Help!!! Info needed on Canadian marrying bf living in USA

[c_cherry]

Hi everyone
I would really appreciate you help and guidance in my situation

I am a Canadian citizen. My fiancé is a American immigrant working towards obtaining his green card

Here are few questions I have:

1: we want to get married in next few months. His green card application is in process. We are thinking to get married after the decision on his application is made as doing so right now might seem fishy and create unnecessary delays/risks with file. Are we right in doing so? Or we can get married before ?

2: Being a Canadian, I can freely visit Usa. Can we just get a marriage license, go to court and get married in usa while I am visiting there OR is there some specific visa type that I need to apply for if I am marrying in America?

3: I would like to maintain my Canadian residence for next ~2 years as i work from home and would like to keep working for my company in Canada. After getting married, can I get travel to usa and stay for 5-6 month (max allowed) as visitor then travel back for few weeks and enter again for next 5-6 months. This way we can both stay together while I keep my job in Canada?

I would really appreciate your help

 

[armoured]

Does any of this relate to immigration to Canada? Otherwise you'd best ask in some USA immigration forum.

2. No, you don't need any special visa to marry in USA. You'd have to check what's required in the state in question, but in many places two pieces of id and fogging a mirror is basically it. (If divorced, proof of divorce, that can get a bit more detailed).

 

[MJSPARV]

Hi everyone
I would really appreciate you help and guidance in my situation

I am a Canadian citizen. My fiancé is a American immigrant working towards obtaining his green card

Here are few questions I have:

1: we want to get married in next few months. His green card application is in process. We are thinking to get married after the decision on his application is made as doing so right now might seem fishy and create unnecessary delays/risks with file. Are we right in doing so? Or we can get married before ?

2: Being a Canadian, I can freely visit Usa. Can we just get a marriage license, go to court and get married in usa while I am visiting there OR is there some specific visa type that I need to apply for if I am marrying in America?

3: I would like to maintain my Canadian residence for next ~2 years as i work from home and would like to keep working for my company in Canada. After getting married, can I get travel to usa and stay for 5-6 month (max allowed) as visitor then travel back for few weeks and enter again for next 5-6 months. This way we can both stay together while I keep my job in Canada?

I would really appreciate your help

1. Because you're Canadian it probably seems less fishy if you get married before the green card comes through than it would if you're from some other places, BUT be sure to ask people well versed in US immigration not Canadian immigration. If he used a lawyer for his green card application this would be the sort of thing you should be asking them. Even if he didn't use a lawyer the potential ramifications are big enough that asking a lawyer would probably be worth it. At the very least he should scour the USCIS website for things about if your marital status changes while your application is in process.

2. Pretty sure in most states you need to show id, any previous divorce records etc but again look at the website of the state where you'd be getting married. They will have all the info you need about getting a marriage license. Generally though your immigration status doesn't impact your ability to get a marriage license in the US.

3. Another question where you may want to check into what counts as living in Canada with relevant experts like a tax accountant and also your province's healthcare plan. What you're suggesting may very well be legal and not a problem from a crossing the border sense but could have implications for your healthcare eligibility and tax purposes.

 

[scylla]

Hi everyone
I would really appreciate you help and guidance in my situation

I am a Canadian citizen. My fiancé is a American immigrant working towards obtaining his green card

Here are few questions I have:

1: we want to get married in next few months. His green card application is in process. We are thinking to get married after the decision on his application is made as doing so right now might seem fishy and create unnecessary delays/risks with file. Are we right in doing so? Or we can get married before ?

2: Being a Canadian, I can freely visit Usa. Can we just get a marriage license, go to court and get married in usa while I am visiting there OR is there some specific visa type that I need to apply for if I am marrying in America?

3: I would like to maintain my Canadian residence for next ~2 years as i work from home and would like to keep working for my company in Canada. After getting married, can I get travel to usa and stay for 5-6 month (max allowed) as visitor then travel back for few weeks and enter again for next 5-6 months. This way we can both stay together while I keep my job in Canada?

I would really appreciate your help

1. You can get married at any time.
2. Yes, that should be all you need. Research the process for the state where you will be marrying to double check you have the right paper work.
3. No, you won't be able to do this and you'll be risking issues at the US border. You are allowed to visit the US only. What you are proposing to do is try to live in the US on visitor status which the US will view as a violation and abuse of the visitor priviledge. You should be spending a maxumum of six months out of every 12 months in the US as a visitor. If you try as you've planned above, expect to be refused entry to the US at some point and potentially even given a ban. If you want to be able to live in the US, then you need to go through the green card process. Otherwise you need to be satisfied with truly visiting. Visiting means keeping it to six months or less out of each 12 month period.