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I have a couple of questions I hope can be answered here.

The visa process for my wife's case is currently at the NVC (awaiting a date for medical and interview in Montreal). We had a hiccup because we sent the I864 packet via regular mail and we had signed up for electronic filing. So the packet was sent back and now we have to scan and send electronically. This was a miscommunication between myself and my wife, as I have been deployed for 95% of the process. She is currently in Canada and I am schedule to be back home at the end of the year. We have put a deposit down on a rental home and now we are unsure if she will be complete her visa process by the end of Oct (when the house is available for move in).

Can she start moving furniture and belongings to the US before the process is complete?

If the process isn't complete by the time I redeploy can she just cross the boarder as a regular visitor and receive me off the plane?

Quick question:

I married a Canadian citizen in Colorado last month. She is living in Canada right now, and I am set to deploy in 3 weeks. My family, mom especially, wants her to move to the US while I am gone and live in the family home (not where I am stationed). We have not sent in the initial paperwork (I-130) yet. For one, we want to know if we can file the I-130 if she lives in the US, and can we file additional paperwork for her to work a job while we are awaiting the I-130 process?

Also additional: with me being deployed for 9 months is there any thing that will hold up the process because I am not here? One immigration attorney I contacted told me I would have to wait till I returned from my deployment... however, I have not read anything on this site through all my research that supports that statement.

NikiR,

Thanks for you advice. So you had to to travel all the way to Montreal from Alberta? She lives right outside Edmonton.. so a medical and/or interview couldn't be set up in Calgary or anywhere closer?

Thank you all for the responses! My fiance was intending on staying in Canada during my deployment no matter if we married before I left or waited till I returned. As someone suggested I'll study the flow charts and try to plan out which option is best.

added question: If we decide to go K-1.. is there an timelimit for her to enter the US once she receives the visa? I know we have 90 days after she enters the country, but what I am asking is if she receives the visa and I am still months away from returning from deployment, can she enter at her leisure?

Thank you.

I am looking for the pros and cons of both options (I-129F or I-130) with my specific situation.

Background: I am recently engaged to a Canadian.. she is living in Alberta and I am living in NY. I am set to deploy in March for 9 months. I have heard that the I-129F/K1 route can be a little more difficult and even cost more $$ after all said and done. We are both researching the USCIS website and I am also setting up an appointment to talk with my local JAG office.

I just wanted to hear any personal accounts that would possible sway us one direction or the other on the route best for us. If we did do the marriage in Canada before I left it would solely be a paper marriage and then have a proper ceremony upon my return.

Thank you for any advise and help.

Will an out of country marriage certificate work for enrollment in DEERS?

reason I am asking (about to create a post on this as well) is I am weighing the options on bringing my fiance over through I-129F/K-1 option or go ahead and get married in Canada (she's of course Canadian) and going the spouse route.