Hi,
My Fiancé and I were recently engaged. He is 28 and Canadian and I am 27 and American. He was born in Ontario, Canada and I in Georgia, USA. Our plan is to marry soon in a courthouse in my home state, Georgia, and he will sponsor me to Canada. We plan to have a larger ceremony and celebrate with our family and friends when we will be more financially set to do so later down the line. Also, after we are settled and I become a Canadian citizen, we wish for him to begin the process to obtain U.S. citizenship.
My questions are:
1. Will the Canadian embassies and consulates recognize our marriage being that it will be done in a U.S. courthouse?
2. Will my fiancé need to change his visa status before we marry in a courthouse in the U.S.? Or, can he come to the U.S. to marry and then he immediately returns to Canada after the courthouse wedding as we apply and wait for my approval for permanent residency to Canada?
3. Will my then husband have an issue down the line to becoming a U.S. citizen?
Essentially I am asking what is the current law and best step by step process for us to marry and then live together first in Canada and then the U.S. later that will not constitute marriage and immigration fraud?
Your time and assistance is greatly appreciated! Thank you!
My Fiancé and I were recently engaged. He is 28 and Canadian and I am 27 and American. He was born in Ontario, Canada and I in Georgia, USA. Our plan is to marry soon in a courthouse in my home state, Georgia, and he will sponsor me to Canada. We plan to have a larger ceremony and celebrate with our family and friends when we will be more financially set to do so later down the line. Also, after we are settled and I become a Canadian citizen, we wish for him to begin the process to obtain U.S. citizenship.
My questions are:
1. Will the Canadian embassies and consulates recognize our marriage being that it will be done in a U.S. courthouse?
2. Will my fiancé need to change his visa status before we marry in a courthouse in the U.S.? Or, can he come to the U.S. to marry and then he immediately returns to Canada after the courthouse wedding as we apply and wait for my approval for permanent residency to Canada?
3. Will my then husband have an issue down the line to becoming a U.S. citizen?
Essentially I am asking what is the current law and best step by step process for us to marry and then live together first in Canada and then the U.S. later that will not constitute marriage and immigration fraud?
Your time and assistance is greatly appreciated! Thank you!
