orendamy

You're the first person I've found with a similar situation! At least we are fortunate not to have to worry about being separated from children, as we don't have any yet. In our case, I'm the Canadian wife of a dual Canadian/US citizen. His career is taking him to the US for the next 1-2 years. My pay is insignificant compared to his, so it only matters that I can be in the country, not that I can work. After his job ends, we intend to return to Canada to live on a permanent basis, but we have enough ties in the US that we don't want to rule out the possibility of ever spending time there again in the future. If we go the visitor route, we'll still be separated at least half the year and I doubt I'd be granted entry anyway. If we go the immigration route, my understanding is that the wait times are so long the job might be over by the time i got a green card. We don't intend to stay long enough for me to get citizenship and so I'd have to surrender the GC when we left. I don't think a re-entry permit would be an option because I'd be on a CR-1 (we've been married 14 months). But it looks like having had a green card at one point will make future visits to the US will a much bigger hassle, because I will forever be viewed with suspicion of intending to immigrate again. If your information or experience differs, I would love to hear about it! Bet of luck to you and your wife

Wouldn't K-3 and K-4 visas help here? Or is it just that the wait for those would likely be similar to the wait for the I-130?