Bringing USC child's dad without marriage

[spiralsylph 0]

I am a born US citizen, who has a Canadian-born child (3 years old) whose father is Canadian. My daughter and I reside in the US, and we would like her father to come here from Canada, but do not know the best and fastest way to get him in. We are not married, and do not want to marry, but we do want to co-parent our child in the US. My child's father has been denied entry (over land) to the US 5 times now on the basis that he could not show sufficient ties and equities to Canada. He does not have any degrees, nor any savings, and I am also unemployed. The only expertise he has is as a bicycle mechanic. However, he has no criminal record, and could not be considered a threat to US security. My daughter and her daddy miss one another terribly. Does anyone have any advice on the best way to help him get into the US fast? Thanks.

Edited September 16, 2011 by spiralsylph

[Jojo92122 1,924]

I am a born US citizen, who has a Canadian-born child (3 years old) whose father is Canadian. My daughter and I reside in the US, and we would like her father to come here from Canada, but do not know the best and fastest way to get him in. We are not married, and do not want to marry, but we do want to co-parent our child in the US. My child's father has been denied entry (over land) to the US 5 times now on the basis that he could not show sufficient ties and equities to Canada. He does not have any degrees, nor any savings, and I am also unemployed. The only expertise he has is as a bicycle mechanic. However, he has no criminal record, and could not be considered a threat to US security. My daughter and her daddy miss one another terribly. Does anyone have any advice on the best way to help him get into the US fast? Thanks.

There may be only one way for your child's father to immigrate to the US - your child must be 21 years old to petition for her father. A US citizen child can only petition for a parent when he/she turns 21.

Dad will not qualify for a work visa because he doesn't have a specialized skill (i.e., engineer, nurse, etc.).

Unfortunately, there is no easy or fast way for dad to immigrate to the US.

[etripke 0]

I am a born US citizen, who has a Canadian-born child (3 years old) whose father is Canadian. My daughter and I reside in the US, and we would like her father to come here from Canada, but do not know the best and fastest way to get him in. We are not married, and do not want to marry, but we do want to co-parent our child in the US. My child's father has been denied entry (over land) to the US 5 times now on the basis that he could not show sufficient ties and equities to Canada. He does not have any degrees, nor any savings, and I am also unemployed. The only expertise he has is as a bicycle mechanic. However, he has no criminal record, and could not be considered a threat to US security. My daughter and her daddy miss one another terribly. Does anyone have any advice on the best way to help him get into the US fast? Thanks.

You mention no marriage is desired and without that, your circumstances are clearly in a bad spot. He can of course come across the border and visit but he will never be a LPR as you have described. Tough spot but the law is pretty clear.

[kzielu 1,149]

I am a born US citizen, who has a Canadian-born child (3 years old) whose father is Canadian. My daughter and I reside in the US, and we would like her father to come here from Canada, but do not know the best and fastest way to get him in. We are not married, and do not want to marry, but we do want to co-parent our child in the US. My child's father has been denied entry (over land) to the US 5 times now on the basis that he could not show sufficient ties and equities to Canada. He does not have any degrees, nor any savings, and I am also unemployed. The only expertise he has is as a bicycle mechanic. However, he has no criminal record, and could not be considered a threat to US security. My daughter and her daddy miss one another terribly. Does anyone have any advice on the best way to help him get into the US fast? Thanks.

Only thing you can in this situation is to petition for your child's father as a fiance (required subsequent marriage) or get married and petition for spousal visa - these are only ways to get him to US permanently, none of which is fast. Being denied entry, his chances for anything else are slim to none. Moving to Canada is another option.

[beejay 125]

Just to clarify, are you still currently in a relationship with the father? Are you not interested in marriage because you don't want to be married in general or because you are no longer dating the father but have an amicable relationship with him?

If you are together, I would sit down and think about what's more important to the two of you, being unmarried or co-parenting your child together. Marriage might be the only way to get him into the U.S. The other option, like the above poster said, is to look into moving to Canada.

[kali1229 6]

Seriously, why would you want to leave Canada?! The health benefits alone could sway ME to move there!