mmunro

Just wanted to say thanks to everybody for your input. You all certainly helped to answer my question! This is such a fantastic forum!!! I feel much more at ease knowing that I can get answers whenever I may need them. Hopefully I can be a valuable contributor once I get a bit further down the line in the process.

Cheers,

Mike.

I found a partial answer to my question:

While intending immigrants may have and lawfully seek to exercise a dual intent to be a visitor or student now and an immigrant later, it is against U.S. law to enter the U.S. as a visitor or student with the intent to wait for or seek immigrant status while in the U.S. Anyone who attempts to enter the U.S. by misrepresentation, or unlawfully, may face severe sanctions up to and including permanent ineligibility to enter the U.S.

(ugh...I hate the uncertainty of "legalese")

What I seek to clarify is whether it would be legal to simply visit the U.S. for a period of time (two weeks for example) while I await an interview after my I-130 is approved, or do I need to go through the K3 process just to visit from time to time?

Any thoughts?

Thanks again,

Mike.

Okay, I think I'm finally starting to get a grasp of this DCF thing....Great information on this site, I'm so glad I found it!

Anyhow, can someone tell me if it's possible to travel (visit) the U.S. while waiting for my interview after I-130 approval? Would "intent" have anything to do with this?

For a quick background, here's our deal: My fiance and I will be getting married in about a month here in Toronto. She's the USC but has lived in Canada most of her life. She's now got a job offer in Seattle and we plan to move there together (she's already travelling back and forth at this point).

What I'm hoping is that I'll be able to at least visit her there for some extended period(s) of time while I'm waiting for my interview in MTL - which looks like it could take some time based on other peoples' experiences.

Anybody have any advice on this?

Thanks in advance,

Mike.