Fiancee or Spouse

[Archangelmiko 0]

What are the positives and negatives to each path?

First she pays her last visit to the farm here in WI for a long time since there seems to be this stupid rule of her losing her freedom to visit.

Then is it best that she applies for a K1 / I-129f and go through the process form there. Which does she lose her freedom to visit as soon as she applies? Is there any thing during that time that she could get to be able to visit such as I-192 Application for Advance Permission to Enter as a Non-Immigrant, I-131 Application for Travel Document, or I-512L authorization for parole of an alien into the united states?

Or should I go to Canada and us be civilly married there and go through the K3 / I-130 process from there? Which does she lose her freedom to visit at the point we get married?

Does Canada have the same difficult laws that would prevent me from visiting her or getting civilly married to her in Canada?

Sorry, but this seems so stupid that we could spend all sorts of time with each other and going back and forth over the boarder for years when ever we wanted and then when we want to get married we have to go into exile.

Is there ways to prove to the boarder that she isn't going to stay in the US until her visa comes through, such as she having a job, lease on an apartment, perhaps a return bus ticket, important future dates in Canada such as our Religious Wedding, sister's wedding, Social (Manitobian wedding fund raiser), friend's wedding and so on?

So which path would be better? To start the process as fiancee or get civilly married in Canada and start the process as spouse?

[sachinky 465]

It totally depends on your situation as a couple and what you feel comfortable doing.

For some K-1s work. Others prefer the CR-1 route.

Read the guides for an idea about what to expect with each process and the comparisons and relative advantages/disadvantages with both.