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Side note: Canada is not part of the VWP program. Canadians have something even better: automatic B1/B2 status as visitors.

No lawyer is necessary, but you do have to do a little research.

Two different processes:

If you are in the US on a visa (like TN) and you are married to a USC, then you are applying for Adjustment of Status (Green Card), not for a visa.

If you are in Canada and are married to a USC, you can have your spouse file an I-130 petition for you, eventually leading to a CR-1 (spousal) visa, and upon entry to the US, a Green Card.

It is perfectly fine to get married while visiting the US as long as you go back to Canada to wait out the spousal visa process.

If I am in the US on a TN visa, can I marry my fiance right away to start the AOS application process?

Thank you all I'm the Canadian fiance. I'm just kicking myself that we haven't started with it early enough. But we were not planning to move to the US this soon. I have a good job here and he was going to get one here but the Alberta economy is not doing well at the moment.

Anyway, now I realized that I should not get married and stay in US while I visit with VWP. TN visa looked promising. Do you know any thread here about it? I was not able to find one. With TN visa, how soon can I get married once I arrived in the US? If I get married right away and start C-R1, would that look suspicious?

Is the CR1 application process pretty self explanatory? Would you recommend hiring a lawyer?

Thank you!!

Hello all,

I am a US citizen who has been living in Canada with my Canadian fiance for the past 2.5 yrs. I have recently accepted a job offer back home in the US and would like to immigrate my fiance to the US. I am aware that I have two options here (K-1 visa and C-R1). My goal is to have my fiance with me in the US as quickly as possible and am aware that K-1 might be my best bet, however I was wondering if anyone was aware of a way for me to move her down faster or offer insight into another option. Maybe a work visa? As a Canadian she can visit me without a visa. I've read on this forum of another possibility in which she could visit me, get married and simply stay and apply for an adjustment of status. With this option she won't be able to go back to Canada until her application is finalized. Would there be any reprecussions with this alternative? Your feedback would be appreciated.