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Thanks for all the replies guys/girls.

From what I've gathered the best option for my situation is as follows:

Have her enter the US as a visitor, not mentioning her boyfriend is a temporary resident on a TN. She has lots of family/friends down here she can legitimately visit and can support her if they decide to call and check where she is actually going (heard of that happening before).

If she drives across the border and is dropped off at the airport, there is no way of knowing how long she is in the country for. If she had a passport, it would be scanned and they would be able to tell that way. However, for the time being, she can cross freely and will leave from many US airports in our area. (We plan to visit home every other month or so for a few days).

We will avoid travelling by car together across the border, and flying across the border as well. This will only create evidence showing she is frequently visiting the US for long periods of time.

She is a student studying through distance correspondance (online) through a Canadian college. She will travel with these documents showing that she is a full time study and completes her studies thru the internet. This will show that she is unemployed and has no intention of working in the US.

We will not be lying as mentioned, however there should be no way they can prove she is in the US for over 180 days a year? Correct me if I'm wrong. The Canadian side will not care how long she's been gone, the situation is only trying to RE-ENTER the US after the visiting weekend. I've looked into getting a student visa, however that would require us paying International tutition and wouldn't be possible until she finishes this year of online studies in April.

Before I moved south, it was very common for us to cross the border on a weekly basis for groceries/gas. So her continuing to cross shouldn't look out of the ordinary. Because of our location to the borders they often ask how often we cross, inwhich we do not lie and say we do most of our shopping in the US side every week.

Thanks for all the suggestions, and I look forward to anymore or warnings/consequences from going this route.

Also, I am aware of us getting married and her obtaining a TD. I do not need her to work down here (not that a TD would grant that) I simply want her to be able to visit home somewhat often, and stay down here most of the year while I'm away. I don't want to get married for the sake of making INS happy

Hi there,

I've been reading and searching the internet/this forum and I'm not sure if I'm posting in the correct section, so I'll start off by apolozing if I'm not. But everyone seems very informative and helpful so I thought why not ask away.

I'm a Canadian citizen on a 1 year TN Visa. I plan on renewing my Visa if my contract is extended each year and continue to work down in the US. My girlfriend is also a Canadian citizen and we are confused about the visiting processs. From my understanding she can visit for up to 30 days without any type of Visa. If she crosses back for a weekend, does this give her another 30 day visit in the US? Will they question why she keeps coming down her?

Our realistic plan is for her to live here and me support her. However, we are not engaged yet and don't want to rush marriage for the wrong reasons. I've done a little reasearching on the Visiting Visa (I-94 ?) which can give her visting priveledges up to 3 months, but how can she stay down here for a lengthy amount of time?

She does not have a Canadian passport and flies down visting bi-weekly now. She either flies from a Canadian airport going thru customs there, or drives across the border and flies from an American airport (Buffalo, NY or Detroit, MI).

When she flies down, can she simply tell the border that she's staying with friends for a week? Will they know shes been gone 3, 4 or 5 months at a time upon her return, even if it's by car?

She does not meet the TN requirements and she currently does her schooling online (distance correspondance) through a Canadian college. I will not be applying for US citizenship.

Any advise would be greatly appreciated,

Thanks!