Canada Study Permit While Waiting on K-1

[MK2017 29]

Hello Everyone, 

 

Me and my US boyfriend just started the K-1 process. We will send the I-129F package on Friday. I know that may sound confuse and dumb but all this community has been so helpful that I decided to see what you guys think... The thing is:

 

I got a e-mail last night over an PhD student offer with a grant in Canada and I would have to go with the Visa process for Canadian Student Permit and I have to be in Canada by January.

The Canada option has been always my plan B, after we decided to go on and getting the K-1 process.

I'm concern with the consequences of going around with the K-1 and the Canadian Student Permit at the same time since we really want to get married and be together and he is not able to move to canada right now. 

So should we pursue with the K-1(along with the Canadian Student Permit)  or drop it, I go to Canada and we get married there and later apply for CR-1 or something like that?

 

Thank you all

 

[Coco8 1,042]

The issue is that if you go to Canada to pursue a PhD, you will have to be in Canada for 3+ years. You will not be able to be a resident of the US and have a GC if you are not residing in the US.

 

Even if you withdraw the K1 and apply for a CR-1 visa, that will not be enough time to finish your PhD. If you are going to pursue a PhD you have to take it seriously and you also have to do well to get letters of recommendation from your professors to get a job. I don't know what your goals are but usually recent PhDs from Canada have a hard time getting jobs in the US.

 

My advice: Applications for US PhD are due on December. Why don't you take the GRE and apply to PhDs in the US? Most PhD programs are fully funded. That means you will have a tuition scholarship and a fellowship (like a salary for being a TA/RA, the best schools don't make you do any work the first year and you just study). That way you can keep the K1, you'll get married and move to the US in the Spring, and in the Fall you can start your PhD in the US.

 

If you fiance is willing to move, then  you will have plenty of universities to apply to. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[MK2017 29]

19 hours ago, Coco8 said:

The issue is that if you go to Canada to pursue a PhD, you will have to be in Canada for 3+ years. You will not be able to be a resident of the US and have a GC if you are not residing in the US.

 

Even if you withdraw the K1 and apply for a CR-1 visa, that will not be enough time to finish your PhD. If you are going to pursue a PhD you have to take it seriously and you also have to do well to get letters of recommendation from your professors to get a job. I don't know what your goals are but usually recent PhDs from Canada have a hard time getting jobs in the US.

 

My advice: Applications for US PhD are due on December. Why don't you take the GRE and apply to PhDs in the US? Most PhD programs are fully funded. That means you will have a tuition scholarship and a fellowship (like a salary for being a TA/RA, the best schools don't make you do any work the first year and you just study). That way you can keep the K1, you'll get married and move to the US in the Spring, and in the Fall you can start your PhD in the US.

 

If you fiance is willing to move, then  you will have plenty of universities to apply to. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for your response.
Yeah I got a scholarship for Canada University, but as you point very well I wouldn't be able to have my GC as a PhD candidate in Canada. 

[Coco8 1,042]

1 hour ago, MK2017 said:

Thank you for your response.
Yeah I got a scholarship for Canada University, but as you point very well I wouldn't be able to have my GC as a PhD candidate in Canada. 

 

Yes, you can either apply to a US PhD (if you got admitted in Canada, I'm sure you'd be able to do it in the US). Or wait to get married until you finish you PhD. Or ask your fiance to move to Canada and see if he can work there if you got married and he is a dependent on your student visa. Or he might be able to get a TN visa depending on his profession.

 

 

Edited August 4, 2017 by Coco8

[MK2017 29]

We gonna follow with the K-1 and later I can decide if I'll try another PhD or just try to work without it