I-129F, Petition for Alien Fiance

[Dashinka 23,199]

27 minutes ago, missileman said:

This is a CR-1 case.  They are already married.  NVC should contact him next......or am I missing something?

You are right, I was combining NVC with the consulate.

[geowrian 22,335]

10 hours ago, missileman said:

Your lawyer needs to study the current immigration process.......It is not fast....K3 visas are obsolete.  In 2018, only 6 K3s were approved word-wide.  This year, I expect there to be none approved...

Re: K-3 I presume the lawyer actually knew better. But extra money is money. Somebody's gotta take a vacation sometimes.

They aren't engaging in malpractice or anything of the sort by letting the OP know it is an available option, is typically faster, and then providing services to apply for it. They aren't exactly being ethical if they don't disclose relevant factors, but lawyers and ethics is a topic for another forum.

 

...or I'm wrong and they really didn't know better. But that's a bit scary in itself if they're that out of touch with current immigration topics with family-based immigration.

Edited May 5, 2019 by geowrian

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

14 hours ago, Patrick12 said:

I applied form I 130 before and My lawyer said I could apply form I 129 to make the process go faster so today I received two letter I-130 approval  and the second letter as I mention above.

your topic for the post says  I-129 for fiancee

and that is why i asked

 

seems you are getting poor advice from a lawyer who directed you to do K3 / your case is a CR1

and Nebraska is slow / this will take time

[Crazy Cat 39,182]

4 hours ago, geowrian said:

Re: K-3 I presume the lawyer actually knew better. But extra money is money. Somebody's gotta take a vacation sometimes.

They aren't engaging in malpractice or anything of the sort by letting the OP know it is an available option, is typically faster, and then providing services to apply for it. They aren't exactly being ethical if they don't disclose relevant factors, but lawyers and ethics is a topic for another forum.

 

...or I'm wrong and they really didn't know better. But that's a bit scary in itself if they're that out of touch with current immigration topics with family-based immigration.

I guess it's the small things (and some not so small) that separate the mediocre attorneys from the really good attorneys......😉

[Patrick12 0]

5 hours ago, adil-rafa said:

your topic for the post says  I-129 for fiancee

and that is why i asked

 

seems you are getting poor advice from a lawyer who directed you to do K3 / your case is a CR1

and Nebraska is slow / this will take time

I have already got approved for my case CR1 received approval letter yesterday. So my case should  be send to NVC hopefully. 

[Crazy Cat 39,182]

3 minutes ago, Patrick12 said:

I have already got approved for my case CR1 received approval letter yesterday. So my case should  be send to NVC hopefully. 

To be clear, the I-130 petition was approved.......and now, it moves to NVC to start the visa process.

[Patrick12 0]

2 minutes ago, missileman said:

To be clear, the I-130 petition was approved.......and now, it moves to NVC to start the visa process.

Yes correct. @missileman my wife and I knew each other child hood , we kept contact and we fall in love and our parent arranged marriage for us. And I went to her home county got married which was first time seeing her again after 21 years but we were still talking to each other for 1 years before I asked to marry me . My question is should go visit her again before her interview with US Embassy.

[Crazy Cat 39,182]

3 minutes ago, Patrick12 said:

Yes correct. @missileman my wife and I knew each other child hood , we kept contact and we fall in love and our parent arranged marriage for us. And I went to her home county got married which was first time seeing her again after 21 years but we were still talking to each other for 1 years before I asked to marry me . My question is should go visit her again before her interview with US Embassy.

Yes.  Multiple visits and more time together are always better evidence of a bona fide relationship.  I would certainly make another visit.

[Patrick12 0]

26 minutes ago, missileman said:

Yes.  Multiple visits and more time together are always better evidence of a bona fide relationship.  I would certainly make another visit.

 

26 minutes ago, missileman said:

Yes.  Multiple visits and more time together are always better evidence of a bona fide relationship.  I would certainly make another visit.

Thank you 

[JulienR 92]

On 5/4/2019 at 11:38 PM, Bill & Katya said:

It sounds like the I130 was approved, so the I129F sort of evaporates.  Hopefully your lawyer did not charge you additional money for filing the I129F as it was most likely a waste of time.

 

Good Luck!

His I-130 application was approved in 4 months by Nebraska ! If applying for I-129 at the same time as for I-130 actually sped the process up, it was definitely not a waste of time nor money and the lawyer knows his job!

 

Patrick12, did you request some form of expedite ?

[Crazy Cat 39,182]

23 minutes ago, JulienR said:

His I-130 application was approved in 4 months by Nebraska ! If applying for I-129 at the same time as for I-130 actually sped the process up, it was definitely not a waste of time nor money and the lawyer knows his job!

 

Patrick12, did you request some form of expedite ?

Filing the I-129f did not speed up the process for I-130 approval at all.

[payxibka 10,044]

33 minutes ago, JulienR said:

His I-130 application was approved in 4 months by Nebraska ! If applying for I-129 at the same time as for I-130 actually sped the process up, it was definitely not a waste of time nor money and the lawyer knows his job!

 

You know this how?

[JulienR 92]

Just now, missileman said:

Filing the I-129f did not speed up the process for I-130 approval at all.

How do you know? I know of two cases on VJ with unusually quick approval by Nebraska with no expedite and both applied for I-129 at the same time. I agree, this could be a total coïncidence and doesn't make sense but most other cases that have been quickly approved were expedite...

 

35 minutes ago, payxibka said:

You know this how?

I don't know if that's why they were approved quickly but it does make you wonder.

[geowrian 22,335]

On what basis would filing an additional form speed up adjudication of a different form?

 

Filing an I-29F while awaiting I-130 adjudication is certainly not anything new. A couple cases where people who did this also got lucky is not indicative of a trend or shift in policy.  It's business as usual - some cases are processed quickly and others take longer than average.

Edited May 20, 2019 by geowrian

[JulienR 92]

2 minutes ago, geowrian said:

On what basis would filing an additional form speed up adjudication of a different form?

 

Filing an I-29F while awaiting I-130 adjudication is certainly not anything new. A couple cases where people who did this also got lucky is not indicative of a trend or shift in policy.  It's business as usual - some cases are processed quickly and others take longer than average.

I agree, it would not make any sense. It is just an observation and probably a coïncidence but average time for a "normal" case to be looked at at Nebraska is now 11 months so anything in less than 6 months stands out and we, Nebraska filers, wonder why.