CR1 after K1 refused takes long time?

[Z&W 21]

Hello, 

 

I filed my K1 for my fiancee one year ago.  Petition got approved but Visa was denied.  My fiancé is from Nepal and as per Nepalese marriage law, we supposed to register under Nepal District court if there is marriage between Nepali nation and foreigners.. For this it requires a lot of paperwork and time.I didn’t have that long time to stay in Nepal for that so I had to be back in states because of my job so I choosed Fiancé route. 

we showed our religious ceremony picture from USCIS stage itself and we were smoothly approved.  My fiancé took those in consulate as well. The CO then asked question related to ceremony in interview. 

- How many people were at ceremony?

- when did you fiancee visited you last time? And when he visited you did you stayed together?

and CO asked to write down when the religious wedding took place.

after 1 month they gave refusal sheet saying that case was sent to USCIS for further review and to reconsider. 

 

I then decided to marry her in court and go with spouse visa route.

We have new wedding date from court and I kept new wedding date in I-130 petition

 

I filed new i130 petition and included letter saying  that we got married and want to withdraw fiancee petition and want to take spouse visa route instead.

 

when i check case status I see almost every petition close to mine got approved but mine case status says still received. I called USCIS customer service yesterday and they told me that my petition was touched 20 days back.  wondering why I am so singled out? May be its because of K1 denial? 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 14, 2019 by Z&W

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CR1 takes about 12 - 15 months. So expect it to take a year and a half before you get a visa.