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Mother-in-law Green Card question - Family Sponsored, K1 or K3 Visa?

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Joe_&_Nadiya   1

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Hello fellow VJers...

I haven't been here in a few years but yet, I continuously find this site extremely helpful when it comes to immigration. Family keeps growing and wife has been a US citizen since 2015. I have a question about family visa for my mother-in-law.... Long story short, she now has a boyfriend who is a US citizen boyfriend and he proposed..so my question at a high level is, which one of the 3 options are better to get her to live in the US (independent of the cost for each option)?

 

1) Have my wife sponsor a Green Card for her while she is here on a tourist visa;

2) Have her boyfriend file for a K1;

3) Have her boyfriend marry her in Ukraine and then file for a K3;

 

Any input will be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance.

K1

09/11/08 - I-129F Sent
09/16/08 - I-129F NOA1
02/06/09 - I-129F NOA2
02/13/09 - NVC Received
04/06/09 - NVC Left
04/09/09 - Embassy Received
05/18/09 - Interview Passed/Visa Approved
05/21/09 - Visa Received (picked up at Fedex in Kiev)
05/28/09 - Entered U.S. via JFK
05/29/09 - Applied for SS#
06/08/09 - SS# Received in the mail
06/12/09 - Applied for a Marriage License
06/19/09 - Wedding Day
07/03/09 - SS# under new name received in the mail

AOS/EAD/AP
07/27/09 - I-485, I-765 & I-131 Sent
07/31/09 - Package arrived in Chicago
08/03/09 - NOA for all 3 forms
08/27/09 - Case transferred to CSC
09/02/09 - Biometrics appointment - Done
09/03/09 - EAD touched
09/04/09 - AOS touched
09/14/09 - AP & EAD approved - Card Ordered
09/18/09 - AP Received in the mail
09/21/09 - EAD Card received in the mail
09/25/09 - AOS Approved
09/29/09 - Green Card Sent
10/02/09 - Green Card Received.
12/18/09 - Got my Drivers License.

ROC
06/27/11 - I-751 Sent.
07/01/11 - NOA.
08/15/11- Biometrics appointment.
03/17/12- ROC Approved - No Interview.

Naturalization
01/21/15 - N-400 Sent

04/15/15 - Became a US Citizen

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PaoSelle   35

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12 minutes ago, Joe & Nadya said:

Hello fellow VJers...

I haven't been here in a few years but yet, I continuously find this site extremely helpful when it comes to immigration. Family keeps growing and wife has been a US citizen since 2015. I have a question about family visa for my mother-in-law.... Long story short, she now has a boyfriend who is a US citizen boyfriend and he proposed..so my question at a high level is, which one of the 3 options are better to get her to live in the US (independent of the cost for each option)?

 

1) Have my wife sponsor a Green Card for her while she is here on a tourist visa;

2) Have her boyfriend file for a K1;

3) Have her boyfriend marry her in Ukraine and then file for a K3;

 

Any input will be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance.

I would go with the K1 route because having her go to the US on a tourist visa then adjusting status is too risky especially since she's entering the country with the intention of adjusting. don't do K3 its completely Useless these days.

Manila CRBA & Passport Experience

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/657133-usem-crba-experience/

IR-1/CR-1 Journey

USCIS

09/12/2017: I-130 package sent to USCIS Phoenix Lockbox

09/18/2017: NOA1 Email

09/26/2017: NOA1 Hardcopy(Texas Service Center)

10/01/2017: Expedite Request Sent

11/18/2017: NOA2 Email

11/30/2017: NOA2 Hardcopy

12/27/2017: Checked receipt number on the USCIS website and they had just forwarded the case to NVC that day *shame*

NVC

01/03/2018: Case received at NVC

01/10/2018: Expedite request sent

01/11/2018: Email received from NVC expedite that inquiry is under review

01/16/2018: IIN and Case number issued

01/18/2018: Expedite approved and immediately forwarded to US Embassy Manila. CEAC says "In Transit"

Medical & Embassy

01/23/2018: Embassy Received case file. CEAC says "Ready"

01/23/2018: DS-260 completed

01/24/2018: SLEC Medical DAY 1

01/25/2018: SLEC Medical DAY 2

02/02/1018: USEM Interview "PASSED"

02/08/2018: Picked up VISA packet at 2GO Laoag

02/09/2018: CFO sticker... went to the seminar Nov. 29 2017 for passport renewal requirement to change to husbands surname

 

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JFH   12,189

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14 minutes ago, Joe_&_Nadiya said:

Hello fellow VJers...

I haven't been here in a few years but yet, I continuously find this site extremely helpful when it comes to immigration. Family keeps growing and wife has been a US citizen since 2015. I have a question about family visa for my mother-in-law.... Long story short, she now has a boyfriend who is a US citizen boyfriend and he proposed..so my question at a high level is, which one of the 3 options are better to get her to live in the US (independent of the cost for each option)?

 

1) Have my wife sponsor a Green Card for her while she is here on a tourist visa;

2) Have her boyfriend file for a K1;

3) Have her boyfriend marry her in Ukraine and then file for a K3;

 

Any input will be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance.

1. This is fraudulent unless she is already here and arrived with no intention of staying. 

2. Is an option.

3. Is obsolete. It would be a CR-1.

 

 

The decision as to which visa path to follow (K-1 or CR-1) is a very personal one for the couple in question. There are pros and cons of each. What's right for one couple isn't necessarily right for the next couple. The couple need to make this decision by themselves. You can show them the guides and comparisons here to assist them in their decision. 

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Timeline in brief:

Married: September 27, 2014

I-130 filed: February 5, 2016

NOA1: February 8, 2016 Nebraska

NOA2: July 21, 2016

Interview: December 6, 2016 London

POE: December 19, 2016 Las Vegas

N-400 filed: September 30, 2019

Interview: March 22, 2021 Seattle

Oath: March 22, 2021 COVID-style same-day oath

 

Now a US citizen!

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Joe_&_Nadiya   1

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Thanks for the answers so far... She is in the US however she had no intention of staying at all as she has been coming over for a few years to spend summer and as well as the Holidays... This time around she met this guy and they clicked. He proposed.. just like that...

K1

09/11/08 - I-129F Sent
09/16/08 - I-129F NOA1
02/06/09 - I-129F NOA2
02/13/09 - NVC Received
04/06/09 - NVC Left
04/09/09 - Embassy Received
05/18/09 - Interview Passed/Visa Approved
05/21/09 - Visa Received (picked up at Fedex in Kiev)
05/28/09 - Entered U.S. via JFK
05/29/09 - Applied for SS#
06/08/09 - SS# Received in the mail
06/12/09 - Applied for a Marriage License
06/19/09 - Wedding Day
07/03/09 - SS# under new name received in the mail

AOS/EAD/AP
07/27/09 - I-485, I-765 & I-131 Sent
07/31/09 - Package arrived in Chicago
08/03/09 - NOA for all 3 forms
08/27/09 - Case transferred to CSC
09/02/09 - Biometrics appointment - Done
09/03/09 - EAD touched
09/04/09 - AOS touched
09/14/09 - AP & EAD approved - Card Ordered
09/18/09 - AP Received in the mail
09/21/09 - EAD Card received in the mail
09/25/09 - AOS Approved
09/29/09 - Green Card Sent
10/02/09 - Green Card Received.
12/18/09 - Got my Drivers License.

ROC
06/27/11 - I-751 Sent.
07/01/11 - NOA.
08/15/11- Biometrics appointment.
03/17/12- ROC Approved - No Interview.

Naturalization
01/21/15 - N-400 Sent

04/15/15 - Became a US Citizen

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