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jms627 said:
I own a home with my sister in the United States, so I do have a mortgage there - I travel now with a copy of the mortgage letter just in case, so hopefully that will suffice as proof?
Yes this is good proof as confirmed by the listing from Deejavu. Its interesting that the CBP list actually mirrors decreasing importance as it progresses down. I recall over hearing at a diplomatic event a US Consular Office saying how often visa applicants would argue about having return flight tickets as proof of ties whereupon he would tell them they collected a dozen tickets on a bad day from the visa post garbage as people tossed the tickets post visa issuance. The number 1 proof tends to be a solid job in a reputable bona fide organization on the premise that it forms the basis of your livelihood and you would be unlikely to just throw this away!

If its a consolation CBP (US) are in a league of their own and CBSA (Canada) are on the whole a more gentle beast to deal with. They are more laid back and courteous so you are less likely to have hassle than if it were your fiance going the other way. Usually best for you to share visits where you do a trip then he does the next but not sure how feasible this is given his employment and nature thereof...its not always easy for military folk to get the next cheap internet deal on for a flight south of the border!
 
Indeed.

I have an American friend who is fiancee was trying to immigrate to US. It was so hard since she was denied entry into the US. She is from a visa waiver country to US. CBP basically told her that she can't enter on visitor status as her intent was not just to visit but to stay in the US and that she has to wait until her immigrant visa is processed.

Msafiri,
Did you consider a career in the immigration Canada? :)
 
Finally it worked out for my friends as soon as she got her US immigrant visa and then she was able to enter US and get a green card.
 
You are both a wealth of knowledge! Thanks again! (and I'm glad your friend's situation worked out) :D