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Getting Married in Nov 2017 can I start CR1 in October?

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5 minutes ago, geowrian said:

K-2 is for a child of a K-1 beneficiary. :P I think you meant K-3. However, K-3 is obsolete now..it's very, very rarely issued in the past several years. It's a relic from back when the CR-1/IR-1 was taking multiple years to process.

ooopsie daisy! you are right...is the k3...I know! back in 2011 when I applied it was the urban legend of the moment but lately I've seen cases. very few.... and how long is taking the k1 visa now? my took 6 months since applying until I step a foot in US. Cr1 is becoming extremely popular

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For the CR-1, you will need to provide evidence of a bona fide marriage...co-mingled finances, joint legal documents, proof of time actually spent together, etc.    On a positive note, the C

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There are many couples here on VJ who have had K-1 visas denied for having "weddings" outside the US while their K-1s were being processed.....This is risky...

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If the petitioner is living abroad with their spouse, the embassy has a USCIS office, and he meets the embassy's requirements, submit the I-130 to the embassy instead of the US. This cuts down the pro

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4 minutes ago, Andrea&Henry said:

ooopsie daisy! you are right...is the k3...I know! back in 2011 when I applied it was the urban legend of the moment but lately I've seen cases. very few.... and how long is taking the k1 visa now? my took 6 months since applying until I step a foot in US. Cr1 is becoming extremely popular

No worries. haha I've seen a number of K-3 VJers here, but none (recently) that actually got a K-3 visa. The I-129F normally gets approved then sent to NVC where it is administratively closed. That said, I've been hearing increasing reports of USCIS denying the I-129F themselves due to the I-130 being approved already.

 

The I-129F is taking about 5 months on average now, so the estimates I'm seeing everywhere are ~7-9 months from filing to interview. So yeah, a CR-1 is looking more appealing.

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Timelines:

ROC:

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7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

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AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

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I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

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4 minutes ago, geowrian said:

No worries. haha I've seen a number of K-3 VJers here, but none (recently) that actually got a K-3 visa. The I-129F normally gets approved then sent to NVC where it is administratively closed. That said, I've been hearing increasing reports of USCIS denying the I-129F themselves due to the I-130 being approved already.

 

The I-129F is taking about 5 months on average now, so the estimates I'm seeing everywhere are ~7-9 months from filing to interview. So yeah, a CR-1 is looking more appealing.

thanks for the info! good to know

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