k3

[prince 2]

hi

for K3 inorder to get the visa from the embassy do both I-130&I-129F need to get approved inorder to get the visa. Or only when I-129F approved is enough to get the visa

[sydkym 0]

Both, and it must be simultaneously, or they will change your visa to a CR-1.

[pushbrk 12,084]

Both, and it must be simultaneously, or they will change your visa to a CR-1.

Both must be filed but it is the I-129F at the Consulate that results in a K3 visa. Nobody can reliably predict what the service center will do about the order in which the petitions are approved or even what they'll do with either or both when they do.

What should happen is for both petitions to be approved together with the I-130 held for AOS and the I-129F sent through NVC to the Consulate abroad.

Technically, the I-130 does not have to be approved before the K3 visa is issued but it must be before permanent resident status is granted.

Visa are not changed from K3 to CR1. You interview for one or the other. A CR1 visa can only be issued when an approved I-130 is at the Consulate abroad. It's possible to have both visas however.

Edited May 18, 2008 by pushbrk