I-130 Approved // K - 3 Closed

[Panki 0]

Folks -

There has been ongoing threads about this beign teh case or not that once I-130 is approved, any pending K-3 is cancelled. Well, I was approved this past week on I-130 but unfortunately was also made aware that K-3 was cancelled.

So it is a mixed bag of feelings. I was hoping the K-3 would go through so I could possibly be woth my wife in about 2-3 months instead of now maybe 6 months or so. For all with the arguments that it is now roughly the same wait times between the 2 processes, IT IS NOT. The differene is 3-4 months of more wait-time which is a long time. I realize everyone has different patience thresholds and I respect that but for me/wife it is a long time. I am dreadign having the conversation with her that this just happened.

My question to anyone in this situation is that : Is there anything we as petitioners can do to Re-vive the K-3. I mean K-3 was ONLY created to alleviate and decrease these painful wait timelines so we are moving backwards.

Take care all and look forward to some helpful feedback!

[YuAndDan 153]

Keep it positive, the CR-1 or IR-1 is the better visa, you will not have to hassel with the additional paperwork and $1010 fee to file I-485 to USCIS. K-3 is not work auth, so cannot get a JOB, SSN, or driver's license until they have EAD, EAD takes up to 90 days to get.