I have been in the United States legally on a TN visa. My TN visa was set to expire a few weeks ago.
I got married back in December to my long time partner and filed paperwork to get my green card shortly after. I ve already gone in for my biometrics appointment and I was expecting some word on an interview sometime soon.
In the last week I ve got some bad news about the health status of one of my parents who has a terminal illness.
I m feeling a tremendous amount of guilt and feel that I should be spending as much time as possible with my parent before they pass. I m not sure how long this process would take but it could be anywhere from months to years.
Now I am trying to figure out if I can go back to be with them without impacting my ability to return to the United States on a tourist visa. Because I don t know how long it s going to be before my parents passes I m considering whether it makes sense for me to get my green card at this current time but I do plan to stay married and trying to make things work long distance in the meantime.
If I abandon my AOS and return to Canada will it be difficult for me to return on a tourist visa to visit my wife? On my I 94 I was allowed to stay until about April 11th.
Can I file new paperwork in the future from my home Country? I understand that this well take longer and basically the beginning from scratch. I would like to know if this would be possible and if there s anyway that I could visit my wife on a tourist visa considering that my I 94 expired a couple weeks ago I might have triggered some sort of penalty.