCIS office can adjudicate an I-130 unless extreme emergency.