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[meganandrocco 0]

Hi I have been reading all the information on this site and now I feel overwhelmed and unsure of my options. Here is my story:

I am Canadian and my fiance is American. We met in Korea four years ago. We lived in Korea for two years and lived in the US and Canada on and off usually visiting friends and family. Now we are both living in Maine, where I am going to school (UMPI to get my teaching certification so I have an I-20 visa for that) We are going to go to the Justice of the peace and have a small wedding in the coming weeks. I am unsure of what visa we should apply for after that? the IR-1 or CR-1 Can anyone help?

Thank you so much

[payxibka 10,047]

Hi I have been reading all the information on this site and now I feel overwhelmed and unsure of my options. Here is my story:

I am Canadian and my fiance is American. We met in Korea four years ago. We lived in Korea for two years and lived in the US and Canada on and off usually visiting friends and family. Now we are both living in Maine, where I am going to school (UMPI to get my teaching certification so I have an I-20 visa for that) We are going to go to the Justice of the peace and have a small wedding in the coming weeks. I am unsure of what visa we should apply for after that? the IR-1 or CR-1 Can anyone help?

Thank you so much

You do not choose IR or CR as the facts of your situation make that choice for you (age of your marriage).. Considering that you are present in the USA you may be a candiate for simply adjusting your status from "student" directly to resident (greencard) without returning to Canada

Edited January 11, 2010 by payxibka

[meganandrocco 0]

You do not choose IR or CR as the facts of your situation make that choice for you (age of your marriage).. Considering that you are present in the USA you may be a candiate for simply adjusting your status from "student" directly to resident (greencard) without returning to Canada

thank you so much ........ how would i go about adjusting my status?

[payxibka 10,047]

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...page=i130guide2

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

If you can "afford" staying in the US until the Adjustment of Status (AOS) is completed, going that route is indeed a no brainer. However, since you do hold a valid I-20 visa, you may postpone AOS until a more convenient time, if you so choose. What you don't want to do is leaving the US while your AOS application is pending.