Marrying my american GF - Im canadian

[moemac59 193]

5 minutes ago, moemac59 said:

Oh I feel your pain. I lived in Toronto and my husband lived in Medina. It seemed like it took forever to go through the process. Don't be overwhelmed with what you have to do, just take it one step at a time and research the site. If I had to do it over again, I would have done the spousal visa instead of the K1 Visa. When I went in to the Buffalo office for my citizenship interview, the Immigration Officer told me that I took a longer route of path to citizenship by going the K1 route. Start researching the forums here on VJ as there is a ton of good advice. I also strongly suggest that you apply for a NEXUS card if you do not have one already. Those wait times at the NY border crossings (Erie/Niagara/Lewiston) can be brutally long. With a NEXUS pass you can just whip through Whirlpool bridge which is only for NEXUS card holders. It was a god send for me while I was going back and forth

http://www.visajourney.com/content/guides/ here is a good place to start your research

[cswalczakny 0]

16 minutes ago, moemac59 said:

OMG Seriously CS?? That is brutal. Which POE where you trying to enter at? There is one officer at Lewiston by the last name of Frank and he is a jack**s. I have a NEXUS pass and crossed at Whirlpool all of the time and he gave me such a hassle every time I would come over to visit. He would even do this when I became a citizen last year. It got so bad that I went into the NEXUS office to talk to his supervisor about his behavior. I am so sorry that you are going through this. Has your wife applied for a NEXUS card? She might have a better time using that at Whirlpool instead of crossing over at Niagara or Lewiston. If she does come over for a visit, just have her bring paperwork with her that shows her ties to Canada as well as the I797 notifications from USCIS that show's that there is an application that is being processed.

Yeah man it was bad. The really bad one happened at the peace bridge. A second time happened at rainbow. We have decided not to try again until she gets her visa. The second time the guy told her if she attempts to try to come over again he "will be forced to escalate it and she may be ineligible for a visa "

 

these people are animals. 

 

Our interview is september 22nd so there's no point in trying to get her a nexus now. I have one though and am about to schedule the interviews for my two kids from my prior marriage. 

[petey19 0]

On 8/4/2017 at 10:22 AM, cswalczakny said:

If you're worried about it, you can get married in Canada.  Going over the border into the US and telling them you're coming in to get married it's entirely possible they will stop you.  The American CBP officers are ball busters.  I know this because my wife is from Canada and I live in Buffalo too.  We ended up getting married in Oshawa by where her family lives and we moved her down to an apartment in Niagara, Ontario while we've been processing our immigration paperwork.  I live in Niagara about 5-6 days per week and the Canadian border authority gives me absolutely no trouble ever but the US CBP refuses to let her enter and even absolutely brutally berated her until she cried once trying to come over to visit with my grandmother last year and accused her of trying to immigrate illegally with no proof.

 

My advice from having been through this whole thing myself in exactly the same place as you is to marry in Canada and then file and assume that you won't be allowed into the US for even one second until you are approved for your visa.  That's just the way it is, unfortunately.

 

My wife and I are now just waiting for our interview in Montreal and then we'll finally be able to just live under one roof.  I can't wait.

Thats what I am totally afraid of .. I thought if i hold a job here and they know that i am coming back and have no indication of moving there then they would be ok with that. but then again she cant come to canada as often because she has two kids.