Marriage US citizen and Canadian PR

[divyal]

Hello Everyone,
My fiance is a Citizen of America and i am a permanent resident of Canada. We got engaged in March and planning a court wedding in August. My Canadian citizenship is in process. I also have a tourist visa for 10 years for the USA. We both have white collar jobs and doing well financially. I have a few questions and need some help from people who have undergone the same process.
My questions are -
1. Is it better to get court married in Canada over USA? Me being a PR of Canada have tourist visa only. Going to the USA and getting married to the spouse does that create issues in application.
2. Can i apply for Work visa (I-765) along with the green card?
3. Ones my fiance sponsors me for a green card to USA (after we get married) how long is the processing time to get the green card. Do people get the green card sooner then the estimated time period?

Thank you for your valuable time in advance.
Divya

[Princess2020]

Hi,

My advise is to get married in the US and apply there for the I130 and adjustment of status, you will get your EAD while processing and is a lot faster than Consular Visa.

[manhattanite]

Hi,

My advise is to get married in the US and apply there for the I130 and adjustment of status, you will get your EAD while processing and is a lot faster than Consular Visa.

I strongly advise against this course of action. Entering the US on a tourist visa with expressed intent to marry and adjust status may constitute immigration fraud. I do not recommend putting yourself in that situation.

Additionally, establishing non-immigrant intent as the fiancé(e) of a US citizen at the point of entry may be difficult. If they suspect immigrant intent they may deny you entry.