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why K1 applicants are being approved so quick?

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Anonymous885   44

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You want a fast approval at early stage (USCIS) and see your other half faster ( not fast in term of Green Card ), then file K-1( more money). If you dont want to file AOS, but take longer time to get aporoval and less money, then go for CR1.

The system has been defined like that for long time, and you have a choice to go for at the beginning. So it is up to you guys not the system by itself. It is kinda traded off situation.

New Journey AOS:

My fiancee came to US on the 8th of March, 2014 under K-1 visa at Newark, NJ Airport for POE.

Applied Social Security Number on the 10 of March, 2014.

Married on the 13th of March, 2014.

Sent I-485, I-765, and I-131 on the 15th of March, 2014.

Received EAD on June 7, 2014.

Received Notice of Potential Interview Waiver on July 1, 2014 date 6/27

Contacted Ombudsman on 01/12/2015.

Ombudsman contacted USCIS on 02/20/2015.

Ombudsman sent a follow up to USCIS on 03/18/2015.

I-485 approved on 03/31/2015 ( we ordered your card).

Welcome notice was mailed on 04/01/2015.

Received Welcome Notice on 04/08/2015.

Card was mailed to me/picked up by USPS on 04/08/2015.

Received GC on 4/10/2015.

Prediction 04/08/2015

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Sekhvaruli Community Regular

Sekhvaruli   74

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Georgia
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Yeah... It seems like USICS is interested in bringing K-1 applicants to the US ASAP, before they lose patience and changed their mind,

so they applied for AOS after arrival and pay a 1000 bucks. Married couples can wait - they are already married, they are not likely to get divorced :D

CR-1 Visa

Service Center : California Service Center

Consulate : Georgia

Marriage: 2015-01-11

I-130 Sent : 2015-07-10 - sent from abroad, auto-expedite

I-130 NOA1 : 2015-07-14

I-130 Approved : 2015-08-13 (30 days)

:dancing::dancing::dancing::dancing::dancing::dancing:

Received by NVC: 2015-09-02 (in 20 days after the approval) - no email notification, info obtained over the phone

Case # assigned: 2015-09-10 (in 8 days after the case was received) - no email notification, info obtained over the phone

DS-261 filled: 2015-09-14

AoS fee paid: 2015-09-15

DS-261 reviewed over the phone:2015-09-17

Agent registration email: 2015-09-18

IV fee available: 2015-09-18

IV fee paid: 2015-09-22

IV fee showed paid: 2015-09-23 right before the end of the working day at NVC - at almost midnight EST.

AoS and IV package received: 2015-09-23

DS-260 filled out 2015-09-24

Scan date: 2015-09-24

Now let's get some patience for 3 weeks and hope CC will come without any delays :luv:

Case complete: 2015-10-21 (27 days)

Interview date issued: 2015-10-23

Received by the embassy: 2015-11-12

Interview date: 2015-12-02 (Request to reschedule for the earlier time denied.)

Approved!!!

Visa issued: 2015-12-07

Visa in hand: 2015-12-07

US entry: 2015-12-11

Social Security card arrived only after the visit to SS office, on 01/20

Green Card arrived: 2016-01-27

From NOA-1 to the interview - 141 days (4 months and 18 days)

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Yeah... It seems like USICS is interested in bringing K-1 applicants to the US ASAP, before they lose patience and changed their mind,

so they applied for AOS after arrival and pay a 1000 bucks. Married couples can wait - they are already married, they are not likely to get divorced :D

huh?


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Hotter Otter   1,211

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: England
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Yes the K1 and CR1 processes are different and most people understand that but the difference between them is largely what happens after NOA2. So merely saying that they are different doesn't answer any questions or make people less frustrated. What people are frustrated by is that it was taking 9 months for an I-130 to get NOA2 and some I-129's were taking less than 30 days. So the issue isn't the difference between the visa types it's the fact that USCIS were piling up I-130's and not touching them while adjudicating I-129's fast.

Obviously I don't have an issue with K1 filers for this, it was a decision made by USCIS and I know that in the past it was the K1 filers who suffered. For those CR1 filers who are still waiting for NOA2 hang in there, they are slowly improving the processing times and NVC is running smoothly at present.

My blog about my visa journey and adjusting to my new life in the US http://albiontoamerica.wordpress.com/

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