Marrying an American in Canada; returning to USA

[cdn29]

I think have a fairly straight forward question...

I am a Canadian citizen and US permanent resident since 2000; currently living in the US.
My fiancee is a US citizen.
We are planning on getting married in New Brunswick next summer and will return to the US after; we have no plans of living in Canada immediately after the wedding.

Are there any immigration issues with this? Will Canadian immigration hassle us, thinking that our intention is to live in Canada after the wedding? What sort of documentation do we need to "prove" that we are returning to the US afterwards (we are both grad students and could easily get letters of enrollment)? We traveled together across the border last summer to visit family and got hassled at the border about our relationship and whether our intentions were to get married in Canada while we were there. I want to make sure that when we do cross the border to get married that there aren't any problems.

Thanks!

[Reba]

If your fiancee has proof of ties to the US, there shouldn't be a problem crossing the border. Bring evidence that you in fact will be returning to the US. Letters of enrollment from uni, proof of abode (copy of rental agreement), and your green card showing you have legal presence in the US should do it.

[Steven]

It's lawful to enter Canada (or the US for that matter) to get married. I suppose it may be helpful to have some evidence you intend to return to the US such as a return ticket. The LPR card should do it though.

[westcoasttsunami06]

Hello,

I have a similar situation... although maybe a bit more complicated.

My bf is a US citizen, I am Canadian. We met in Canada while he was there on a student visa for his PhD. We've been together 5 years now.

Currently, he is back in the US living in New Orleans for his post-doc, and I am living in Australia for my PhD.

My question is that we would like to get married and live in the US. The marriage would be in Canada though. If we get married in Canada, can I just submit an application for a K3 visa or is it more complicated than that?

My concern is that many of the posts and websites indicate that you have to prove you've been together for a certain amount of time etc. With us living so far apart, we only see each other once a year - but that doesn't mean we aren't fully committed to each other.

Any advice?

[flames9]

k3 is pretty much gone the way of the dodo bird!! Cr-1 is a far superior visa and costs less and has work authorization right from the start!! k3 does NOT have work authorization and costs more!! at 1 time the k3 used to be faster to obtain, 99% of the time, that is no longer the case, so no reason to go the k3 route!

checkout visajourney.com has all the info and more u will ever need! Lot of friendly people in the canada forum

Compares the visas: http://www.visajourney.com/content/compare