Which way should we go? K-3 or CR-1

[peteycosta 0]

Hello everyone! I have been greatly helped already by all the help and suggestions that everyone has given for other people´s cases. I haven´t been able to find any specific answers for my questions so hopefully somebody will be able to guide me a bit better.

Summary: My fianceé and I are getting married in Buenos Aires on June 12th. I am doing all the paperwork necessary to apply for residency right after we get married. We will stay down and live in Buenos Aires. I´ve already lived there for about 2 years on a 2 year conditional residency visa. I don´t know if that will be of any help to my situation.

Question:

We are going to send in the paperwork for either the K-3 or CR-1 in June. We will be going through the California Service Center. I am a student and have to keep up with my studies. I´m going to be attending the University of Buenos Aires for the July-December semester down there, but would like to continue my studies back at ASU in the states when January comes. I´d also like to have my wife come with me and not have to leave her by myself. I would prefer the CR-1 Visa, because it definitely will be easier once she gets into the states. I have time to wait (till about the middle of January) for her to have her interview and get approved. Which visa should I apply for? If I can´t get any of the visas before January I wouldn´t mind waiting until about March to go back home.

Also, will me being in the interview for the K-3 or CR-1 have a greater influence on her getting approved for that type of visa, or is that more common with only the K-1.

Any other advice, tips, little gems of knowledge I should know before I get down there and have no ways of getting back up to the U.S. for at least half a year?

Thanks for all your help!

-Pete

[turbo2253 0]

I would look into filing DCF, in Argentina, you could possibly get the CR-1 in close to 6 months, I am not sure about Argentina, but that might be the TICKET. Good Luck, Mike & Yizhen

[JVKn'CVO 11]

Yes, if you have been living in Argentina for as long as you have, you qualify for Direct Consular Filing. It's the fastest route so you're lucky (I believe the Embassy web site states around 3 months)

Start by reading these links:

BA Embassy

VJ: Marriage Based Immigration Choices

Direct Consular Filing

Good Luck!

Caro

[peteycosta 0]

well I lived there for 2 years, came home about a year ago, and then am moving back again. Would that still qualify for DCF? I´ll definitely check the website. Thanks!

-pete