Donia

When you love someone and you see your financial situation standing in the way of being together, you are often willing to pursue any avenue you can to make it happen. Love isn't restricted only to those who meet the income requirements. There may be valid reasons why they can't satisfy the affidavit of support right now. Sometimes people need help, and if they have no one in their immediate circle of friends and family who can help they will reach out to others. It is kind of sad that they are feeling they must go this avenue. I wish them luck. Whether or not you are willing to assist them or not is totally your call.

This is exactly right. I had been separated for 3 years out of a really horrible marriage when I met my husband. He had some money and a decent job in Canada, but of course, that couldn't be counted. His aunt was our co-sponsor and we actually lived with her until he could work legally in this country. I was working for a government student loan agency but still did not meet the income requirements on my own. He worked 2 jobs, one of which provided benefits for us including health insurance. We basically started over with nothing in our mid thirties due to our circumstances. We now own our own home, are heavily insured, and are "living the dream" as they say. I feel that our success and the fact that we have done so much together has made us stronger. We were very fortunate to have had help and I can't even imagine what my life would have been like if I hadn't had him in it. Would someone truly say that we don't deserve to be together because I was poor when we met? I find that ridiculous.

I've always just put them together and it has seemed to be alright, some hissing , but nothing bad. I have 4 cats right now, but one is dying of cancer at almost 19 years old.

There is no name for what you did.

If someone you know is hoping to do the same as you did intending to stay before they even arrive in the U.S., that would be visa fraud, because they would be making a conscious decision to come to the U.S., marry a U.S. citizen, and remain in the U.S. to file AOS.

The only way what you did is legal, is if you enter the U.S. with no intention of marrying a U.S. citizen, then decide to marry spur of the moment, and adjust status after marriage.

It would be nice if immigrating to the U.S. to be with our loved one was as easy as just coming to the U.S., then marrying our spouses, without having to apply for any visas, but it isn't quite that simple.

Yes, I am aware of that. I am researching the information to show them that it IS fraud and that since they have been engaged for some time, it would not be legal. What we did WAS legal because we barely knew each other...in fact, I was dating someone else when we met and we were able to prove to immigration that it WAS a spur of the moment marriage and that he entered the US with no intention of marrying. You seem to have a bit of a negative tone in your post. If we were able to prove our case to immigration, which we did, wouldn't that show you that we DID do everything legally?

I believe what you are referring to is....

Filing for Adjustment of status... while in USA... based on spouse .. marriage occurring without pre-intention of immigrating.

What the both of you did... was ok.. basically . if indeed you met.. when he was visiting while here for other reasons. As long as he remains here. he is entitled to file for AOS... if he leaves then the two of you will need to file for a CR1.

Congratulations... and best of luck...

Just remember... he will need to remain here in USA.. until his status is cleared... and is given his greencard...

Where the problem usually arises.. is .. this.

when someone comes to usa.. with intentions of staying... and marrying..

If the person comes to usa without intentions of staying .. then.. falls in love blatyblatybla.... it is ok to remain here and file for aos... but if he comes.. stays.. with knowing that the intentions are to stay.. that is a big nonononnonononono

Right...this was years ago and he already has his green card...we're waiting for the I-751 to be processed right now. I just could not find any information at all on our process. I'm not quite sure how I figured it out in the first place when we met...see what marrying a Canadian did to me? Turned my brain to mush...

This is an odd question, I know, but here it is. My Canadian husband and I met, fell in love, and were married all within his 6 month limit while he was visiting family here in Texas. I don't really have any immigration questions, because we have done all of that already, but I am researching for a friend and I can NOT find any real information about what we did. I'm sure that it's very rare that it actually happens like that, and we did have to prove that he did not come to the US with the intent of getting married, but what is it CALLED when you immigrate that way? When there was never any Visa involved? Am I making any sense?

I suspect you actually meant "at the airport" (San Antonio to Canadian border is easily a 2-day complete drive).

The return ticket (yours) will probably be enough for CIC officer at the airport (or if you really do want to drive, border); his GC should be adequate to show to USCIS officer at PFI (or CBP at border).

We will be driving, actually. Which means that there will be no return ticket.

Thanks, everyone, for the replies! That makes me feel much better.

Hi! We're a US citizen and a Canadian who both lives in Texas. My Canadian husband is a permanant resident and has his green card. We want to visit Canada in the Summer because I've never been there and my husband wants to introduce me to his friends and show me where he grew up. Our question is this...how does he declare himself at the boarder and will there be any problems crossing over and back? Or at least any that you can think of. We're just not exactly sure how to do it without them thinking that he's trying to bring me to Canada to stay. We have a house in Texas, all his belongings are there and I have children who live in Texas as well.

Our situation was very similar. My husband and I met online, but were only friends for 8 months while he was in Canada. In fact, I was dating someone else and was seperated from my first husband at the time. He came down unexpectedly...I had no idea he was even coming...to visit some other family members of his. We went to lunch and that was that! He had some friends in Canada store his belongings and tie up any loose ends and he still hasn't been back. We were married 6 months after he came and we celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary in June. He did not have an I-94 either, of course, but we did have to prove that he did not come here with the intention of getting married and staying. I even had a letter from my ex-husband as well as my divorce papers showing that I was legally still married when he got here. It really wasn't as big a deal as I thought it was going to be once we were at the actual interview. Good luck!

My RFE was for an I-94... which is my problem, I don't have one. However, I went to an infopass interview before filing for AOS and the immigration officer said she saw cases like mine all the time and that I was just to write "No I-94/Canadian Citizen" in the I-485 and anywhere else that asked for the I-94 number. As a response to the RFE, I explained that as a Canadian Citizen, I don't require an I-94 and that I was advised by an immigration officer at the Baltimore office to write "No I-94/Canadian Citizen". So I sent that off as my response, and they received it and I got an email saying this:

On October 16, 2006, we received your response to our request for evidence or information. However because preliminary processing was complete, the remaining processing time will be less than the maximum stated in this message. You will receive a written decision on this case. You can use our processing dates to estimate when this case will be done. Follow the the link below for current processing dates.

I assume that this means my response was ok? I'm starting to worry now.. they haven't touched my I-130 since they first received it.. I got an NOA for it, and that was it... got an RFE for the EAD and the I-485.. and now I've heard nothing... if my response was not satisfactory, would they have told me? I was looking over the I-102 form and looks like I can't even file for that since I don't even know how I'd be able to prove when I crossed the border.

The only way I know of that I can prove that I never had intent to stay here is by showing a return bus ticket I still have, which I was supposed to use to go back to Canada after my visit. But who knows if that's enough proof

Our situation was very similar and we did exactly what you were advised. We had no problem whatsoever during the process. Of course, we did have to prove that Rick came here with no intention of getting married and staying in the US, but even that wasn't as difficult as we thought it might be. He's now a PR and we'll be filing to lift conditions in about a month.

Neither of us are twins, but I have 2 sets of twins from my first marriage.

I'm a "fatty". Yes, that's right...a fat girl. I've always been big, yet I was married right out of high school, AND I'm on my second marriage. (kind of throws your theory there) The three years that I was seperated from my first husband, I dated...A LOT. I never had any problems at all meeting and dating all kinds of men. I dated a man who was 6'4" and weighed 145lbs and I dated a man who was 5'5" and weighed over 200lbs. Did they're size matter even a LITTLE bit? No...not at all. I fell in love with my husband because of who he IS, not what he LOOKS like. If you're choosing a spouse because of what they look like, you're going to have LOTS of problems. By the way, here's a picture of me from just a couple of months ago. I weigh WAY over 200lbs. Am I really that horrible to look at?