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Sometimes it is HOW you say something not what is meant by what you say. Remember there are joint sponsors for a reason, many of those because a person is a student or because someone is a SAHM or ??? You can't know really. When you make assumptions on someone's life, maybe you don't have all the facts so perhaps you may want to ask questions first. Just a thought. A post won't be removed unless it's against TOS. It is against TOS to attack other members, so step outside the box, think if you're attacking that person or if you're asking genuine questions, then post. Just my 2cents.

Apparently this is news to some members.

Read this thread about reporting fraud.
Make a report and move on.
"Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves." - Confucious

Its a cop out man. Once again, they're pushing off healthcare for their employees to the tax payers. Look, everyone is going to get health care. No matter what. All of this half a$$ attempt is only benefiting employers. I say, make it completely socialized and force employer/tax payer participation for all. God forbid an employer has to account for their employees healthcare. In America, a dying person is never going to be rejected at the hospital door because they don't have healthcare. So you're paying for them and yourself. And the forever 21's of the world aren't paying for any of it.

What's so confusing about that Charles? I'm in favor of gun control, but I also support ones right to own a gun. The "arm everyone" crowd seems to overlook this aspect and think that anyone in favor of stricter gun control is also in favor of removing ones right to own a gun. Simply not so.

I have a question, have you ever lived in a poor, black neighborhood? I'm going to take a guess and say no. If you have, then by all means disregard my next statements:
CC wouldn't reduce crime in places like DC, Baltimore, STL, or even Lousiana. You know why? Because a gun isn't going to stop someone who has no regard for human life, theirs or anyone else. This is the part of the equation you keep missing. You're not dealing with folks with an axe to grind, these are people who have nothing to lose and no hope to live for. They would cut you and your family down without batting an eyelash. There are neighborhoods so bad t the cops won't even go in, you have shootings in broad daylight.
Crime is reduced when you throw jobs into the mix, when kids are educated and kept out of the gang mentality. How many gangs do you have in Vermont? What's the unemployment like there? I'll wager this is why your state is safe, not because everyone is carrying a gun.
83% of blacks support gun control, only 53% support gun rights. The effort should be education, equal pay, jobs, not arming everyone.

This is my opinion:
Get married.
File Spousal Visa
At the end of her 180 day stay in the US, she goes home to Canada to finish out the remainder of her visa.
You mentioned you guys are only 6 hours apart? My fiance and I were 7 hours apart and I made sure I drove there for a weekend every 3 weeks. It was tough, but you know we were much more blessed than some people who are living on different sides of the world.
You have to weigh your options here. Do you keep her here and risk her having a life time ban in the USA with no possibility of waiver? Or do you separate for a few months and do things the correct way to be able to spend forever with her in the USA?
I'd MUCH rather spend a few months apart then a life time apart or having to move to Canada and BOTH start over fresh because she sold her house and quit her job and such.
It was your mistake that you hadn't known about the visa. Bite the bullet. Find her a place to stay in Canada (Niagara Falls Ontario would work) and have her stay there until she gets her visa approved.
I really think you are looking at the immediate gratifaction then the big picture. Step back. Look at the big picture and weigh your options. Read the guides for the CR1. I think that is your best bet. Cheaper and when she moves to the USA she will have the green card if its approved.
Good luck and if you need to talk, PM me.

This is definitely quite the situation you are in, but people have given you a lot of good legal advice to maul over. I know your goal is to limit or eliminate the separation but you are going to have to accept the fact that it is going to happen. No matter what her time will run out here before the K1 or CR1 process is done, and on top of that she will have to go back to Canada to do her interview at the embassy. Interviews cannot be done within the United States for these visas even if you want them to be. As someone else said here I would recommend seeking a lawyer in your case, if you have the funds, because all we can do is advise you from our own views. An immigration lawyer will be less basis and will know the laws much better. Speaking of funds, and I know someone else mentioned it as well, you should look over the costs of the K1 vs CR1 (they are both $1000+, though the CR1 is less expensive) .
While you are figuring out what to do you may also want to find her options in Canada. You know at this point that legally she will have to go back, so you should start to make those arrangements for them. As for her daughter the school year is about to start, is she going to attend this year or will she be held back a year now? You'll need to contact the schools in your area and find out what your options are too. So lets tuck in that shirt, tighten that belt, roll up those sleeves, and straighten that tie because it's time to get to work.
Best of Luck and I hope your family finds a solution to all its problems.
Edit:
I wanted to add that if you are viewing this website on a mobile device you are missing out on a mountains worth of wealth that can only be viewed on the full version of this website.

If she stays in the US for 6 months now on a tourist visa leaves and then attempts to re-enter customs will not let her into the country since a tourist visa is not intended for living in the US. It will be clear that that is what she's trying to do. She would have no choice but to overstay her tourist visa if she wanted to stay in the us the whole time. If what you are proposing were possible, don't you think that all of us here on VJ would be doing it too? No one wants to be apart from the person they love. Unfortunately this process doesn't give many other options.

I agree with those that you need a good attorney--one who does only immigration law. There seemed to be a few recommended ones in this thread that sound good to me. Remember, there is no need to have an attorney near you, things can be done via phone/skype and email today.
You needn't worry about being totally truthful with an attorney. They never act as judges and won't drop a case once they've accepted it. Even if an attorney refuses to accept your case, even USCIS cannot demand information from that attorney which is called attorney-client privilege. Lawyers do not judge. They may say to you that under the circumstances they advise this or that but they won't blame/shame or walk out on you. (Unless as Doug/Sherry noted: if they catch you lying to them, then they can drop you, and probably will).
Though highly unlikely please remember that when a person admits to breaking a law on the internet it is a relatively simple matter to find that person. Were USCIS or some other law enforcement agency to take an interest it is not difficult to subpoena each entity that this thread went through which will lead back to your computer (or the computer you are sending this from which, of course could be in a library or college). If you send this from a home computer then you, or someone in your abode has an account with an ISP (Internet Service Provider) and that ISP will turn over, if subpoenaed, who owns that account.
Many people here have frowned at your admitting to immigration fraud (as evidenced by the number who clicked on the "you're bad" thread. Yet here in my tiny state of New Hampshire there are today, more then 10,000 people not only doing the same thing but who are working illegally. Things need to be looked at in perspective.
You state that now you have a valid relationship. Ok then the Immigration Fraud is in the past and we are onto a new chapter. Let's assume for a moment that you did commit immigration fraud but now have a valid relationship. Most crimes have a Limitation of Actions, for instance if you get chased for speeding in the state of New Hampshire, are identified, but you get away and visit a brother in another state for 6 months, guess what? When you return you cannot be prosecuted.
However, though I am no lawyer, it appears that Immigration Fraud violates several federal laws and from what I have read, two of these have no limitation of action. Therefore it appears that even if you manage to work things out as a valid marriage and he becomes a citizen then it appears that at any time in the future you and he could be charged and prosecuted.
"In 1986 Congress passed the Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendment. This act sets the penalties imposed on persons who enter into fraudlent marriages to obtain resident status for a foreign national. Both parties can be charged with a federal felony which carries a 2-5 year federal prison sentence and a maximum of $250,000 fine. After serving the imposed sentence the foreign national will be permanently deported and the U.S. citizen will have a record of a federal felony conviction."
Your case is exceedingly complex--find a lawyer who specializes in immigration law, preferably one who specializes in immigration violations/criminal cases. But again, to this lawyer you can tell everything, they will never "rat you out." (Report you to officials).

Elected Democrat officials had no idea! What could go wrong sending photos of your ####### to strangers on the internet?

http://tongonto.com/kidnappers-wont-find-your-babys-bedroom-from-a-facebook-photo/
Click on the link to see the photos mentioned.

*shrugs* People are getting all worried about a stranger finding out where your kid lives by hacking into (or just viewing) the image's metadata, when all they would have to do is Google your name and hometown to find your address. Never mind there is literally a one-in-a-million chance of any given child in the US being abducted by a stranger, and they don't need to "stalk" anybody on Facebook to find victims.

In the grand scheme of things, you are very close to the end. The way things have been going lately, six months tops and you won't have to worry about it any more.
It may seem like ages, and TRUST ME, I know the traveling is hard. Each time I visit my fiance, it's a minimum of $1,400 out of my pocket (which generally involves taking out a small loan), and we've been doing this for more than two years. Also, we're both terrified of flying
But you are close, and you'll be very, very grateful some day that you are doing it the right way. I have a friend, also from the UK, who went to visit his wife for two weeks, got sick of it too, and just didn't go home. Seven years later, he's still fighting to stay in the country, and is having his authorization to work taken away. He has to start all over from the beginning again... fill out all the paperwork, pay the fees once more, wait for approval. He's actually lucky... he came thiiiiis close to being deported!
These handful of months will be far better than having to deal with the possible outcomes, and it will give the both of you time to prepare for your new life.

In the grand scheme of things, you are very close to the end. The way things have been going lately, six months tops and you won't have to worry about it any more.
It may seem like ages, and TRUST ME, I know the traveling is hard. Each time I visit my fiance, it's a minimum of $1,400 out of my pocket (which generally involves taking out a small loan), and we've been doing this for more than two years. Also, we're both terrified of flying
But you are close, and you'll be very, very grateful some day that you are doing it the right way. I have a friend, also from the UK, who went to visit his wife for two weeks, got sick of it too, and just didn't go home. Seven years later, he's still fighting to stay in the country, and is having his authorization to work taken away. He has to start all over from the beginning again... fill out all the paperwork, pay the fees once more, wait for approval. He's actually lucky... he came thiiiiis close to being deported!
These handful of months will be far better than having to deal with the possible outcomes, and it will give the both of you time to prepare for your new life.

In the grand scheme of things, you are very close to the end. The way things have been going lately, six months tops and you won't have to worry about it any more.
It may seem like ages, and TRUST ME, I know the traveling is hard. Each time I visit my fiance, it's a minimum of $1,400 out of my pocket (which generally involves taking out a small loan), and we've been doing this for more than two years. Also, we're both terrified of flying
But you are close, and you'll be very, very grateful some day that you are doing it the right way. I have a friend, also from the UK, who went to visit his wife for two weeks, got sick of it too, and just didn't go home. Seven years later, he's still fighting to stay in the country, and is having his authorization to work taken away. He has to start all over from the beginning again... fill out all the paperwork, pay the fees once more, wait for approval. He's actually lucky... he came thiiiiis close to being deported!
These handful of months will be far better than having to deal with the possible outcomes, and it will give the both of you time to prepare for your new life.

1. Marriage Licenses are only good for at most 33 days.
2. If you quit your job in Canada and come to the US to visit every two weeks, good luck getting in.
3. If you get married now, and file Spousal Visa, you will still need to be separated but it takes about the same time as K1 but you get a green card right away and don't have to wait for AOS.
4. From your timeline it shows one of you lives in Niagara Falls the other in PA. At most you're looking at 6 hour trip depending on where you live. (My husband lived in St Catharines and I live in Western Michigan 7 hour trip I made it every three weeks for a weekend because it was worth it, so if your fiance makes good money in Canada, he can help with your trips to visit or vice versa).
5. If your fiance in Canada is coming to the US every 2 weeks and then going back to Canada for a weekend, that is showing he is actually residing in the US and not Canada. Therefore, visa/immigration fraud.
Good luck. Read my timeline. PM me if you have any specific questions. It's a long process, but in the end 100% worth it.

Maybe it's amazing because we're used to being blamed for everything

No, I pay him to bully me.
He's cheaper than the woman I used to pay...of course she put in a little more effort.

What is worse is that Anthony Weiner thought he was being funny. I can assure you that most people will be laughing at him, not with him.
More than that, 98.47% of Brits who watch the ITV News won't have the faintest idea who he is and 99.95% of them won't care in the slightest.
To them, he'll just be another dumb Yank being a complete tosspot.

If they had "equal rights" there would be no need for "special rights" (and last time I checked, nobody was asking for those 10 days. I'd imagine they'd prefer to be treated the same as everyone else).
A honeymoon is not a necessity for seeking survivors' benefits and a host of other perks that come with a legal marriage. Giving a straight couple 10 days so they can drink martinis in the Bahamas is not the same thing as giving a gay couple 10 days to travel out of state so they can secure the same benefits our first couple could get by going to the local courthouse.
Make marriage rights equal and there'd be no problem.

If they had "equal rights" there would be no need for "special rights" (and last time I checked, nobody was asking for those 10 days. I'd imagine they'd prefer to be treated the same as everyone else).
A honeymoon is not a necessity for seeking survivors' benefits and a host of other perks that come with a legal marriage. Giving a straight couple 10 days so they can drink martinis in the Bahamas is not the same thing as giving a gay couple 10 days to travel out of state so they can secure the same benefits our first couple could get by going to the local courthouse.
Make marriage rights equal and there'd be no problem.

If they had "equal rights" there would be no need for "special rights" (and last time I checked, nobody was asking for those 10 days. I'd imagine they'd prefer to be treated the same as everyone else).
A honeymoon is not a necessity for seeking survivors' benefits and a host of other perks that come with a legal marriage. Giving a straight couple 10 days so they can drink martinis in the Bahamas is not the same thing as giving a gay couple 10 days to travel out of state so they can secure the same benefits our first couple could get by going to the local courthouse.
Make marriage rights equal and there'd be no problem.

If they had "equal rights" there would be no need for "special rights" (and last time I checked, nobody was asking for those 10 days. I'd imagine they'd prefer to be treated the same as everyone else).
A honeymoon is not a necessity for seeking survivors' benefits and a host of other perks that come with a legal marriage. Giving a straight couple 10 days so they can drink martinis in the Bahamas is not the same thing as giving a gay couple 10 days to travel out of state so they can secure the same benefits our first couple could get by going to the local courthouse.
Make marriage rights equal and there'd be no problem.

until same sex couples can get married in any state they may reside, not equal.
and let's try to stay with your intial grievance, shall we? what's this "a soldier's father has cancer in another state" - has nothing to with this bit..

seems unfair that many gay couples have to travel to another state in order to get married because some states are slow to get with the whole equality concept.
that's what the extra time was for, travel.