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K-1 Visa Cancellation and appling CR-1/K3 visa

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Arpan   3

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Hi everyone,
I am a US citizen trying to get my fiancee from India to US. So I applied for her K1 (fiance) visa earlier, but since our marriage is already scheduled with Hindu Rituals before we'll get the K1 visa, so I thinking to cancel K1 application (also it has not been approved by USCIS yet ), as on K1 visa we cannot marry outside US.
So now I am planning to go to India during sept-oct for a week to do court marriage there and then apply for CR1 visa after that. Also as I mention earlier our marriage was already scheduled with all the Hindu rituals in jan, so will there be an problem with CR1 visa application as i am going to mention everything to the immigration officers that initially i applied to K1 VISA and then I cancelled it as I cannot marry her outside US and for that I am applying for CR1 visa after doing a court marriage from Indian and will be performing some hindu rituals for marriage during Jan 2017.
Will this make a mess in the whole process as i will be getting married first in court to expedite CR1 process, and then will be marrying with Hindu ritual during Jan.
Also is there any other way i can bring my fiancee quicker as i got to know CR-1 visa generally takes 1 year.

All will the cancellation of K1 visa will cause a problem while applying for K-3 visa or CR-1 visa. ??
Please advise, Thanks
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Rc123rc Rising Star

Rc123rc   528

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K-3 is obsolete and not used any more. You don't have a qualifying event for speeding up the visa approval. Court marriage versus religious marriage references is a little confusing. Court marriage is all you need to file the CR-1. So if you are doing that on your visit coming up then go ahead and file the CR-1. The religious marriage is not a factor. Just make sure you have a valid marriage certificate form the court marriage.

 
 

 

 

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Penguin_ie Grand Master

Penguin_ie   5,984

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****** Moving from K1 to CR-1 forum as Op is now going for that visa *****

No, you have a logical reason for cancelling the K1 so that is fine. Just mentioned this reason in your cover letter for the CR-1.

Having the legal wedding asap so you can start on the visa process, and then having the religious ceremony later is also fine.

There is no way to make it quicker, except read up on the process in general and requirements in your country specifically, so there are no delays due to RFEs.

One thing though, where are you in the K1 process? It may be worth seeing if you can get it soon, get her over here asap, marry legally and apply for AOS and AP (travel permit) right away, to do the religious ceremony as scheduled.

Bye: Penguin

Me: Irish/ Swiss citizen, and now naturalised US citizen. Husband: USC; twin babies born Feb 08 in Ireland and a daughter in Feb 2010 in Arkansas who are all joint Irish/ USC. Did DCF (IR1) in 6 weeks via the Dublin, Ireland embassy and now living in Arkansas.

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Cheezees   1,514

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Is this your post? The circumstances are strangely identical.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/606826-cancelling-k1-visa-before-uscis-approval-then-applying-for-cr1k3-visa-for-my-to-be-wife-from-india/

 

 

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Oh yeah it looks too similar .. i guess my cousin has posted it for me.. And Thank you guys for the wonderful suggestions . :)

Lol.. good cover up. A cousin is always a fallback among Indians.

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