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    Questions

    Please Help!!!

    So I’ve been in Cali more than 5 months now (Canadian) and had no intentions of staying; my damn apartment’s in Toronto’s been empty this whole time. Anyways I met someone and she now wants to get marry me and I decided to do it as I do love her and I don’t see why not!

    I want to give her a nice planned wedding in a few months rather than doing it in a rush the next few weeks so not to have overstayed my 6 months here. But we’re a little concerned about the gap if we decide to leave it for later… Also my car has Canadian licence plates so I’m constantly worried about getting pulled over. I thought of just driving to Vancouver or even Mexico for a few days but I read that it’s 6 months per fiscal year (the fiscal year ending and restarting in September); so I guess another option would be to leave now and come back in September? (still worried they might not let me…). I don’t know if it matters but I never got a I-94 slip in my passport when I drove through the border in December.

    Another option is me trying to find a job on a TN visa in Engineering (I have my masters in Engineering so I’m hoping that’ll make the marriage and maybe the TN easier and more accepting). But what if I get a job offer only after the 6 months? Then maybe it wouldn’t be allowed right? Then I might as well leave and apply abroad and come back with a TN…?

    She think its best for me just to stay and marry in a few (3-4 months) and take the risk. She’s been reading about the K1 and K3 visa’s and we have decided not to do the K1 as it’s weird and longer. I can get a work permit in a few months I heard, and this is really great as I’m going crazy not working but I audited a course at USC last semester..

    My friend and I have also thought about partnering up in his business as I do (volunteering) work for him (technical and engineering work). Could I do that? Or could he just hire me as an employee. The business was incorporated more than a year ago and I don’t think it has had much revenue flow…

    We want to stay here for another year maybe two, then we’re moving to Toronto to my apartment there.


    I would really appreciate your ideas and help. Thank you very much

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    Originally posted by iknowhowtosing View Post
    Questions

    Please Help!!!

    So I’ve been in Cali more than 5 months now (Canadian) and had no intentions of staying; my damn apartment’s in Toronto’s been empty this whole time. Anyways I met someone and she now wants to get marry me and I decided to do it as I do love her and I don’t see why not!

    I want to give her a nice planned wedding in a few months rather than doing it in a rush the next few weeks so not to have overstayed my 6 months here. But we’re a little concerned about the gap if we decide to leave it for later… Also my car has Canadian licence plates so I’m constantly worried about getting pulled over. I thought of just driving to Vancouver or even Mexico for a few days but I read that it’s 6 months per fiscal year (the fiscal year ending and restarting in September); so I guess another option would be to leave now and come back in September? (still worried they might not let me…). I don’t know if it matters but I never got a I-94 slip in my passport when I drove through the border in December.

    Another option is me trying to find a job on a TN visa in Engineering (I have my masters in Engineering so I’m hoping that’ll make the marriage and maybe the TN easier and more accepting). But what if I get a job offer only after the 6 months? Then maybe it wouldn’t be allowed right? Then I might as well leave and apply abroad and come back with a TN…?

    She think its best for me just to stay and marry in a few (3-4 months) and take the risk. She’s been reading about the K1 and K3 visa’s and we have decided not to do the K1 as it’s weird and longer. I can get a work permit in a few months I heard, and this is really great as I’m going crazy not working but I audited a course at USC last semester..

    My friend and I have also thought about partnering up in his business as I do (volunteering) work for him (technical and engineering work). Could I do that? Or could he just hire me as an employee. The business was incorporated more than a year ago and I don’t think it has had much revenue flow…

    We want to stay here for another year maybe two, then we’re moving to Toronto to my apartment there.


    I would really appreciate your ideas and help. Thank you very much
    Question is do you want to live in the US or Canada? If the US then she needs to petition for you with a 129f fiancee petition or you get married now and you go back to Canada and she file a CR1 spousal visa. Other than that you go back home and sponsor her to come and live in Canada.

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    • #3
      We're staying here for 1-2 years because she can't leave right now, and then moving to Toronto because I have an subsidized apartment there paying like $150 bucks/month in an awesome neighbourhood!

      Anyways we decided to get married in 1-2 months and then apply for an AOS.


      Thanks!

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