US Immigration from Canada

Hello fellow VJ members! About to begin this process and adventure and wanted to get some clarifications on a few things.

I'm in the US and will petition for a Canadian.

She wants to come visit me for 3-4 months in the US. She already visited for a couple of weekends, and I've been up to Canada about five times too.

What in general do you guys think is better? For her to enter on the visitor visa, THEN apply for the K1? Or apply for the K1 BEFORE she enters on the tourist visa?

I see mixed things on this. It seems if you already have a K1 pending, and then enter on the six-month visitor visa, then the border officer will ask lots of questions.

But if you apply for the K1 after entering on the visitor visa, would that possibly look suspicious to customs?

I just need to know the best thing to do, I want to make it as smooth and easy for her as possible, while also making it possible to see her for 3-4 months.

She is going to try and get a leave of absence for her job, and she currently lives with siblings and helps pay the rent. Two things that would show intent to return home.

Okay and another question regarding length of stay. I hear differing things about how the calendar year works as far as the six months. So I'll give some details to help out.

She visited for a weekend back in January, then a weekend in April, and another weekend in July, so I'd estimate about a week of her six months has been used for this year.

Does the six months "reset" at the beginning of the year, or is it continued to be tracked? For instance, if she stays for 3-4 months on a trip coming up, would that mean she

only has 2-3 months remaining for 2026? I know in other posts it's been said the US has a give and take system. You come here for 3 months, stay in your home country for 3 months.

It's a bit confusing and I'm trying to wrap my mind around it. Any clarity would be greatly appreciated!

One final thing, if she stays for 3-4 months on her visitor visa, does that take anything away from the K1 90 days, or is that completely separate? For instance, she stays for 4 months on the

visitor visa, and then returns home to Canada for 4 months, and won't visit again until the year either "resets" or the give take system is satisfied. Let's just say the K1 is approved in 8-10 months

and is ready for us to use next year. Would her 4 month visit subtract anytime from that K1? 4 months visited, leaving only two left for the K1, or is the K1 90 days completely and totally separate

from the time given for the visitor visa?

Thanks so much for any help and advice!

hello everyone,
recent NOA2 approved beneficiary.
i am currently trying to figure out if its even worth going through my NEXUS interview US side.
( can only do it when i go through the states)
which i haven't been able to visit the states since I've been in school.
probably the only time i can is when i actually immigrate to the states with my K1 Visa.
is it even worth it? i paid 120$...
or should i just do it with 2 separate interviews that day at the airport (NEXUS and K1)

kindly appreciate some feedback.
i also posted on reddit.
-partially freaked out Canadian

So I got my K1 after a long wait. I'm finalizing my move, and I learned that Canadians have to register if they intend to stay in the US for longer than 30 days (iirc).
Does anyone know if I need to register with USCIS?

I am looking for some help/guidance with our current petition. After 3 long months, my fianc and I have received Packet 3 from the Montreal Consulate, and are currently waiting for the Police Certificate to arrive so we can submit all documents to continue with the process. However, our I-129F approval expires very shortly, and we will certainly not have an interview scheduled before the approval expires. Due to most of the 4 month period being taken up by waiting for the consulate to give us our next steps, I have tried requesting an extension both through email (to Canada.Visas@gdit-gss.com or Canada.ACS@gdit-gss.com) and phone number (438-793-1947 or 514-398-9695) and get the same response back that those contacts are only for interview scheduling service, and to go to the website for the correct information on how to contact properly. This is the contact information the website displays, so we are stuck in an infinite loop without being able to get ahold of anyone who can help. Does anybody else have any other contact information to speak with someone or experience with how to do so? If not, is this something we should even be focused on doing? (Most forums and videos online state that once we complete all documents and attend the interview, that they will automatically extend the validity there and then). Consensus says it's not something to be worried about, but I thought I'd ask for help rather then let it be and show up just to be denied as we are this far along in the process. Thank you!