Lady getting married, will travel. Helps!

[bluegreen 0]

Of course you can go and get married in the US. People do it all the time. That's why Vegas is so successful. It is not only for people like me, who elope there on a whim!!! Chinese people marry American people there. Americans marry Canadians. Canadians marry Canadians. Brits marry Aussies. If that was visa fraud they would have shut Vegas down a long time ago.

"The only exceptions to the general visa waiver policy are for those individuals entering the U.S. as treaty traders or investors, as the fiance of a U.S. citizen or as immigrants."

This part is meant for fiances who are entering on K-1, planning on immigrating. Not just your run-of-the-mill fiance. You are entering as a visitor, not as a "fiance." What you do down there is your own business, and the business of the officer at the POE who will decide whether or not to let you in. You are coming back!! Being a fiance is not some kind of legal state! It just means someone said, "hey, wanna get married?" And the other person was like, "Ya, sure." Being a fiance for immigration purposes means you are coming down to the US to get married and then stay there. SO you need a visa for that. Obviously.

It's not that complicated....

[Troy W 0]

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A passport is not required to enter the U.S. except after a visit outside the Western Hemisphere.

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Dont count on not requiring a passport, There is a new law that requires ANYONE entering the US to have a passport or a passport card. It was suposed to go into full effect in 2008 but i think they delayed it for canadians untill some time in 2009.

As for K1/K3 my ex wife was canadian, We lived together for 4 years before we go married, and she crossed the border every several months to go back and forth, Didnt have any problems at all. just hat to go to toronto to pick up the K1 Visa and got it stamped at the border. Untill she got the AOS she did NOT go back to canada once we were married.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

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A passport is not required to enter the U.S. except after a visit outside the Western Hemisphere.

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Dont count on not requiring a passport, There is a new law that requires ANYONE entering the US to have a passport or a passport card. It was suposed to go into full effect in 2008 but i think they delayed it for canadians untill some time in 2009.

The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) will require everyone who crosses into the US via any land crossing (in addition to water and air crossings that already require passports) to present a passport upon request for admission. This requirement is for everyone - not just Canadians who have been able to enter up until now with proof of citizenship - but also includes Americans who might have crossed into canada for a day's site-seeing or visit. Effective June 2009 US citizens will also require passports along with all foreigners to re-enter their own country. They can still enter Canada, however, with just their proof of citizenship.

Edited January 28, 2009 by Kathryn41

[Danu 19]

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A passport is not required to enter the U.S. except after a visit outside the Western Hemisphere.

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Dont count on not requiring a passport, There is a new law that requires ANYONE entering the US to have a passport or a passport card. It was suposed to go into full effect in 2008 but i think they delayed it for canadians untill some time in 2009.

As for K1/K3 my ex wife was canadian, We lived together for 4 years before we go married, and she crossed the border every several months to go back and forth, Didnt have any problems at all. just hat to go to toronto to pick up the K1 Visa and got it stamped at the border. Untill she got the AOS she did NOT go back to canada once we were married.

For sure. I think the final one was suppose to take effect this month, but as I go by plane it has been required for me for the last 2 years or so. Parts of it definately need updated. Though technically we aren't required to have a passport for land travel if we have a nexus card, but thats a whole nother can of beans

[Krikit 1,163]

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A passport is not required to enter the U.S. except after a visit outside the Western Hemisphere.

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Dont count on not requiring a passport, There is a new law that requires ANYONE entering the US to have a passport or a passport card. It was suposed to go into full effect in 2008 but i think they delayed it for canadians untill some time in 2009.

As for K1/K3 my ex wife was canadian, We lived together for 4 years before we go married, and she crossed the border every several months to go back and forth, Didnt have any problems at all. just hat to go to toronto to pick up the K1 Visa and got it stamped at the border. Untill she got the AOS she did NOT go back to canada once we were married.

For sure. I think the final one was suppose to take effect this month, but as I go by plane it has been required for me for the last 2 years or so. Parts of it definately need updated. Though technically we aren't required to have a passport for land travel if we have a nexus card, but thats a whole nother can of beans

You actually don't need a nexus card if you don't have a passport. Just two pieces of government-issued ID, one with a photo. (e.g. driver's license & citizenship/birth certificate) But it sounds like you're referring to another issue you've had the "pleasure" of experiencing.

[Danu 19]

Hehe. With me its always been a bit odd going across the boarder without a passport or something, just because I'm a military brat. I'm following in my mom's footsteps a bit here. My dad was stationed in Germany when he met my mom (german citizen). We actually figure out when she started digging out all my paperwork (birth certs etc) that she started her process to come to Canada at the same age that I am now, which I thought was funny and cute. Because dad was still stationed over there, they got married in Canada and then had me in Germany, so my birth cert is from the city of Herbolzheim. It is in like 6 languages, but the border guards always looked at me funny when I tried to cross with it, even with my photo ID and my citizenship card, so I'm just use to having something "higher" now lol.

I did think they were implimenting the hard rule for passport/nexus cards to cross this year though, so I had thought that would be the end of gov. issued ID/Birth cert entries... *shrug*

[Krikit 1,163]

Hehe. With me its always been a bit odd going across the boarder without a passport or something, just because I'm a military brat. I'm following in my mom's footsteps a bit here. My dad was stationed in Germany when he met my mom (german citizen). We actually figure out when she started digging out all my paperwork (birth certs etc) that she started her process to come to Canada at the same age that I am now, which I thought was funny and cute. Because dad was still stationed over there, they got married in Canada and then had me in Germany, so my birth cert is from the city of Herbolzheim. It is in like 6 languages, but the border guards always looked at me funny when I tried to cross with it, even with my photo ID and my citizenship card, so I'm just use to having something "higher" now lol.

I did think they were implimenting the hard rule for passport/nexus cards to cross this year though, so I had thought that would be the end of gov. issued ID/Birth cert entries... *shrug*

Nothing's ever simple, is it?

Yes, like Kathryn says, the passports at land crossings will be mandatory this coming June.

[trailmix 77]

You know, if everyone just stayed on their own side of the border it would be much simpler

[Danu 19]

You know, if everyone just stayed on their own side of the border it would be much simpler

Lol but then there wouldnt be the awesome VJ, and we wouldnt get to experiance the amazing powers of trailmix and KritKit