Need help with K1

[pushbrk 12,979]

Perhaps I would list both places? I have no paperwork tying me to this Canadian residence so that would be difficult to prove. I fear that listing both would result in a red flag for them? I don't want an RFE.

Tell the truth on your forms. If you've been living in Canada, you've been living in Canada. Neither USCIS or the Consular Officer interviewing your fiance will care in the least what your status is in Canada.

You say you have a job. Unless you have a job IN THE USA, you'll need a cosponsor. Only income that will continue from the same source once you're in the USA can be used to qualify as the sponsor. You'll be leaving any job you have in Canada.

If you take the K1 route, all the earlier issues mentioned in other posts regarding domicile will vanish. I don't know WHERE your rural address is in relation to where you are now but unless there's some reason your fiancee can't enter the USA for visits, there's no reason you need to be separated for any more than a few weeks, at most.

Again, I'm CERTAIN your status in Canada is of no concern to ANYBODY who will be involved with your Canadian Fiancee's K1 visa process. Any lies will have devastating impact on the process though. My advice is put aside all the fears, study the process and get on with it.

[yachachiq12 43]

OP, I think the fact that pushbrk has stepped in to repeat what others and I have said is a good sign for you. He is definitely one of the most knowledgeable people around. Your Canadian immigration status and your significant other's US immigration status are two separate issues. You need to tell the truth on all the forms you file.

[pushbrk 12,979]

I'll add that I doubt the OP's status in Canada would have any impact on his ability to marry in Canada either. The impact of that decision would be a trip to Montreal and a more pressing need to deal with the domicile issue.

[Idlikeadviceplz 0]

Thanks so much for your input everyone. My job is in the States, I work online. My tax forms are all sent to my US address, which was why I was thinking it wouldn't be an issue.

Aren't they still going to wonder where we intend to live if I don't put my US address anywhere on the forms?

(oh I'd add my US address is nowhere close to where we are in Canada, it would be extremely difficult for us to see each other across the border and neither of us really want any part of that...that is like, worst case scenario for us.)

Edited August 22, 2012 by Idlikeadviceplz

[pushbrk 12,979]

Thanks so much for your input everyone. My job is in the States, I work online. My tax forms are all sent to my US address, which was why I was thinking it wouldn't be an issue.

Aren't they still going to wonder where we intend to live if I don't put my US address anywhere on the forms?

(oh I'd add my US address is nowhere close to where we are in Canada, it would be extremely difficult for us to see each other across the border and neither of us really want any part of that...that is like, worst case scenario for us.)

Your US address WILL be on the forms. Have you looked at the forms, all of them. More than one throughout the process asks for the address where the foreigner intends to live in the USA.

Start by clicking on the word guides at the top of any page here, then download the forms and instructions and study them all carefully.