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Engaged and on TN - Trouble at border?

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smurrito   1

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Hey there,

I recently renewed my TN status in June. In August, my fiancé and I (he's a USC) went to Canada on vacation. When we returned and crossed the border, he referred to me as his fiancé (even though I asked him not to at the border). I thought this was going to cause all sorts of problems. However, the customs officer asked me when we were getting married, and I just said "next year sometime". She then put an "R" on my I-94. When I asked what it meant, she said it meant that she "Re-Evaluated" my status and that it was fine and let me go on.

I'm not sure if that is going to cause any red flags in the future or not. I've never had that before (I've had 4 TN's). Has anyone else?

I am planning one more trip back to Canada before we get married - next July. Has anybody had trouble at the border while they've been engaged? Has anyone had their TN status taken away? I'm getting really worried about it and am not even sure what would happen if they took my TN away...

Any suggestions/Advice?

12/06/10 - Day 0: Sent AOS
12/09/10 - Day 3: Received in Chicago
12/14/10 - Day 8: Received NOA1 (Email) and checks cashed
12/18/10 - Day 12: Received NOA1 Hard copies in the mail - also all forms "Touched"
12/23/10 - Day 17: Received Biometrics letter - Appt for January 13, 2011
01/13/11 - Day 38: Completed Biometrics
01/31/11 - Day 56: Received Interview letter.
02/02/11 - Day 57: I-485 Touched. Nothing on EAD or AP.
02/15/11 - Day 70: Received Email that EAD and AP are approved.
02/24/11 - Day 79: Received EAD/AP (Combo Card) in the mail.
03/03/11 - Day 86: Interview - Approved!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
01/29/13 - Day 0: Sent I-751
01/31/13 - Day 2: Received in California
02/01/13 - Day 3: Check cashed
02/08/13 - Day 10: Received NOA1 (dated 1/30/2013) and Biometrics letter (appointment for 2/28/2013)

02/28/13 - Day 30: Successful Biometrics appt

06/20/13 - Day 142: Received Email that Card Production is ordered!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

11/16/16 - Day 0: Sent N-400

11/21/16 - Day 5: Card charged and NOA date

12/21/16 - Day 35: Biometrics

01/04/17 - Day 49: Notice of in line for interview

05/01/17 - Day 166: Received notice of Interview scheduled

6/7/2017 - Day 203: Interview & Oath Ceremony

smurrito Contributor

smurrito   1

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Filed: TN Visa Country: Canada
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Hey there,

I recently renewed my TN status in June. In August, my fiancé and I (he's a USC) went to Canada on vacation. When we returned and crossed the border, he referred to me as his fiancé (even though I asked him not to at the border). I thought this was going to cause all sorts of problems. However, the customs officer asked me when we were getting married, and I just said "next year sometime". She then put an "R" on my I-94. When I asked what it meant, she said it meant that she "Re-Evaluated" my status and that it was fine and let me go on.

I'm not sure if that is going to cause any red flags in the future or not. I've never had that before (I've had 4 TN's). Has anyone else?

I am planning one more trip back to Canada before we get married - next July. Has anybody had trouble at the border while they've been engaged? Has anyone had their TN status taken away? I'm getting really worried about it and am not even sure what would happen if they took my TN away...

Any suggestions/Advice?

Just realized this was in the wrong forum. Sorry!

12/06/10 - Day 0: Sent AOS
12/09/10 - Day 3: Received in Chicago
12/14/10 - Day 8: Received NOA1 (Email) and checks cashed
12/18/10 - Day 12: Received NOA1 Hard copies in the mail - also all forms "Touched"
12/23/10 - Day 17: Received Biometrics letter - Appt for January 13, 2011
01/13/11 - Day 38: Completed Biometrics
01/31/11 - Day 56: Received Interview letter.
02/02/11 - Day 57: I-485 Touched. Nothing on EAD or AP.
02/15/11 - Day 70: Received Email that EAD and AP are approved.
02/24/11 - Day 79: Received EAD/AP (Combo Card) in the mail.
03/03/11 - Day 86: Interview - Approved!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
01/29/13 - Day 0: Sent I-751
01/31/13 - Day 2: Received in California
02/01/13 - Day 3: Check cashed
02/08/13 - Day 10: Received NOA1 (dated 1/30/2013) and Biometrics letter (appointment for 2/28/2013)

02/28/13 - Day 30: Successful Biometrics appt

06/20/13 - Day 142: Received Email that Card Production is ordered!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

11/16/16 - Day 0: Sent N-400

11/21/16 - Day 5: Card charged and NOA date

12/21/16 - Day 35: Biometrics

01/04/17 - Day 49: Notice of in line for interview

05/01/17 - Day 166: Received notice of Interview scheduled

6/7/2017 - Day 203: Interview & Oath Ceremony

Kathryn41 Grand Master

Kathryn41   3,205

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Just realized this was in the wrong forum. Sorry!

It's alright :) . I've moved it to the correct forum from the Family Based AOS forum for you

Edited by Kathryn41

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fiestagirl   7

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I don't think it will but it really does depend on your intent. Do you intend to immigrate to the U.S.?

My husband and I entered the U.S. from a vacation taken together and we were engaged and didn't encounter any problems. Next time we entered we were married and all the border guy asked us was if we were married. We intended on immigrating to Canada in the summer of 2012 so there was no point in going through AOS as my intent was not to immigrate. However that changed when I got pregnant - if i decided to leave my job then I'd be out of status so we did do the AOS. (although we still intend on going back!).

P.S. don't lie to a border guy about your relationship. They are trained to detect liars as well you don't want that lie to bite you in the butt. And yes they can take your TN away from you at any entry.

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