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Hey guys! So while I wait for my father to fax me some paperwork to finally get my Petition started, I have one more question regarding visitation.

So during this process we want my Canadian Fiance to come to visit me in the states for 4 to 5 months. However since he lives with his parents and currently is jobless, if he's asked for proof of ties to Canada he'll come up rather shorthanded, and we do NOT want him to get denied. What I figured we'd do. Is when my father and grandmother come up to Canada to pick me up and drive me back home, my Fiance's parents would drive him to the POE we'll be crossing. Me and my family will cross no problem, I'm going home after all. But when it comes to him crossing, I figure the easiest thing to do would have him say he's coming down for a vacation/getting away from the Canadian cold. Since many Canadian residents go down to the states during winter time as to not freeze to death XD ( And I live in Oklahoma, so we'll definitely be warm! ) He'll only have 2 suitcases.

If asked any further questions, i.e where he's staying, THEN he'll say he's staying with his fiance, etc. etc. Our biggest worry is the POE officer not believing him when he promises he'll be leaving at the end of his stay. But like I said, that's IF they ask for proof of ties.

Anyway, any advice would be appreciated, thank you!

Anyone? :C

You may want to include this in the Canada forum if you don't get answers

I'll post this in the Canada forum as well just in case, thanks ^ ^

Hey guys! I know there's a big visitation thread on the K-1 Forums, but I couldn't find any instances where anyone visited for more than say, 3 months.

So I was wondering if anyone had any experiences with coming to visit their fiance for more than 3 months? I'm a U.S Citizen petitioning a K-1 visa for my Canadian fiance. We want to try and spend as much of the time together as we can, so we're going to have him come visit me in the states, and we're WANTING him to be able to come visit for the allowed 6 months, but we're afraid of him being turned away. He's only visited the states once for a week ( 2 years ago ).

He lives with his parents and has no job currently ( the town we're in has literally no job opportunities ). But when I visited Canada I lived with my grandparents and had no job either, and they let me through. He will only have 2 suitcases for clothes and etc.

I'm hoping that the POE officers would understand that since we've filed for a K-1, we aren't going to risk our Visa by doing something illegal like getting married before our Visa is issued or having him overstay, but each POE and POE officer is different. So I'm just curious as to if anyone has any information on what I should bring or what we should say, and if anyone has any stories of their own where they visited their fiance for over 3 months.

Hey guys! I know there's a big visitation thread on there, but I couldn't find any instances where anyone visited for more than say, 3 months.

So I was wondering if anyone had any experiences with coming to visit their fiance for more than 3 months? I'm a U.S Citizen petitioning a K-1 visa for my Canadian fiance. We want to try and spend as much of the time together as we can, so we're going to have him come visit me in the states, and we're WANTING him to be bale to come visit for the allowed 6 months, but we're afraid of him being turned away. He's only visited the states once for a week ( 2 years ago ).

He lives with his parents and has no job currently ( the town we're in has literally no job opportunities ). But when I visited Canada I lived with my grandparents and had no job either, and they let me through. He will only have 2 suitcases for clothes and etc.

I'm hoping that the POE officers would understand that since we've filed for a K-1, we aren't going to risk our Visa by doing something illegal like getting married before our Visa is issued or having him overstay, but each POE and POE officer is different. So I'm just curious as to if anyone has any information on what I should bring or what we should say, and if anyone has any stories of their own where they visited their fiance for over 3 months.

No matter, was just curious - best of luck on your journey!

Oh, thanks ^ ^ You too!

Have you even filed yet?

Got all my paperwork together, just gotta make 2 copies and send it off. Why does that matter?

Truer words never spoken......Chill out, it's a long process regardless of what service center you're at....

Except for those freak cases that get approved in like 4 months.

At the moment, VSC. CSC is slooooowwwwww.

:DDDDD I'm so excited then! That's where my File is going.

So what is the "fast" SC at the moment?

The funds have to be drawn on a US bank.

Thank you ^ ^

I read someone saying that the check for the I-129F payment had to be from the petitioners actual Country, is that true? I'm visiting Canada, can I just take out a check from my Canadian bank account?

Start from the country your fiance is from.

Where do I go from there? ( He's from Canada )

Your fiance(e) will apply for a visa abroad at the American Embassy or Consulate at

City/Country

Where do I find out which Embassy/Consulate we'll be applying at? Thank you!

All right, thanks guys!

On the paperwork it asks if you've ever used another name other than the one you have, and naturally if so you need to provide the paperwork of the name change.

Throughout my kindergarten years my parents were always on the verge of divorce, even when they got married! So my last name always seemed to change ( from my mother's maiden name, we'll just call it A, to my father's name, we'll call it B ) My last name was B in kindergarden, then A in middle school. It was LEGALLY A, but each time my mother or father filled out school paperwork for my next school year they'd always put their last name.

During highschool I got fed up and told my dad I wanted my last name to be his, so he ( super excitedly ) went and filed the paperwork for my last name to LEGALLY be B. I put that my name used to be A on the paperwork.

My question is this, does this situation count for use of a different name since it was just my mother's maiden name vs. my dad's name? Thanks!

Hey again! So I'm filing my I-129F this week, and I'm still in Canada visiting so all addresses on the form are for the address I'm currently at. However at the end of my visit when I go back to the states, how do I file for change of address so all paperwork related to my K-1 are sent to the US address instead? I don't want to have any pitfalls or slowdowns because I don't know what to do when I go back to the states. Thanks in advance for the help!

From what I've seen on these boards the most common reason for denial is not sending in the proper paperwork or not enough evidence of a genuine relationship.

Some people do. They go to the US, get married, go back home and fill CR1. This is an option, that can be very good for several reasons: you make it official, the process are the same length currently, the green card is issued immediatly (no need for EAD and AP... financially some couples can't afford to have one of them not being able to work for several months...) And this is legal.

But yes, point taken, there are people who get married on a tourist visa, then adjust status when they should actually go back home. We don't really know how well it goes for those people though? I mean, some succeed but the risk is high, right?

VERY high risk.

If at any point you are suspected of fraud, you could be charged, be stripped of any visitation rights to that country and put on a ban from that country.

As far as I know, they are not a requirement for the original I-129F submission. They are however a requirement for the CR-1/IR-1 petition. Check the guidelines here and the I-129f instructions so see what exactly you need to send for the proof of having met in the last 2 years.

VJ K-1 guidelines: http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1guide

I-129f instructions: http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-129finstr.pdf

Good luck!

Oh I know, but there's not such a thing as too much proof! I just want to make sure I have a nice little stack of evidence of my relationship.

Anyone? :C

Hey guys. I'm sending an email to my grandmother to ask for letters from her and my family members that know about my relationship. However, I have no idea how these should be worded. Any advice?

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/414397-csc-seems-take-longer-to-process/

heres a post! read the comments and find the graphs and judge for yourself!

I liked obama until now.

This is extremely disheartening for us that are about to file our K-1. What the hell are they doing in those offices?

Copy of your NOA-1, or whole packet might be good to have on hand to actually show that you filed. Also anything documenting ties to Canada would help. Also don't have him pack everything but the kitchen sink, as I believe in this thread you will see some Canadians (and an American IIRC) that got turned back for something similar.

Sounds good!

And we don't need to worry about the luggage thing. He's only packing 2 normal suitcases of clothes ( Like most men he has very few clothes, which here is a good thing XP ) and his desktop computer.