K1 Visa visit question.

[Ontarkie 14,605]

I'm going to move your post to the Canada section, it seems better suited.

[nodixal 0]

When applying for the K1, can she file the form from the US and then come to canada for the remainder of the time until we get the NOA 2 if she can come to canada with a visitor visa?

[Kimbear 53]

When applying for the K1, can she file the form from the US and then come to canada for the remainder of the time until we get the NOA 2 if she can come to canada with a visitor visa?

Not if she wishes to meet the requirements for your financial sponsorship on the i-134 and i-864.

I suggest you read the guides. Filing for a fiance or spousal visa is not a simple thing to be taken lightly. aside from the basic who what when how forms, there are many other forms you need to fill out. Medicals that need to be done. trips to the consulate along with various other visa fees. the process can take anywhere from 6 months to a year or more. your U.S. citizen fiance must be able to sponsor you for your entire us life as a green card holder, until your death or you become a U.S. citizen. Now what that means is that you will never ever become a public charge / burden. you can't ask for money get welfare etc etc. she has to support you your entire time there. There is a way around this though, she can get a co sponsor who meets the minimum family income required, that will be responsible for you while your in the U.S.A. (all this info and more are in the guides section)

Now you both can go back and forth and visit each other yes. However its up to the border guards on each side to let you in. you both need proof of ties. technically Canadians and Americans do not need visitor visa's like other countries. We are just allowed to visit total for no more than 18o or 183 days total in a Calendar year. However i dont know how you would have proof of ties, (bank job school lease etc) if you are both gone that long in one shot to each others home country.And if you get refused, and end up in secondary processing at the border as i did in Montreal, you may or may not be treated liek a criminal. My fiance and I were interogated, fingerprinted and photographed on my birthday right before christmas for about 4-5 hours. It was humiliating and extremely scary. All because i had no proof of ties. I went back 2 weeks later with that info and was again refused entry, and told i'd be banned if i tried to cross the border again. I did not take that lightly and our visa process was done separately and took almost 16 months.

Edited June 11, 2012 by Kimbear