Is there anyway to speed things up?

[Jacob&Rachel 6]

Hi everyone. I am brand new to this website. I have a fiance in Indonesia. Her father is insisting that we be married in Indonesia. So it looks like we will be getting married on June 4th, there in Indonesia. However, I don't want to be married for almost a year and having to live without my new wife. I have children, so I can't stay there with her. Are there any tips to speed things up?

[dwheels76 5,486]

Hi everyone. I am brand new to this website. I have a fiance in Indonesia. Her father is insisting that we be married in Indonesia. So it looks like we will be getting married on June 4th, there in Indonesia. However, I don't want to be married for almost a year and having to live without my new wife. I have children, so I can't stay there with her. Are there any tips to speed things up?

File now for fiance visa a I-129F (have you met yet?). Otherwise no express lane except for expedites but it would have to be life or death, medical emergency, deployment.

[Ash.1101 1,756]

File now for fiance visa a I-129F (have you met yet?). Otherwise no express lane except for expedites but it would have to be life or death, medical emergency, deployment.

A fiance visa is no good as they are getting married in Indonesia, not the US. I'm assuming the US isn't an option as he said his father in law is insisting the marriage happen in Indonesia next June. I'm going to assume that getting married in the US and then AGAIN in Indonesia isn't an option.

With that said, no unless there is some form of emergency like dwheels said, you are at the mercy of the government on how fast they want to do it.

If it is possible that you can get married in the US and then again in Indonesia, you can try for a fiance visa, marry here, then once your then wife has her advance parole (up to 90 days after marriage takes place in the US on the fiance visa), you two can go marry in Indonesia, but if you have a set date for the Indonesian wedding then this won't work as the time lines wouldn't match up.

You're looking at having her be in the US to marry around June, July (IF YOU FILED TODAY), then add in another 3 months for advance parole, it most likely wouldn't be until October or so until you and your fiance could go back to Indonesia to have a second wedding since she come back into the US without the advance parole if she leaves while adjusting status (getting her green card WHILE in the US).

Edited December 5, 2015 by Ash.1101

[aaron2020 11,652]

Hi everyone. I am brand new to this website. I have a fiance in Indonesia. Her father is insisting that we be married in Indonesia. So it looks like we will be getting married on June 4th, there in Indonesia. However, I don't want to be married for almost a year and having to live without my new wife. I have children, so I can't stay there with her. Are there any tips to speed things up?

There is nothing you can do to speed things up. Same wait as everyone else.

[JFH 12,195]

We all understand the frustration about the wait. We are all in the same boat, going through the same thing. If there was a way to speed it up, we would have found it by now and we wouldn't be here waiting. We have been married 14 months and counting and have only just been able to start the process due to a major setback with my health. There is nothing I want more than to be able to live with my husband and we will have been married more than 2 years by the time we are all approved and I can move. If I can manage that, anyone can. We just need to find patience somewhere.

[norishing2007 2]

We all understand the frustration about the wait. We are all in the same boat, going through the same thing. If there was a way to speed it up, we would have found it by now and we wouldn't be here waiting. We have been married 14 months and counting and have only just been able to start the process due to a major setback with my health. There is nothing I want more than to be able to live with my husband and we will have been married more than 2 years by the time we are all approved and I can move. If I can manage that, anyone can. We just need to find patience somewhere.

I think you make a point here every body have to exercise patience on getting the visa we have done that having our life partner and thank God for that no one wants to stay second without living with his or her own partner so my advised is if you really want to come to America exercise patience expediting the process may worst the whole situation and you make a lot of mistakes that can make you starting everything afresh so my dear vj forum members let us take it step by step we all will surely make it with prayer and help of God on our side be bless thank you all

[Shenzhen 34]

Go the Fiance visa route if you want her here in 6 months, marriage route about a year which saves money in the long run. There are some benefits to the CR1 over the fiance visa. But the fiance visa is faster if that's the goal.

[Boiler 47,786]

Something has to give or you accept it, only you can answer that.

[A-square 31]

Hi everyone. I am brand new to this website. I have a fiance in Indonesia. Her father is insisting that we be married in Indonesia. So it looks like we will be getting married on June 4th, there in Indonesia. However, I don't want to be married for almost a year and having to live without my new wife. I have children, so I can't stay there with her. Are there any tips to speed things up?

Hi there,

It took 8.5 months for me for CR1 process. I know every case is different but it can be less than a year if you have all the documents well-prepared, especially at NVC stage. My husband and I prepared everything by ourselves. I did most of the information reading on this forum and shared it to my husband so we had all the documents ready even before they were needed.

Good luck!

Edited December 12, 2015 by maniput