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how does the USCIS know when an I130 it recieves should be processed as CR1/IR1 over K3???? My US wife and I will lodge I130 after we have been married two years. I have been travelling back and forth on ESTA from Australia.

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***Moved from US Embassy & Consulate Discussion to USCIS Service Centers forum.***

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An I-130 filed by a petitioner who is petitioning a foreign spouse defaults to CR-1/IR-1 unless an I-129F is filed after the I-130 has been received (i.e. the K3 process can only start if an I-129F is filed after an I-130).

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how does the USCIS know when an I130 it recieves should be processed as CR1/IR1 over K3???? My US wife and I will lodge I130 after we have been married two years. I have been travelling back and forth on ESTA from Australia.

I'm curious, why are you waiting until after you have been married two years?

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Your Visa category will be that of IR1 because you've been married for two years before filing the I-130.

No, it depends on the date you enter the US, not the date of filing the I-130. If they file the I-130 before their second anniversary, and then have their second anniversary in the meantime before he enters the US, he will be IR-1 and will receive the 10-year green card, not the 2-year green card. That's why I was asking. If they are holding out on filing the I-130 in order to get the 10-year green card, they are mistaken.

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DaveStephChalm   3

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No, it depends on the date you enter the US, not the date of filing the I-130. If they file the I-130 before their second anniversary, and then have their second anniversary in the meantime before he enters the US, he will be IR-1 and will receive the 10-year green card, not the 2-year green card. That's why I was asking. If they are holding out on filing the I-130 in order to get the 10-year green card, they are mistaken.

our plan was to file I130 after we had been married to years for it was our understanding that was the time frame to receive automatic LPR on POA, so your suggestion would be to file I130 sooner than later?

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our plan was to file I130 after we had been married to years for it was our understanding that was the time frame to receive automatic LPR on POA, so your suggestion would be to file I130 sooner than later?

Yes, if you want to get the 10-year green card instead of the 2-year one, it's the date of entry into the US on the immigrant visa that matters, not the date you submit the I-130. You should go ahead and file now, and just make sure your US entry date is after your 2-year wedding anniversary.

See: http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/types/family/immediate-relative.html#12under "What is conditional residence?"

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