> Summer of 2000 I went to the U.S. and married an American citizen. I
> never filed any paper work, never tried to seek a job as I had an
> independant income. Fall of 2002 we loaded a U-Haul and returned to my
> country of Canada. At the border my wife had business to attend to at
> the U.S. side and they asked my status. I told them I was CDN and in
> the course of conversation I had over stayed. They said I had to leave
> the country and I simply pointed at the U-Haul and said wrap up her
> business and we're gone. I didn't sign any paper work, they neve asked
> for any I.D. but of course they got my licence number [American
> plates, swapped out for CDN tags the next week].
>
> So I wasn't swept up and "deported" by the INS but I imagine there may
> be a file with my name on it somewhere. My question - this coming
> summer there is a family event requiring my wife to return to attend.
> Its been four, well - five years next summer, should I even bother to
> gas up the car or just put her on a plane? She's filed and legal in
> Canada.
Sorry but I don't understand. When you returned to Canadian with your
American wife you were not examined by the US government but the
Canadian government. So what business was it to the Canadian government
in your overstay in the US and why did they tell you that you had to
leave the country.
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I'm not an attorney. This disclaimer is valid in NYS!
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