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Hi everyone,
My wife, a Canadian citizen, and I, a US citizen, were married on 2/22/06 and had filed for I485, I130 and SSN# in the US. After her biometrics, she went back to visit family and wound up being stuck in Canada when she was trying to come back to the US.
The immigration officer asked her what her purpose of visit was and the reason being was to visit her finance. (She said finance because her IDs were still under her original name) She was then sent to another area where another officer asked her for her purpose to visit the US. She replied the same. Their second quesiton was why she only had a one way ticket. She was planning to buy a return ticket later. I believe the reason why they stopped her was because she only had a one way ticket. At this point, the officer took her fingerprints and photo and asked if she had any ties to Canada like pay stubs or whatnots to prove she was only visiting the US temporarily and coming back for work. She did not have any. He said until u can prove that to me u cannot go, you are lucky because I could have banned you for 5 years.
Now, is she banned only until she can prove the pay stubs or is she under suspicion that she lied that I'm just her finance? Is banning her for 5 years because they think she was intenting to marry? Would they actually put down if she was visiting finance in the computers? If so, if she tries to come back into the US will she be denied even with pay stubs? I hope this is not a fraud issue or anything of that sort. This really complicates things and I'm worried that I will not be able to see my wife for awhile. Please, any input would be of great help. My wife has already made appointments for consultations with a few lawyers but as of now, I feel like a sitting duck, worried.
Thanks,
C
My wife, a Canadian citizen, and I, a US citizen, were married on 2/22/06 and had filed for I485, I130 and SSN# in the US. After her biometrics, she went back to visit family and wound up being stuck in Canada when she was trying to come back to the US.
The immigration officer asked her what her purpose of visit was and the reason being was to visit her finance. (She said finance because her IDs were still under her original name) She was then sent to another area where another officer asked her for her purpose to visit the US. She replied the same. Their second quesiton was why she only had a one way ticket. She was planning to buy a return ticket later. I believe the reason why they stopped her was because she only had a one way ticket. At this point, the officer took her fingerprints and photo and asked if she had any ties to Canada like pay stubs or whatnots to prove she was only visiting the US temporarily and coming back for work. She did not have any. He said until u can prove that to me u cannot go, you are lucky because I could have banned you for 5 years.
Now, is she banned only until she can prove the pay stubs or is she under suspicion that she lied that I'm just her finance? Is banning her for 5 years because they think she was intenting to marry? Would they actually put down if she was visiting finance in the computers? If so, if she tries to come back into the US will she be denied even with pay stubs? I hope this is not a fraud issue or anything of that sort. This really complicates things and I'm worried that I will not be able to see my wife for awhile. Please, any input would be of great help. My wife has already made appointments for consultations with a few lawyers but as of now, I feel like a sitting duck, worried.
Thanks,
C
