Currently in USA on a 90 day visitor visa - marked "No CoS, no EoS" but NOT "no AoS".

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Irisia

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I am a Canadian currently in the USA on a 90 day visitor visa, and I didn't have a return ticket at the border, so the lady stamped me "No CoS, no EoS." But it is NOT stamped "No AoS".

Does this mean that I can still get married here and try to "adjust" my status to permanent resident by applying for the green card through my future husband?
 
You should do it the legally correct way and file for either a spouse or fiance visa once you have returned to Canada. Given that your file has already been flagged, why would you complicate and create legal bills when it is a very simple process to do it correectly?

If you are in so big a rush that you cannot do it correctly, your future spouse should be concerned that you are marrying only for a green card.
 
I would advise you not to AOS. You might invite trouble for yourself at the interview.

Irisia said:
Does this mean that I can still get married here and try to "adjust" my status to permanent resident by applying for the green card through my future husband?
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Concerned4us said:
You should do it the legally correct way and file for either a spouse or fiance visa once you have returned to Canada. Given that your file has already been flagged, why would you complicate and create legal bills when it is a very simple process to do it correectly?

If you are in so big a rush that you cannot do it correctly, your future spouse should be concerned that you are marrying only for a green card.
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Well there will be legal bills either way, and possibly a 2-year wait even if I file here..lol I was also advised that applying for a spouse visa while IN Canada could take a VERY long time, and I apparently will have to stay in Canada for a minimum of 6 months before I could even make use of a fiance visa.

It's not that I am in a rush..it's that it would be a huge expense and a large wait for me to go back to Canada and apply there, and we don't really want to be apart for that long. He was just in Canada with me for 6 months and will not be able to come back with me if I go back at the end of these 90 days.

-@Triple Citizen
Invite trouble for myself at the interview? What do you mean? Because my passport is "flagged" they will give me trouble type thing?

I see it as straightforward - I didn't have a return ticket because I wasn't sure if I would leave after a week or after a few months, and sometimes re-booking a ticket because you change your mind is expensive or impossible. So that's why my passport was "flagged" as such. After being here now for almost two months, I have realized that I do really like it here and that getting married and staying here would be fantastic. Do you think that will still cause problems at the interview, though?

Thank you for your responses.
 
Don't take the short cut. Do it the proper way and return and file for the appropriate K category of visa.

If you cannot afford the expense of filing and waiting, you cannot afford to marry.

If you cannot bare to be apart while you wait for proper processing, you are not "in love" but "in like" and afraid that the separation will bring out the lack of long term commitment that one or the other of you has.
 
Well if you see it as straight forward then please proceed. Good luck!!!

Irisia said:
-@Triple Citizen
Invite trouble for myself at the interview? What do you mean? Because my passport is "flagged" they will give me trouble type thing?

I see it as straightforward
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Concerned4us said:
Don't take the short cut. Do it the proper way and return and file for the appropriate K category of visa.

If you cannot afford the expense of filing and waiting, you cannot afford to marry.

If you cannot bare to be apart while you wait for proper processing, you are not "in love" but "in like" and afraid that the separation will bring out the lack of long term commitment that one or the other of you has.
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You are very judgemental for someone who has no idea of my situation (age, salary, relationship, etc, etc, etc) , but thank you for the advice in any case. lol
 
If telling you to follow the legal and proper procedure is judgmental so be it. Being older than dirt, my antenna are really good at picking out excuses. You, my dear, have a lot of excuses for not following the proper procedures. Your unwillingness to follow proper procedure should also be a red flag to your potential spouse. Is is love or a green card?

You have already admitted on a public forum to entering the US with the intention of marrying and not exiting the country. In other words, you entered the US intending to violate the law since you knew you were not going to leave as required when you entered. Your intent was suspected by the border officer. Are you going to prove him/her to be correct?
 
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