What is the better visa route- K-3 or CR1?

[meowmeowmeow 0]

hypothetically, there's really nothing i can do right now though is there...not before i get another notice? except collecting all the paperwork and evidence necessary for the aos and interview? thanks....lol, i wish now i put down my old CA address and had the chance of having my case go through quicker...oh well. vermont seems to be the slowest center of them all...

[childress_london 3]

Whether or not to do the K3 (I129F) depends on what your goals are. I am going to do the K3 process because my husband is from Iran, but lives in Canada and we got married in Canada. With the K3, he interviews where we got married - Canada. With the I130(CR1/IR1), he will have to interview in the embassy that serves his country (Turkey or Dubai), which would be a hardship for us. Otherwise, I would not do the K3. I originally might have because I thought the K3 was faster (it was supposed to be comparative to the K1 fiance visa), but I have since found that that is not true. There really is no benefit to the K3 other than for the reason I am using it that I can see. I sent in my I130 in October and I129F in November and I'm still waiting on NOA2 (approval notice from USCIS). I don't expect to see anything for another month or two, if I'm lucky. As for evidence, you want as much of it as possible for the interview. From what I've seen it's better to have too much than not enough and have them ask you to come back again with more evidence! You never know what they are going to want to see.

[LaL 418]

With the K3, he interviews where we got married - Canada. With the I130(CR1/IR1), he will have to interview in the embassy that serves his country (Turkey or Dubai), which would be a hardship for us.

could you explain this further? this was not my understanding of processing PRs of Canada when we went through this.

[childress_london 3]

With the K3, he interviews where we got married - Canada. With the I130(CR1/IR1), he will have to interview in the embassy that serves his country (Turkey or Dubai), which would be a hardship for us.

could you explain this further? this was not my understanding of processing PRs of Canada when we went through this.

The instructions on the I129F says:

"The LIFE Act requires applicants to apply for a K-3 visa in the country where their marriage to the U.S. citizen petitioner occurred. Petitioners should make sure to identify the appropriate consulate, in the same country where they married the alien for whom they are petitioning, in Block 20 to avoid lengthy delays. "

This does not apply to marriage in the U.S. BTW.

Edited March 21, 2009 by childress_london

[meowmeowmeow 0]

Whether or not to do the K3 (I129F) depends on what your goals are. I am going to do the K3 process because my husband is from Iran, but lives in Canada and we got married in Canada. With the K3, he interviews where we got married - Canada. With the I130(CR1/IR1), he will have to interview in the embassy that serves his country (Turkey or Dubai), which would be a hardship for us. Otherwise, I would not do the K3. I originally might have because I thought the K3 was faster (it was supposed to be comparative to the K1 fiance visa), but I have since found that that is not true.

i find this interesting...wouldn't it just be possible to just call USCIS, explain the situation, and then have them send your package to the embassy you want to go? or are they that super picky about this?

[LaL 418]

With the K3, he interviews where we got married - Canada. With the I130(CR1/IR1), he will have to interview in the embassy that serves his country (Turkey or Dubai), which would be a hardship for us.

could you explain this further? this was not my understanding of processing PRs of Canada when we went through this.

The instructions on the I129F says:

"The LIFE Act requires applicants to apply for a K-3 visa in the country where their marriage to the U.S. citizen petitioner occurred. Petitioners should make sure to identify the appropriate consulate, in the same country where they married the alien for whom they are petitioning, in Block 20 to avoid lengthy delays. "

oh no - sorry I meant the part regarding the CR1/IR1's needing to "interview in the embassy that serves his country".