Hello,
I'm a U.S. citizen and my husband of six years is a Canadian citizen.
After about seven years living in Canada with our two kids, we decided to move back home to the U.S.A. in March of this year. The kids and I came home and they started school, etc., while my husband spent the last eight months traveling back and forth from Canada to the U.S.A., tying up loose ends and renting out our house up North. Six weeks here, six weeks there, back and forth, and on each crossing he told the border folks openly and exactly what we were up to.
Today, he drove down to the U.S. border for what we thought was the last time — with his truck all packed for his final move here, with his application (and my sponsorship application) in hand. We thought he would be allowed to enter the U.S. as a normal visitor and then we'd "file concurrently."
Instead, they refused him entry to the U.S. and sent him back to Canada. Deported?!
They said we were mistaken: We needed to have applied and had his visa granted before he entered the U.S.
They said he will not be allowed back into the U.S. on a visitors' visa. He won't be allowed in for Christmas, etc etc etc.
Where did we go wrong?
Our kids think he's coming home tomorrow night.
Does anyone think we have any recourse? Any way they'll let him in for a Christmas visit, for example?
Thanks very much,
Bonacker
I'm a U.S. citizen and my husband of six years is a Canadian citizen.
After about seven years living in Canada with our two kids, we decided to move back home to the U.S.A. in March of this year. The kids and I came home and they started school, etc., while my husband spent the last eight months traveling back and forth from Canada to the U.S.A., tying up loose ends and renting out our house up North. Six weeks here, six weeks there, back and forth, and on each crossing he told the border folks openly and exactly what we were up to.
Today, he drove down to the U.S. border for what we thought was the last time — with his truck all packed for his final move here, with his application (and my sponsorship application) in hand. We thought he would be allowed to enter the U.S. as a normal visitor and then we'd "file concurrently."
Instead, they refused him entry to the U.S. and sent him back to Canada. Deported?!
They said we were mistaken: We needed to have applied and had his visa granted before he entered the U.S.
They said he will not be allowed back into the U.S. on a visitors' visa. He won't be allowed in for Christmas, etc etc etc.
Where did we go wrong?
Our kids think he's coming home tomorrow night.
Does anyone think we have any recourse? Any way they'll let him in for a Christmas visit, for example?
Thanks very much,
Bonacker
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