I-130 Approved, & Nat'l Visa Ctr. fees paid

[Æfenléoht 0]

Hello Everyone,

I was married in Brazil where my wife is a citizen and currently lives. Our goal is to have her living with me in the USA with a greencard to obtain citizenship.

I filed for a K3 and sent my I-130 with supporting documents in March 2008 to the Vermont Service Center. They expedited it to a California office after a long wait, and was approved. Then, I received a notification from the Nat'l Visa Center in New Hampshire; and now they have my information, paid fees, and my wife's "Choice of Agent" form.

I have some questions about the I-129F:

1) Should I still submit my I-129F for the K3?

2a) If I do not send the I-129F, could my wife interview for a CR1 visa instead of the K3?

2b) How will the visa center determine which visa (K3 or CR1) to pursue? (Since I applied for a K3, but didn't send the I-129F)

Good Day!

[payxibka 10,044]

1) No, once the I-130 has been approved, it is too late to file the I-129f as no action will be taken on it

2) The I-130 is a petition for the CR/IR visa.... With only the I-130 filed your wife has no choice on the visa type... it will be CR/IR

3) Since they have only one petition.... there is no choice as there is only one path.... FWIW, you did NOT apply for K-3 as no visa has been applied for yet. It will not be a K-3 ever, since no appropriate petition was submitted for eligibility determination.

Edited January 13, 2009 by payxibka

[andreea 0]

be happy u didn't submit the I129F when was time for it. would have only slowed u down at Vermont. and for those who submitted both I130 and I129F, they were approved same time anyways.

if u already started yr NVC process, go on with it for CR1. is the visa that offers what u wanted from the beginning anyways.

for a better speed in the process, use this guide: http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/...he_NVC_ShortCut

enjoy life,

Andreea

[WHsoulmates 0]

hi , would u plz update ur time line, just to be grateful of the help u r getting from this site

[Æfenléoht 0]

Great! What a relief!

Thank you so much for taking time to answer my question!