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[dlanhleo 0]

Hi every one

I am Canada citizen and my wife is US citizen, we married above a year and got the married licience in US. I sponsour her to canada and she has just got the visa. She want sponsour me to US too, can I just go direct to US to stay and apply for resident or she has to do the paper work to sponsour the husband as Canada required. What form should she get to sponsour. How long the process to sponsour the husband to US. Because like I applied to sponsour her to canada, it take only 3 mths to get the visa. If I has the greend card, can I return to live in canada. Thank for your help

[Cygnet 0]

First off, I think you'll need to decide where you want to live. If your wife is now a permanent resident of Canada, she may be required to be in Canada 6 out of 12 months to keep her status. Also, there may also be residency requirements in the US if you get a green card.

Edit: Read the Guides above for more info on how to immigrate to the US. And yes, she'll have to do all the paper work before you move to the US... either the K-3 or CR-1/IR-1.

Edited June 9, 2006 by Cygnet

[Reba 2]

once your wife has been in Canada a while and has legal residency, you may be able to apply via DCF for her to sponsor you to move to the US.

However, neither of these residency visas will allow you to just go back and forth at whim. Both countries require a number of months per year that you remain in that particular country. So if you decide now to move to the US to get you a green card, your wife will lose her status in Canada, et vice versa.

[neiks 19]

Sorry - You can not be a "Dual Resident" of Canada and US. You must choose to physically live in one or the other. You can be a "Dual citizen" of both countries and have the "Right" to enter, live, work, attend school etc either countries if you so choose, but just because you are a "Citizen" of that country doesn't make you a "Resident" of that country. Citizenship and Residency are two different things.