i am a us citizen engaged to a canadian. what do i do to go to can. to marry and become a citizen?
353381
Contact the US embassy in Canada.  They can give you authoritative and correct answers.\n\nThe Embassy of the United States of America\n490 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 1G8 Canada\n613-238-5335\n\nGood success!
129270
you may become a canadian citizen
6766
The first source below has detailed information on how to bring your fiance to the United States if you intend to marry him here. The second source tells you how to bring your spouse to the United States if you intend to marry him there. After the two of you have been married for 3 years and he has lived in the United States for 3 years with trips of no more than 6 months during that time, he can apply to naturalize and become a citizen.
165352
What you need to do is to first figure out what kind of marriage you would have - civil or religious. \nStep 1. \nRegardless of the process you would have to go to the town's clerk's office and fill out an application for request of marriage licence. At this point you will be asked if a civil or religious. \nStep 2. \nIn case of civil they will point you where you would need to set up an appointment with the judge for you marriage vows. In case of religious, contact your religious institution for the marriage appointment. \nStep 3. \nI believe in both the cases above either the Judge's office or your religious institution will send out the completed licence form back to the municipal office for processing. You wait and then finally get your marriage licence. \nStep 4. \nAssuming you are a US citizen, you can then either shop around a good immigration lawyer or ... do it yourself (depending on the complexicity of the case).
618439
You should be able to pass the citizenship test...or you can move to Canada.
1036421
First of all, you would have to get your green card first and that can take years.  You would have to prove a lot of information, provide pictures etc.  Then once you receive your temporary green card, you will have to go back after two years and prove that you're still married...then once you get your permanent residency you  have to wait three years...then the naturalization process takes FOREVER.  The BCIS or whatever it's called these days, is extremely unorganized.  If you get divorced after the two  year probation period, that's usually 'ok' but if it's before then, it's usually problematic.  Good luck!  I hope you're not getting married in order to become a naturalized citizen...it's just not worth the agony.
597600
I can tell you 100% you are still an American citizen and you are also a Canadian citizen - you have dual citizenship.  You did not need a green card to go back to the USA to work.  You can freely live and work in either country and will never lose either citizenship unless you officially renounce either one to the government.  \n\nI know this is a fact.  I also was born in the USA with both of my parents being US citizens.  We moved to Canada when I was 10 years old and when I was 21 I took out Canadian citizenship.  I, too, thought that I had lost my American citizenship automatically at the time of becoming a Canadian citizen, until about 10 years later when I was travelling over the border to the USA from Canada and a US customs officer asked me my citizenship when I handed him my driver's license, my US birth certificate, and my Canadian naturalization certificate.  I told him I was Canadian.  He asked my why I said that, since I was born in the USA.  I told him that I thought I had automatically lost my US citizenship when I took my Canadian citizenship.  He told me that unless I have either renounced my American citizenship or have ever received a letter from the US government telling me that I am no longer an American citizen, then I am still American.  He told me to contact the US Embassy in Canada to enquire, but from now on he told me to claim only my US citizenship when I enter the USA.  He said the US does not recognize my Canadian citizenship and so I should only report that I am a US citizen when asked at the border in the future.  However, I need to hand both pieces of ID because they want to see what my status is in Canada, as well.  Ever since then, I hand both pieces of ID and my driver's license and when asked my citizenship, I say, US citizen, when travelling into the USA.  I never have any problem whatsoever and, in fact, I am told, "Ma'am, you can stay in the USA just as long as you want to!"  Ha!  In fact, at the time, I had my 2 children in the car with me who were both born in Canada.  The customs officer also told me to check with the US Embassy regarding them, as well, as they may also have US citizenship.  I did contact the Embassy.  They sent me forms to complete regarding my children and then they sent me a letter stating that my elder child also has US citizenship, based on the citizenship laws at the time of his birth; however, my younger child does not, based on the citizenship laws at the time of her birth.  As well, they sent me a letter stating that I was a US citizen, even though I also now had Canadian citizenship.  \n\nIt is very nice, actually, as you have the best of both worlds.  I never have a problem coming either way over the border and I travel back and forth a couple times a month.  \n\nSo, contact the US Embassy in Canada if you are in Canada now, or the US Immigration if you are presently in the US - they're in the phone book or you can look them up on the internet.  If you have children, also, check out their citizenship status.  If you do not have children yet, but plan to, as soon as they are born, whichever country they are born in, notify the other country of their birth to register it and they will have both citizenships, automatically.  I should have done this with both of my children at the time of their births but, because I didn't know this at the time, I didn't.  Now, my son just has to apply for his US passport and that is what will be his proof of his US citizenship, as he already has his Canadian birth certificate. \n\nThis is not necessarily the case with other countries in the world, but between Canada and the USA, you do not have to renounce one to have the other.  It is a wonderful thing and we are very fortunate.
851981
Before you marry while your still in the USA you need to File \na K-1 Fiance Visa. They will approve it or deny it. Once it is approved he can get his passport to come to the USA. You have 90 days to marry after his arrival to the USA. His Visa will be conditional and if he does not marry within the 90 days he will have overstayed his visa and a letter of deportation will be issued. Its actually not a hard process, it can be costly and can take some time to finish. Once you both are married in the USA you will need to file a 245-I application which consists of a (I-130 showing he is married to a US citizen and a 485-I is an adjustment of status) After filing this they will do a name check and then approve his greencard for 3 years. After 3 years he would then be able to file for citizenship as long as he meets the requirements.
565153
you won't be an american citizen.  If you marry outside the US your husband who is american would have to come back to the US and file paperwork to get you a visa to come here.  The process takes about a year, then when your here you have to file additional paperwork to become a citizen, that process depending on the state you live in can take from 2 to 5 years. It a long process been thorugh it with my husband from Ecuador, but if you really love the man it's worth it.
1141661
you have to apply for american citizenship and it is a long process.  by getting married, i believe you can live in the US, but you would need to apply for a work visa while waiting for you residency card
591076
It depends on what country are you citizen of. If you want a long-time  processing of getting permanent residence you may marry , you may prolong you visiting stay and so on, but the best way -is to apply as skilled worker. Good luck! Canada is the best place to live!
190082
There are two ways, if you have a driver’s license that’s good enough in some states. Second, if the person you are marrying is a U.S. citizen of the country you want to be in, return to your home country get married and then have the US citizen file the paperwork with Immigration and the State Department, you will be allowed to stay in the United States until you get a green card. You will need documentation, so have the US citizen contact the State Department/ Immigration first to find out what you will need.
1027615
Marry a US citizen, Come here on a visa and stay past the visa expiration,Go to Canada and sneak over the border. If you really want to be here you will find a way. You can also try applying for a work permit through homeland security the legal way..
298580
You can marry whoever you want to marry. That isn't an issue. The issue comes into play when one of you wants to move to the others country. That is NOT easy, and usually takes months for one to be able to move. During the time of the paper work being gone over by some faceless person in government, neither of you will be allow to enter the others country. The government doesn't trust that you won't stay illegally. Also there is NO guarantee that the one moving, will be allowed in the others country. My fiance and I are going through this right now. I'm moving to the States (or hope to) He's not allowed in my country. I sure wish he was Canadian or I was American.
201117
There is not enough information to answer your question.\n\nIf you want to Marry a US Citizen he or she has to obtain a Fiancee Visa and you need to get married withing 90 days of the filing of the Visa.\n\nAfter you are legally in the United States of America you can then start the process to become a US Permanent Resident.\n\nYou don't get automatic US Permantent Residency just by marriage of a US Citizen. \n\nKeep in mind, to get a Fiance Visa, You need to leave the United States of America and enter again legally with your Fiance Visa.\n\nThe Visa and the SSN are not related in any way.
176638
Get married with an American:-)
354311
You would need to apply for citizenship, follow all the rules and requirements set out for you, never be arrested, and when it's your time, pass the test given and take an oath.  \n\nProbably much easier to marry an American but I'd think much more special to do it on your own.