Travel to Canada

[HY020 0]

Hopefully My Fiancée will be here in a month or two. I want to plan a trip for us to go to Canada when she arrives.

What is the process for her to go to Canada and then back to the US with me?

Thanks

[Cacerez 19]

Hopefully My Fiancée will be here in a month or two. I want to plan a trip for us to go to Canada when she arrives.

What is the process for her to go to Canada and then back to the US with me?

Thanks

I know there are some special rules for Canada, but that's for Canadian Citizens travelling back and forth to the US. As far as I know, she will need to apply for Advanced Parole (AP) with her AOS before leaving the country. Well, you can leave but she won't be able to come back in... AP usually takes about 3 months to get, so I wouldn't plan a trip too soon.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

She will need to obtain Advanced Parole. So don't plan for a next-day-after-she-gets-here trip; because it will not happen.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

She would need a Canadian temporary resident visa (aka visitor's visa) to be allowed into Canada, and she would require an Advance Parole (I-131 filed at the same time as AOS) to be allowed back into the US. You might want to wait until she gets her green card for your visit to Canada - once she becomes a permanent resident of the US she no longer needs a visitor's visa to visit Canada. At the very least you need to wait until she receives her AP document from the US or she would not be allowed back into the country and you would have to start the immigration process all over again, this time as a spouse instead of fiancee. The K-1 visa is good for one entry only - once you enter the US you cannot leave and return without either the AP or the greencard.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/EnGLIsh/visit/visas.asp

Edited February 24, 2009 by Kathryn41