Best time of week/day to cross Canadian-US border?

[threeoten 0]

Wondering if anyone has advice about when the best time is to cross the Canadian-US border into the US in order to help increase the chances of my girlfriends visa paperwork getting approved. I know that it's much more than what time of day and all that, but just wondering if there are times that make things go smoother. Cross when it's busy? Cross when it's slow? etc.
Thanks!

[JFH 12,189]

Which visa? The chances of approval on any date are dependent on the merits of the application,

[Canerican 242]

Please fill out your timeline so that we know the visa type and where you are in the immigration process. 

[SalishSea 16,774]

40 minutes ago, threeoten said:

Wondering if anyone has advice about when the best time is to cross the Canadian-US border into the US in order to help increase the chances of my girlfriends visa paperwork getting approved. I know that it's much more than what time of day and all that, but just wondering if there are times that make things go smoother. Cross when it's busy? Cross when it's slow? etc.
Thanks!

What do you mean?  You can't game the system that way.  

[Cryssiekins 976]

Are you talking about a land border?  I entered at a land border.  It was all of 20-30 minutes to process both the K1 and my belongings.  It wasn’t busy at the time, so I only had to wait about 5 minutes before my name was called.

 

There shouldn’t be an issue with processing the paperwork, unless something drastic has happened since she received the visa that would make her inadmissible, since the US and Canada have reciprocity agreements relating to police records. 

[Boiler 43,438]

Monday

 

Between 6pm and 8pm.

[little immigrant 800]

7 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Monday

 

Between 6pm and 8pm.

That's awfully specific 

[Pitaya 2,576]

8 minutes ago, little immigrant said:

That's awfully specific 

You are right..... I mean there are 119 legal land border crossings and a little over 5,500 miles of common border.  

[debbiedoo 2,339]

there is no better time. there may be times where traffic is less, but she will still be pulled into secondary for the visa process. 

 

my husband crossed over the peace bridge 2x a month for 3 years at varying times (usually afternoon or early evening) and never had any issues. 

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

you wrote she is here on M1 visa ready to expire soon and has Ireland passport

so,  you haven't applied for any K1 or other visa??

you can't apply at the US /Canadian border for a visa -tourist or other

you talk about her leaving and going into Mexico and coming back?????

 

why not let her return home and make the K1 application to do this right?

 

[SalishSea 16,774]

6 minutes ago, adil-rafa said:

you wrote she is here on M1 visa ready to expire soon and has Ireland passport

so,  you haven't applied for any K1 or other visa??

you can't apply at the US /Canadian border for a visa -tourist or other

you talk about her leaving and going into Mexico and coming back?????

 

why not let her return home and make the K1 application to do this right?

 

Good catch.  Funny that so many think crossing into Canada somehow "resets" the I-94.

[JFH 12,189]

2 hours ago, threeoten said:

Wondering if anyone has advice about when the best time is to cross the Canadian-US border into the US in order to help increase the chances of my girlfriends visa paperwork getting approved. I know that it's much more than what time of day and all that, but just wondering if there are times that make things go smoother. Cross when it's busy? Cross when it's slow? etc.
Thanks!

What “paperwork” is being approved at the border? 

[Just Paul 4,591]

1 hour ago, adil-rafa said:

why not let her return home and make the K1 application to do this right?

They aren't ready for "that" even tho he has been asking about options for a year.

[Cathi 5,610]

No one at the border "approves visa paperwork".

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

The only stuff I have heard about approving paperwork at the US-Canadian border is in regards to TN visas (where there does seem to be some sort of lore that some crossings are easier than others), but that doesn’t sound like it is the visa being referred to in this case.

 

Bottom line, applications for entry are assessed on their own merits, not because the CBP Officer is busy/slow and wants to get people through/take his coffee break.

Edited June 23, 2019 by SusieQQQ