Timeline for Canadian overstayed in the US for 14 years. Can I leave to Canada and return back to the US?
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| Oct 30, 2017 at 7:24 | comment | added | user29788 | @JonathanReez the US border was never secured - but airlines saw significant increases in security theatre to counter public perceptions. The fact that the US still had a significant illegal immigrant flow from Mexico shows that the border still remained fairly pourous. | |
| Oct 30, 2017 at 7:21 | comment | added | JonathanReez♦ | @Moo the US border wasn't secured overnight. If OP entered overland at a minor crossing there's a large chance no one even recorded his entry in a computer. | |
| Oct 30, 2017 at 6:45 | history | edited | user67108 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 30, 2017 at 6:39 | comment | added | reirab | @JonathanReez 14 years ago was pretty much the height of the 9/11 craziness. | |
| Oct 30, 2017 at 4:33 | comment | added | user29788 | @JonathanReez 14 years ago was 2003, which would be after the "9/11 craziness starting taking place"... | |
| Oct 30, 2017 at 3:53 | comment | added | George Y. | I would seriously consult a lawyer before attempting that strategy. First, income tax evasion will not disappear just because they moved to Canada - and it might be extraditable offense. Second, if John has any assets in USA, after they got married, his assets may be in jeopardy unless some very specific legal steps are performed. So a lawyer should definitely look at it and assess all risks, which are not limited to avoiding overstay. | |
| Oct 29, 2017 at 23:56 | history | edited | user4188 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 29, 2017 at 23:54 | comment | added | user4188 | @JonathanReez I refuse to guess. If you guess wrong, you might or might not be banned from the United States for a very long time. Is there such a thing that someone is inadmissible for life? Could this end up being that? I refuse to guess. OP needs a lawyer, end. | |
| Oct 29, 2017 at 23:45 | comment | added | JonathanReez♦ | Would the US even know how long OP overstayed? There's no exit immigration and it's possible that the initial entry wasn't recorded electronically as the Canadian border wasn't strictly monitored before the 9/11 craziness started taking place. | |
| Oct 29, 2017 at 23:39 | comment | added | corsiKa | The tens of thousands is not an exaggeration - when my wife moved to the US to get her green card, we were already married, the lawyer for that was $5,000. And that was about as open-and-shut as it gets. We met three or four times, had one meeting with immigration, and it was done. This could take years! | |
| Oct 29, 2017 at 20:51 | history | edited | user4188 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 29, 2017 at 20:43 | history | answered | user4188 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |