canadian wanting to move to the usa

I live in canada and my boyfriend is in usa. I have a kid and we are wanting to move to the states.. My boyfriend is in the us navy.
We are wondering how we would go about moving me and my kid to the states. We are planning on getting married in a year and a half. Does it make it easier or harder for us to move since he is in the navy??

You need to marry.

visajourney.com has all ur answers for relationship visas!!

If you plan on marrying in 1.5 yrs and move then----why not just get married now??? And go the CR-1 route!! It takes anywhere from 8 months to well over a year to complete.

k1 is another option--faince visa. Takes anywhere from 6 months to a yr.

Cr-1 takes longer, but is a better, less $$$ visa! check out the comparisons:
http://www.visajourney.com/content/compare

as well read over the k1 and CR-1 forums on VJ. Its a great FREE forum.

test

It sounds like you should check out visajourny.com. It's the best website to help you with that sort of thing.

Assuming your child's father is your fiance, moving them will be fairly simple. If it's your fiances child then you should apply for dual citizenship for him/her. If not, there is a spot to fill in your child's information on your visa application. A few papers would be filed separately, but your child would be included on most of your forms.

The most obvious visa for you would be a K-1 Fiance Visa. (This is what I did.) My application took ten months to process (we submitted it in September 2010 and I was approved in June 2011.) The visa allows you to enter the USA in order to marry your USA Citizen Fiance within 90 days. It is NOT a green card. Following approval of a K-1 visa you enter the USA (as a fiance- you can't marry in Canada, it must be in the USA.) You must marry within 90 days or you have to return to Canada. Following your marriage, you apply for Adjustment of Status, and a work permit if you want to work. The application is to adjust from what's known as a "white card holder" to a green card, or permanent resident. Since your green card would be based on a marriage less than two years old, your green card would be temporary. It would need to be renewed by two years. The process is lengthly and expensive, but it's worth it. You are not aloud to leave the USA while your Adjustment of Status Application is processing, unless you apply for it.

It's not a good idea to enter the USA as a tourist (what you normally do when you go across the border) and then marry and apply for adjustment of status because you would have basically entered the USA under false pretences. Unless you truly marry in a crazy spur-of-the-moment thing, (which is really hard to prove) it's probably not your best bet. The other option is to marry now and apply for a K-3 Spouse Visa. This takes a while to process as well (similar to the K-1 but you can check the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services website for processing times) and you must live apart while it is processing. The advantage to a K-3 is that you are given a green card at the end of the process.

I hope that helps.

k3 is pretty much gone the way of the dodo bird. If ur married one is best to go with the cr-1, if married for less than 2 yrs. IR-1 if married 2 yrs or more, exact same paperwork process. VJ is pretty much the best free forum out there.

Yeah I agree, get married, he files an I-130 for you, you get a CR-1 immigrant visa. Simple as that really. You have to go to Montréal for the visa interview though but being an LPR straight off the bat (or conditional LPR at least) is much less hassle overall. You don't have to mess around with AOS or I-765, etc.

All you have to do as a conditional LPR is apply for removal of conditions later on. It is permitted to enter as a visitor to get married if you want to get married there, then leave and apply for the visa.

i am also looking at moving to the usa from canada with my children...conversely i am also trying to look into my partner and her children moving to canada from the usa...is one easier to do than the other?? how long are the processes...we are planning to marry but not for a few years yet..what suggestions do you have on how to do this?

usa to canada:http://www.roadtocanada.com/forums/index.php

Canada to the USA: visajourney.com (relationship based, which means you will have to get married eventually, or do it before)