Can I visit the USA for Christmas (forms just sent)?

[Hugglebuggles 60]

My husband never had a problem visiting me in Canada while our K-1 was pending. Generally they would ask who was going to move where, and he would just tell them we were going through the process to move me to the US. That was pretty much the end of it.

Personally, I would cross into the US every 6 weeks while our K-1 was pending. We would rotate trips, so one month I would visit him, and the next he would visit me. When I wasn't going to visit him, I was driving to get him from the airport in Buffalo. Not once was I pulled into secondary, or asked any really specific questions about immigration and my intentions to move. I never mentioned I had a pending I-129F or visa case because they never asked, not once. But of course, everyone has different experiences. I always carried a prof of enrollment letter from the university with me, along with my I-129F NOA1 and then NOA2.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

I will make sure to be totally up front from now on. Should my fiance (petitioner) also carry this information when visiting Canada, and explain the situation, or does it matter? Canada is pretty picky when it comes to grilling you with questions.

Also, would you just include the I-129f copy in your file for POE, or any additional documents as well? I know my entire application was massive with proof and all. Any advice is appreciated

I would include the I-129f and any NOAs you receive (NOA1 to show you have indeed filed and NOA2 to show it is in process) and when you get correspondence from Montreal, include that. I wouldn't necessarily include all of the supporting documents you have sent but enough to show that you are in process for the K-1 visa.

It wouldn't hurt for your fiance to carry similar information when he visits Canada. Canadian officials aren't nearly as difficult as the US border officials are about expecting everyone who crosses the border to be an immigrant in disguise. He can say he is coming to visit his fiancee and will be in Canada until such and such a date. If they ask more details, then he provides them - eg , you moving to the US on a fiance visa. Canadian border authorities may not necessarily know what a K-1 visa is so saying a fiance visa gets the message across.