kaylamarie

no problem it basically just needs to be a letter stating that they expect you back at some point, to show that you have a tie.

okay well that should be nooo problem at all especially since my sister is shift manager, and my boss loves me haha

no problem it basically just needs to be a letter stating that they expect you back at some point, to show that you have a tie.

okay well that should be nooo problem at all especially since my sister is shift manager, and my boss loves me haha

i wish i could find an example of one though but i can't find one anywhere

i know every about my boyfriend i could possibly need to know so thats not the thing at all, im not packing up everything i own, im strictly seriously visitng there for 6 months. i want to live there for awhile before i completely commit since i haven't been there before. if in one month i dont like it, ill come back here. i have places to stay and family support so that isn't really a problem either. everybody moves at different speeds and love is love. there is no time limit for it or anything. i may be young but age is nothing, maturity is everything anyways my intentions are simply to visit not to immigrate, not to stay there i really just want to visit for 6 months. if i got denied i could have my job bank in a heartbeat lol

Yeah, we know that, its just harder sometimes for the border guards to see that. If you can get your job back without an issues then you should be fine, its more in the case we have heard of a few who quit, had given up their place and got turned back at the border to have nothing, no place to stay, no option of that job. For the letter from your employer it should state that you are employed as (position, fulltime/part time) and are expected back at your job on (date) and that if you do not return on the date expected that you will lose your job...or something to that effect.

okay thanks!!

Surprisingly, they did not ask for any ties except my return ticket.

DO NOT count on that though. What they look for differs between who you get at the border.

There's no forms your employer has to fill out, just a letter stating things people may have mentioned before; that you're on vacation, that you are expected back by a certain time and if you're not, the consequences. Maybe more than that, you'd have to look back to see what others have said about that.

ohh well i can def. get a note from my employer easily

The only forms I can think of that your employer would fill out is either something to do with leave of absence, if they allow it. I'm not sure if every employer has forms relating to that, but it depends on the company I'm sure. You'd have to ask them, maybe they'll have an opinion about the subject.

ive been trying to find like an example i could give to my employer so he knows what to write but im not having much luck

Surprisingly, they did not ask for any ties except my return ticket.

DO NOT count on that though. What they look for differs between who you get at the border.

There's no forms your employer has to fill out, just a letter stating things people may have mentioned before; that you're on vacation, that you are expected back by a certain time and if you're not, the consequences. Maybe more than that, you'd have to look back to see what others have said about that.

ohh well i can def. get a note from my employer easily

is there a form my employer has to fill out? a form and a letter? just wondering what to give to then if they asked at poe

I'm a little concerned for you Kayla. Legally you are allowed to enter the US and visit for 6 months, absolutely, but this is always at the discretion of the officer at the border crossing. There have been many stories here on VJ where a young woman quits her job, packs up her car or a couple suitcases and tries to get into the US saying she is going to visit her boyfriend/fiance for 6 months either while the petition is being process or before it is even filed. In many cases that young woman has been denied entry. Then what? You have no job, you basically relinquished your ties to Canada, you have upset your family and friends and crossing to visit even for a few days is now harder to do given the flag on your file. Is trying to visit for 6 months worth it? If so, then go for it. I'm not trying to tell you what to do, but being aware of the high possibility of denial is very important. If you feel you need to visit for this long to get to know your boyfriend/fiance better, then maybe marriage isn't something you should seriously be considering at this point. There are many of us on this board who spent 2, 5, 8, even 10+ years engaged in a long distance relationship before making the committment to move and marry. I'm not trying to be judgmental, I was young and a fool in love too, but I just hope you are really thinking clearly and making the best decisions for yourself.

i know every about my boyfriend i could possibly need to know so thats not the thing at all, im not packing up everything i own, im strictly seriously visitng there for 6 months. i want to live there for awhile before i completely commit since i haven't been there before. if in one month i dont like it, ill come back here. i have places to stay and family support so that isn't really a problem either. everybody moves at different speeds and love is love. there is no time limit for it or anything. i may be young but age is nothing, maturity is everything anyways my intentions are simply to visit not to immigrate, not to stay there i really just want to visit for 6 months. if i got denied i could have my job bank in a heartbeat lol

I visited for 3 months as a test run of living together and honestly, I had a hard time getting in.

I was asked tons of questions, and I'm surprised I was even let in.

I also went through the land border, maybe that was a difference, I don't know.

I also still had a job, I was just on a leave of absence. Maybe you should see if that's an option instead of full out quitting.

were you asked to show your ties to canada?

I'm a little concerned for you Kayla. Legally you are allowed to enter the US and visit for 6 months, absolutely, but this is always at the discretion of the officer at the border crossing. There have been many stories here on VJ where a young woman quits her job, packs up her car or a couple suitcases and tries to get into the US saying she is going to visit her boyfriend/fiance for 6 months either while the petition is being process or before it is even filed. In many cases that young woman has been denied entry. Then what? You have no job, you basically relinquished your ties to Canada, you have upset your family and friends and crossing to visit even for a few days is now harder to do given the flag on your file. Is trying to visit for 6 months worth it? If so, then go for it. I'm not trying to tell you what to do, but being aware of the high possibility of denial is very important. If you feel you need to visit for this long to get to know your boyfriend/fiance better, then maybe marriage isn't something you should seriously be considering at this point. There are many of us on this board who spent 2, 5, 8, even 10+ years engaged in a long distance relationship before making the committment to move and marry. I'm not trying to be judgmental, I was young and a fool in love too, but I just hope you are really thinking clearly and making the best decisions for yourself.

i know every about my boyfriend i could possibly need to know so thats not the thing at all, im not packing up everything i own, im strictly seriously visitng there for 6 months. i want to live there for awhile before i completely commit since i haven't been there before. if in one month i dont like it, ill come back here. i have places to stay and family support so that isn't really a problem either. everybody moves at different speeds and love is love. there is no time limit for it or anything. i may be young but age is nothing, maturity is everything anyways my intentions are simply to visit not to immigrate, not to stay there i really just want to visit for 6 months. if i got denied i could have my job bank in a heartbeat lol

Yes, that is what she said and she is correct - no passport = no border crossing.

And yes, you can have your medical at ANY of the panel physicians on that list.

i got the assumption that i go and do the interview, then i have to wait a couple more months before i find out of its approved or not..why do they take my passport away? i know i can't cross without a passport but i didn't know they took your passport away

When you have the interview, they will tell you that day whether you're approved or if not, they'll tell you what information you need. If you're approved they take your passport because they have to add your VISA papers into it. They will mail the passport and the VISA pkg back to you at your Canadian address (your parent's I assume in this case)

No offense, but you need to do some reading on here to get a better understanding of what will take place and what you can and cannot do. The guides are a great help,...not that questions are bad, but you're asking a lot of what can be answered by doing some research.

Cheers

wel i have a different way of doing my research, sorry if you get annoyed by it, i like to ask questions, then research

Yes, that is what she said and she is correct - no passport = no border crossing.

And yes, you can have your medical at ANY of the panel physicians on that list.

i got the assumption that i go and do the interview, then i have to wait a couple more months before i find out of its approved or not..why do they take my passport away? i know i can't cross without a passport but i didn't know they took your passport away

The interview is a very late step.

First, your I-129 packet gets sent.

Then you get your NOA1 & NOA2.

After your NOA2, border crossings are still possible but you'll want extra documentation.

At some point, you'll get your packet 3 in the mail - fill this out and wait for an interview.

Finally, you'll have an interview, and be (hopefully) approved. At this point you'll be mailed a visa.

This is the point where you can NOT cross as a visitor any longer. Crossing into the US will trigger the K-1 visa to be activated meaning you have three months to get married or you will have violated the terms of the visa.

There is only one interview in the process.

ohh yeah so after the interview if it's approved i CAN go back, it just means once im there, im there for good

right?

Yes, that is what she said and she is correct - no passport = no border crossing.

And yes, you can have your medical at ANY of the panel physicians on that list.

i got the assumption that i go and do the interview, then i have to wait a couple more months before i find out of its approved or not..why do they take my passport away? i know i can't cross without a passport but i didn't know they took your passport away

with the timelines right now you could be waiting up to 6 months from putting your P3 back to montreal just to get an interview, so I'd be planning more on the 8-9 month range before you actually get one. If you were heading back after your interview but before you got your visa...you can't cuz you won't have your passport, the consulate will. You can have your medical in MTL for sure, you just can't have it before you get your P3 in the mail (you need the letter they send to prove you actually are applying for a visa, so they can fill the paperwork out properly)

your saying i can't visit after the interview? what

There are 4 U.S. panel physicians in Canada, you can go to any one of them, the list is here:

http://travel.state.gov/pdf/medical/MTL-ME...L-0001-0810.pdf

If you mean on your second 'visit' you will have your K1 visa, then no - completely different set of circumstances - at that point you ARE entering with a visa - not as a 'visitor'.

well i wont actually have it since it will just be after the interview but the process will already have been started i just mean, ill have it to prove that i will be returning to canada again

so according to that website i can have my medical exam in montreal?

Woo hoo, post 125

No, you can go right back if you want to.

Here is the thing. Canadians are allowed to stay up to 6 months at a time to visit. So you can enter the U.S. to visit, go back to the border, turn around and try to come back in.

I say 'try' because at that point I doubt very much that the border officer is going to believe that you are just 'visiting' and not taking up residence in the U.S. without the proper visa.

ohhhh hmmm cause i was thinking on going to montreal, doing that then going back. for my medical exam does it -have- to be in toronto? i live in peterborough ontario

when i go through poe for the first time when they ask who im visiting to i point to him and be like "him, my boyfriend" ?

and by the time the interview in montreal was done id have a visa, so wouldn't that make it easier?

I was never asked for anything, although I came prepared. I was honest with the borderguard and stated that I was going to visit my boyfriend and then once we were engaged I referred to him as my fiance.

- I always had a letter from my employer stating when they knew I'd be away and when they expected me back at work.

- my return trip information if I was flying back (which I was the majority of the time)

Frankly, having a copy of bills you pay or Dr's appointments scheduled (what piece of 'official paper' would you have?) aren't very good proof, you could fake a Dr's appt and bills can be paid from anywhere, you don't have to return to Canada to pay them.

If you've filed for the K-1, I've heard a lot of people bring a copy of that paperwork along to prove they are filing it. I personally never saw the need to have it, but hey - why not be prepared

yeah i wont be filing until im there in the US but ill have already had my necessary documents i need for my parts of the I-129. 6 months is a long time and i just don't think my employer would give me a note? what exactly is it? just a typed note saying i plan to return to my job?

Well - whether your employer will still have a job for your if you go away for 6 months is something separate....did they agree you can take a leave? If yes, then they shoud have no problem writing a letter.

If you don't know if you have a job when you get back, you might want to bring some other evidence....and be HONEST no matter what

Good point. I was seeing it more around that you are on leave and they are expected you back by a certain date. Sort of like your job is somewhat guaranteed.

Another thing I would be prepared to do is show that you have enough money to support yourself for that 6 months. When I was visiting my boyfriend when I was younger and in school, they always got on my case about how i intended to support myself. Even when I was visiting for 5 days.

A return ticket is good to have, along with a lease or registration for school. My employment letter was really the only thing I brought along... so I don't have any other ideas, sorry.

so after my 6 months is up, and i come back i have to wait another 6 before i can even go back?

I was never asked for anything, although I came prepared. I was honest with the borderguard and stated that I was going to visit my boyfriend and then once we were engaged I referred to him as my fiance.

- I always had a letter from my employer stating when they knew I'd be away and when they expected me back at work.

- my return trip information if I was flying back (which I was the majority of the time)

Frankly, having a copy of bills you pay or Dr's appointments scheduled (what piece of 'official paper' would you have?) aren't very good proof, you could fake a Dr's appt and bills can be paid from anywhere, you don't have to return to Canada to pay them.

If you've filed for the K-1, I've heard a lot of people bring a copy of that paperwork along to prove they are filing it. I personally never saw the need to have it, but hey - why not be prepared

yeah i wont be filing until im there in the US but ill have already had my necessary documents i need for my parts of the I-129. 6 months is a long time and i just don't think my employer would give me a note? what exactly is it? just a typed note saying i plan to return to my job?

hi guys! sorry its been awhile like 10 days actually i think but i've been very busy and we've been pretty much killing ourselves deciding which i shte best option for us and it's for me to go there things have came up and well i'll not get into it at the moment but my intentions are to visit there for 6 months when we start the I-129f. and so yes i need ties for poe. i know i can use

a note from my employer saying i still have my job?

a bank statement to say i have money and a bank account here

i don't currently have a lease so that wont work.

i was wondering if you could all give me a list of things i can use as ties to Canada because i really cannot afford to be denied so if they ask i want to be able to have a lot of things to show them and me and my boyfriend will be going back to the US together so..when they ask me who i'm visiting to i just point to my boyfriend? thanks a lot guys! and sorry again for not posting in so long hope you didn't all forget about me!

by the way i will have all mail mailed out to me, that will be taken care of and i will have all necessary documents needed for my parts of the I-129 package

anybody know anything about the process of him coming here?

well were both willing to move, but since i know a lot about the process of me going there now, i want to start to get info about if he were to come here

There is no K-1 to Canada.... for him to come to Canada, you must be married to sponsor him. They have no fiance visa

lol all we have to do is get married and he can just come here?

is the k-1 process just as long as if he was to move here to canada?

would he be able to get a workers visa if he came to canada for 5months? like..would it be simpler if he lived here for 5 months during the process?

is the k-1 process just as long as if he was to move here to canada?

The only thing you can really do is go on a visit and stay up to 6 months. You wouldn't be able to work but you would be together. There really is no logical way you could live in the US and work while the K-1 is processing, unfortunately. If there was a lot of us would have done it. Work visas for people who aren't in highly skilled trades have become nearly impossible to obtain.

Walgreens offers passport photos at a good price. I think I paid $7 a set.

i guess visiting for 6 months would be stupid..?

Nope, its not stupid to do, its just harder to do...mainly because of the ties to the US stuff and proving you're coming back. Some people have no issues, other ppl get stamped with a limit of time they can be in the country, others get denied all together. Its worth a shot but its not something we generally recommend just because there have been people on this board who have had such huge issues getting through the border. Its all on the whim of the border guards, you may be perfectly fine as some have been or you may not be allowed through (which if you are trying to go for 6 months will probably mean you've giving up your job etc etc)

do you know anybody who has actually maybe done a 5 month visit during the k1?

The only thing you can really do is go on a visit and stay up to 6 months. You wouldn't be able to work but you would be together. There really is no logical way you could live in the US and work while the K-1 is processing, unfortunately. If there was a lot of us would have done it. Work visas for people who aren't in highly skilled trades have become nearly impossible to obtain.

Walgreens offers passport photos at a good price. I think I paid $7 a set.

i guess visiting for 6 months would be stupid..?

Where in the world did you guys get such cheap passport photos?!

Mine cost like 70 dollars for like 10 all together!

CVS while I was on a visit, or WalMart

how many sets of passport photos should i get?

You're going to need at least 7. I suggest getting 10.

question time!! when we file for the k1 can i go there on any other visa? like..a workers visa or anything? so i could work there for awhile

Really, the only way to get in on a work visa is to have a trade where they can prove that no one who is already there can do your job (ex. doctors teachers etc usually have an easier time) but with unemployment so high I dont think it would be easy to get in on that.

i wanted to find a way that i could live there for awhile while the visa is being processed but..don't really have any ideas

Where in the world did you guys get such cheap passport photos?!

Mine cost like 70 dollars for like 10 all together!

CVS while I was on a visit, or WalMart

how many sets of passport photos should i get?

You're going to need at least 7. I suggest getting 10.

question time!! when we file for the k1 can i go there on any other visa? like..a workers visa or anything? so i could work there for awhile