Which Visa to get

[flames9]

Yep, like reba stated for relationship visas, Visajourney (VJ)rocks! Your options are the k1 which is the fiance visa (not married yet) k3 your married and the cr-1 married already. k1 is "usualy" the fastest, anywhere from 6 to 8 months and the k3 and cr-1 anywhere from 8 months to a year +. at VJ there is a Canadian forum and they keep a timeline of peoples visas, thus one can get a decent idea on the length it is taking

Comparing the visas: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index ... ge=compare

k3 is pretty much going the way of the dodo as it takes around the same time as the Cr-1. Cr-1 is the leasst expensive of the 3 and has work authorization from the get go (k1 and k3 do not)but that all explained in the link above.

Just beware that immigration paperwork is fairly straight forward, but tis the waiting that sucks. One can visit while the process is ongoing, ensure one has ties to canada. And yes some do get denied entry as the POE officer may deem that you have intent to stay, but many do visit (like myself) with no problems at all.

On the other hand, my father worked for Sask tel International (installed cellular networks in the USA and South America) and he doesnt have any college/university. No clue on what type of visa he came down to work on. This was back in the late 80's, early 90's and I think his visa was only good for like 6 months at a time, I could be wrong. Best of luck

[agnelson]

Forget any form of employment-based sponsorship, your skill is not specialized, and certainly is not in demand -- so you quite simply are not eligible for any non-immigrant or immigrant work visa.

marriage to a USC will be your only recourse.

-- Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:49 am --

not sure your occupation would fit in to the qualifications for an H1B really. Plus, I think with the H1B any employer is required to send application to the USCIS, and show that they cannot find a similarly qualified US citizen or legal permanent resident to do the job.

H1-b petitioners are NOT required to show unavailability of US workers. That requirement is for green card process. The apparent confusion comes from the acronym for each process

LC = Labour Certification for green card process (now called PERM) which includes evidence of US recruitment effort.
LCA = Labour Conditions Application, filed for H1-B applicants, outlining work conditions for the foreign worker. No evidence of recruitment efforts is submitted for LCA.