jjstatz

17 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

 

Right, so “which of them is the best process to ensure he can continue travelling between the US and Canada and continue working out of Canada? “ (from your first post) confused the issue, seeing as he’s not going to continue working out of Canada. Straightforward spousal visa process then.

ah - sorry. Too many late nights researching all of this. 🙆‍♂️

12 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

If he gets a green card through a spousal visa, he will have presence and residence requirements  to both keep his green card and to eventually naturalize. Typically how many days a year would he spend outside the US? He’d also need a primary residence in the US, but you say he’d need to continue working out of Canada?

by the way once he gets a green card he can work in the US, he doesn’t need to be a citizen for that (as your first post seems to think).

After he gets his green card he'll be applying for a United States based airline job. He will no longer continue to work for the canadian airline after getting through the CR-1 process. 

It has been extremely hard to find answers to this as my partner's Canadian job involves work travel to and from the US. 

Me: Us citizen, live and work in us

Fiancee: Canadian Citizen, works for Canadian airline that frequently works flights that go into US, UK, Europe. Commutes from both Canada and the US. 

Waiting marry or set intent to marry until we can determine best Visa process. 

Issue: We would like to live in the same place. For one thing long distance is rough, for the other we can save a lot. It isn't an issue currently for him to commute to work from the US to Canada to fly.

However, if we begin the process for either fiancee or a spousal visa (obviosly would meet the marriage timing requirements of before vs after accordingly)- which of them is the best process to ensure he can continue travelling between the US and Canada and continue working out of Canada? 

The end goal is for him to have US citizenship and able to work/apply in the US, and minimize time being unable to commute from the US/visit the US. 

It seems to me he would have strong evidence for short visits to the US and ties to Canada due to his work flight schedule for a Canadian airline and having a Canadian address, Canadian bills, bank accounts, etc. Does the i-130 petition process force him to get a visitor Visa? or does the nature of his job preclude this? Does advance probation have anything to do with a situation like this if we go the K-1 route? 

Any help is appreciated.