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Thank you very much for your reply!

The information on the DOS website is correct in regards to passport photos. You're fine
Birth Certificate for the Beneficiary is not required to be sent in to USCIS with the I-129F petition.

remember, they will be checking your jobs against your tax records, so anything you've done for cash (I know how college is) would not be included, any job that you held even for 4 hours but ended up paying taxes for should be on the list. Dont be afraid to use additional pages, i know someone who used half a stack of paper for one of the immigrational forms while form itself was only 2 pages.
And yes, do not forget to put "see attached page", or better yet put a specific number of a page where each part begins (if multiple pages need extra space)
hope you have a good job now, so you dont have to do the mess with sponsors.

Hi there,
K1- beneficiary too. (Now married... about to file AOS)
Hope this reply will give you peace of mind.

Good luck
1. Applicant's residence for past 5 years.
I would just be honest. Not so hard to put more than one address. It's were you lived, resided. (Not were you got your mail). Were you lived. You can state it was college dorm... no big deal. They just want to know where you were.

2. Applicant's last address (outside of the U.S ) for more than 5 years.
Answer the question as stated. It's kind of like the first one.
3. Applicant's employment for last 5 years.
State employment dates, last 5 years.
I had to put an extra sheet for that, also had a new job, with several different employers. I typed in what I could then when I ran out of room I typed in ( See attached continuation sheet). If you wanted it put everything on the cont. sheet, I'm sure that's fine.
Best way to label it correctly? This is what I did...
(Top right corner...)
G-325A, Biographic Information
Continuation Sheet
'Name'
The rest of the sheet, I made it look exactly like the question on the form. A line for signature & date, at end of page.
If you didn't work, during a period of time, state so. Unemployed, or school... Just make sure your dates flow, make sense.
4. Last occupation abroad "if not shown above".
Did you work outside of your country? Did you include it on that sheet? Then you've listed it, with the question above.
You could answer... *Occupation abroad listed on continuation sheet*
'if not shown above (on that sheet) then you answer the question.
5. This form is submitted in connection for an application for : ?
I put..
Check "Other" (Specify) Form I-129F in the space beside it.
6. Signature, as well as the box under the word "Applicant" at the VERY bottom of the page.
From my understanding, I fill out both on my form-- and my fiance fills out both on her own G325A form. Is this correct?
Yes. You do YOUR G325A and she does HER G325A.
7. Where to put None, and where to put N/A.
Area's where I put "None": File Number, U.S Social Security Number, Current Husband/Wife, Former Husbands/Wife, Alien Registration Number.
Area's where I put "N/A" : If your native alphabet is in other Roman letters.
Correct?
A: Correct... As long as you both answer truthful, that's all that matters... if you put N/A instead of none... or vice-versa.. it's okay... just be honest

Happy Journeys!

AGREED.

Question 1 & 2 - I would just put your parent's address - that was your permanent residence - dorms are just temporary. For the second part - yes your parent's address then.
For the employment part - I would just attach a page referencing the question number on the application - make sure to put your name on there, the application number and question number
Yes, check off other and write I-129F
the NONE and N/A seem fine.

This question was answered a few days ago. Please read this other post to find your answer http://www.visajourn..._1#entry5848719
BTW that question, only applies if you are with your fiance(e) in US soil at the time of filing.
She's not filling anything out on your behalf. She is filing a petition that, if/when approved, will allow you to interview for a K1 visa.
Locate the GUIDES at the top of this page, and read it carefully.

Print outs of your online bank statements will work just the same as a copy of a paper version. The passport stamps, itinerary, bank statements showing you spent money while there, plus photos from your visits should be good for proving you met in person.

It should be OK> I don't think, that as a Canadian, you will have too many problems. Check the Canada portal.

The passport stamps along with the itineraries listing the same dates as the passport stamps plus photos from the time of the visits should be ok. If you can dig up any credit card or bank statements that showed you used your credit/debit cards during the time you were visiting, those can be useful too. You are trying to paint an overall picture of evidence that can be put together to show that you did indeed meet face-to-face within the last 2 years. Ring receipts do not prove anything and an engagement ring is not even a requirement. Videos are not accepted and cannot be used as evidence.

As long as you have met in person within 2 years of filing, you have met one of the requirements. Do you have chat logs? Phone records? I used my airline itinerary that I had saved to my email. Hope that helps. Good luck.

The only con I can think of is you will most likely have to travel via the US and will have to clear US customs to go down.
That being said, you would have an itinerary showing that you are just travelling through the US with concrete plans to continue on. Bring the normal proof of ties to Canada that you would have brought if you were travelling to the US as a backup and it should be fine. Do you have any ties to Canada anymore or did you quit work etc because of receiving bad advice?

You can marry on the moon if you like - it doesn't have to be only the US or Canada. Anywhere that you can get legally married in is fine

I don't think you'll have a problem doing the K1 visa. If it would have been a problem, the officer would not have suggested it. In addition, if you were banned completely from the US, they would have told you as well... So no worries, you'll be reunited to your fiancee soon.

First of all, welcome to VJ!
Second of all, I am sorry that you had to learn the hard way. Your friends basically advised you to commit fraud, and that this was just "frowned upon." It's not, as you've found out it is a very serious matter and can have dire consequences.
Luckily for you, it sounds like you were honest the whole way through. Trying to enter as a tourist with the intention of staying, and being truthful to the CBP about this will only get you a denied entry. Had you lied about it you would have been in bigger trouble. Hopefully, you will be able to find out what the CBP has on your file. To me, it sounds like you were most likely just denied entry because you tried to immigrate on a non-immigrant visa. As for a K-1 or CR-1 visa - The point of those visas is to immigrate, so a previous denial for immigrant intent is then irrelevant. They cannot and will not deny you an immigrant visa because you wanted to immigrate before.
Third, you can marry anywhere you like. As long as the marriage is legal under US federal law, i.e. no polygamy, no same sex, no minors involved etc., it won't matter one bit. A Caribbean wedding always sounded good to me!

Hello,
First off I am sorry you went through this the hard way. Its an unfortunate thing with the immigration system being it can be such a pain in the butt to get through. The reality is that we live in a world where nations have to protect their borders and interests when you have terrorists and illegal immigration running rampant. I am not saying you are either one of those by no means but the laws of the land are put forth to protect its citizens for a reason.
The best thing to do in your case is to marry the girl in your country as I have done with my wife in Colombia. We filed a simultaneous K3 (when that existed) and a CR1 but believe me, we were much happier with the CR1 visa route than the other way around. It has saved us much money and heartache. Also read and heed the advice given on here and in the forums relating particularly to the type of visa your after. I believe you even have a forum dedicated to your home country regarding visa issues so Id check into it. Goodluck man, Canada is much cheaper/friendlier place to get to than what some of the other couples on here have endured.

As the OP seems to have decided to pursue a CR-1 spousal visa, I am now moving this thread from the General Immigration forum to the CR-1 forum.
Good luck to you and your fiancee as you maneuver through the US immigration process. You will find lots of good and useful advice here on VJ - but again, even here you can get some misinformation (different countries may have small differences in the process) so do your own homework as well. The more you know about the immigration process the better you will be able to make the rest of the journey as efficient as possible.

Join us in the Canada forum as well!

If you have some money to burn . . . why not flying to France or Italy or any place where you'd like to spend your honeymoon anyway, get married there? Upon return your wife will file the I-130. The only thing your little stunt will prevent is you being able to visit your wife in the U.S. while waiting for the CR-1 interview in Canada. But she'll be able to visit you there, so not all is lost.

It's not even fraud if you would have bout a round ticket, came to the state and gotten married and left. You CAN get married on VWP , but you can't stay

Some of your information does not apply to the original poster. For instance in Canada you do Electronic Processing and you fill out a DS-260 online rather than DS-230. While filling out the DS-230 can help you fill out the DS-260, it is not as detailed as per questions.
OP: You can certainly do an K1 visa. It is a fiance visa and allows you to get married in the USA and stay there. It's more expensive but you are together after marriage. A CR1 visa it is cheaper and you can work within a few weeks of moving to the USA (the F1 does not allow this) but you have to be married first and then spend that time mostly apart. You can visit, but you have to show strong ties to Canada.
Some good links for you are in Saylin's profile:
http://www.visajourn...r/90397-saylin/
also her blog:
http://journeythroug...on.blogspot.ca/
Here is the comparision chart:
http://www.visajourn...content/compare
(ignore the k3 visa)
You can also try to go back and get married in the USA but you must show strong ties to Canada (aka variety of: bills, contracts, lease or mortgage, return ticket, and letter from an employer.) Because of this mishap you probably will be called into secondary questioning the next time you try to cross unless it is with an F1 or CR1 visa. Just a word of caution.
Discuss the options with your fiancee. Figure out what is important to you two in a wedding as well.
This will not deny you a visa. Saylin was denied a few times at the border and she's happily married in the USA. So it's okay. Just be aware of what may or may not happen the next time you try to visit the USA and have your ducks lined up.

The K-1 is the fiancé(e) visa. The F-1 is a visa for students. Also, there really isn't that huge of a cost savings between the two when you add up what's needed. It would be more of determining where they want to get married and if they want to start the petition process before or after marriage.

You mean K1 visa, not F1 (student visa)

i think I would consult an immigration attorney just to CYA.

So sorry you got bad advice Happens all too often.
CR-1 is sounding like your best route. It can take awhile (mine was 11 months) but it is the most secure way to cross the border. Have your girl come to Canada, have an amazing wedding. Take lots of pictures, forget your worries and have an amazing time. Once she goes back and things settle, she can file for the CR-1. You can travel to the U.S. during the process, but you need some solid proof that you will be returning to Canada (letter from work, return ticket, lease agreement, etc.) Personally, I didn't go to the U.S. at all, and my husband came to Canada to visit me because I didn't want to risk anything.
Good on you for being honest with CBP, they're scary and some people resort to lying out of fear.
There's also a Canada specific sub-forum which can come in very handy for us Canucks. Good luck!