Can I marry without a K-1?

[pushbrk 12,898]

Thanks for your help. This whole process is way too confusing. Maybe we should see if it would be simpler for her to marry me up here and apply for Canadian citizenship.

Neither is simple. Make your life choice first and then take the immigration path that matches the life choice.

[Happy2gether 1]

Hi

In a newbie's experience, these folks are VERY informative, my circumstance is not that dissimilar to yours (though our intention is to get married in Dec or Jan). What I will add, refrain from saying "I'm visiting my fiancee" at your boarder crossing. My Canadian Fiance did that last time and literally got the "gears" from the Customs guy...saying girlfriend or friends never resulted in the inquisition he faced that day. Lesson learned! After diving into information here and digesting advice, suggestions, comments...we have a pretty good idea of the path we will undertake.

I would suggest READING lots of information...this forum is the most helpful and these folks went through similar (if not the same) processes...which is an invaluable asset to have access to. It might seem overwhelming (I was in tears the first day I started investigating here)...but in a few days, with thoughtful questions and information seeking you WILL feel more confident and have great tools to make the right decision for you and your partner.

I hope you continue here and map your progress, it would be a great tool for me to keep an eye on as well as anyother US/CAN couple in similar shoes

Best of Luck...

BTW...you can marry in Canada OR the US...where you get married is not necessarily where you have to live