Hopefully someone can answer me this questions i keep going in circles here!!?
Answer:
This is not as difficult as it appears: many people do it successfullly every year, including thousands of Canadians.
You and he have several choices. You can get married either in Canada or the US, then he can file an I-130 request for an immigrant visa for you. When the request (petition) is approved and sent to the US consulate nearest where you live in Canada, you apply for an immigrant visa, then use that to enter the US, get a green card, then live with your husband, work, study, whatever you want to do.
The other choice is for him to file an I-129F requesting a fiancee visa for you. When the petition is approved the same thing as above happens, except that after you enter the US you must either get married within 90 days or - if you change your mind - you can simply go home again and the visa dies a natural death. This is specifically designed for people who are not certain if they will be able to adjust to living in the US - it gives them time to decide before they commit to marriage.
If you do get the fiancee visa and marry, then you apply for adjustment of status from fiancee (K-1) to spouse (CR-1) and get a green card, etc.
Becoming an American citizen is a different issue. You are entitled to apply for citizenship if you want to - you never have to - after three years of marriage.
Here is more information:
http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/immigra...
Hint: it might be useful to ignore the "K-3" information, since these days that is taking as long as the CR-1 and it still requires an adjustment of status later.
while... do you really wanna move from your family? and just be with your bf? why can't he move here the get married. i make him move here. i do not know if this will help
i'm soooo sorry i don't really no alot bout this but i think it would be better to get a fiance visa and then go get married, then apply. but thats just me.
p.s. congrats and good luck
Since you can't figure out the regs, perhaps you should have your BF locate an immigration lawyer in the States who can give you advice on the best course of action.
It sounds to me like you are more worried about becoming an American citizen than becoming married. I think you need to stay in Canada until you figure out what you want....a hoser.
My mother was a US citizen and she married a man from Canada (by way of England)...(first a citizen of England then he migrated to Canada).he did NOT become a citizen of the USA but he lived here with my mother for 15 YEARS as a resident alien until they BOTH ended up moving up to Canada where my mother ended up becoming a Canadian Citizen..it was a LITTLE tricky with her passport and such for a while, but I don't remember either of them having any amount of trouble at ALL roaming in and out of both countries.There was a time, however, during the process of becoming a CANADIAN citizen that my mother was unable to travel back into the USA--NOT because she couldn't get INTO the USA, but because she couldn't get back INTO Canada where she was living, but that was straightened out in a few weeks. YOU could PROBABLY find out information at ANY place up there that does passports.(not taking the picture, but the actual PASSPORT).they will probably know the information you need right off the bat AND, it would not cost you any lawyer's fee...
I think it would be easier to get citizenship if you went the fiance visa route.
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