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Would it be better to cancel the K-1 Visa, Get married and try for CR-1

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I just got the NOA2 acceptance 6-12-20 but France isn't taking appointments right now and I don't think they will start to open them soon - not to mention all the people that are waiting before us. Do you guys think it;s better if we just start all over with the CR-1 ? The goal is to be with each other as fast as possible.

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3 minutes ago, iwannabeskinny said:

The goal is to be with each other as fast as possible.

Then you would stay the course.   If you get married and collect the marriage certificate and file I-130, you are starting at the back of the line.

 

If you wanted to make it easier on the beneficiary when moving to the US a spousal visa is the best way to go.

 

And of course no one know where EOs or travel bans will be in a few months, let alone a year.   Like currently a spouse of a US Citizen can travel from France to the US but a K1 holder can not without going to an exempted country for 14 days.

March 2, 2018  Married In Hong Kong

April 30, 2018  Mary moves from the Philippines to Mexico, Husband has MX Permanent Residency

June 13, 2018 Mary receives Mexican Residency Card

June 15, 2018  I-130 DCF Appointment in Juarez  -  June 18, 2018  Approval E-Mail

August 2, 2018 Case Complete At Consulate

September 25, 2018 Interview in CDJ and Approved!

October 7, 2018 In the USA

October 27, 2018 Green Card received 

October 29, 2018 Applied for Social Security Card - November 5, 2018 Social Security Card received

November 6th, 2018 State ID Card Received, Applied for Global Entry - Feb 8,2019 Approved.

July 14, 2020 Removal of Conditions submitted by mail  July 12, 2021 Biometrics Completed

August 6, 2021 N-400 submitted by mail

September 7, 2021 I-751 Interview, Sept 8 Approved and Card Being Produced

October 21, 2021 N-400 Biometrics Completed  

November 30,2021  Interview, Approval and Oath

December 10, 2021 US Passport Issued

August 12, 2022 PHL Dual Nationality Re-established & Passport Approved 

April 6,2023 Legally Separated - Oh well

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15 minutes ago, iwannabeskinny said:

I just got the NOA2 acceptance 6-12-20 but France isn't taking appointments right now and I don't think they will start to open them soon - not to mention all the people that are waiting before us. Do you guys think it;s better if we just start all over with the CR-1 ? The goal is to be with each other as fast as possible.

You are likely get get a K-1 interview soon.  Starting the CR-1 process now would mean a delay of a year or more.

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August 7, 2022: Wife filed N-400 Online under 5 year rule.

November 10, 2022: Received "Interview is scheduled" letter.

December 12, 2022:  Received email from Dallas office informing me (spouse) to be there for combo interview.

December 14, 2022: Combo Interview for I-751 and N-400 Conducted.

January 26, 2023: Wife's Oath Ceremony completed at the Plano Event Center, Plano, Texas!!!😁

February 6, 2023: Wife's Passport Application submitted in Dallas, Texas.

March 21, 2023:   Wife's Passport Delivered!!!!

May 15, 2023 (about):  Naturalization Certificate returned from Passport agency!!

 

In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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Why would you think a CR1 would be faster?!? You already have your NOA2- with a CR1 you would have nothing. Plus still have to marry. 

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Our K1 Journey    I-129f

Service Center : Texas Service Center   Transferred? California Service Center on 8/11/14

Consulate : Port au Prince, Haiti             I-129F Sent : 4/14/2014

I-129F NOA1 : 4/24/14                            I-129F NOA2 : 9/10/14

NVC Received : 9/24/14                          NVC Left : 9/26/14

Consulate Received : 10/6/14 CEAC status changed to ready

Packet 3 Received : 10/27/14 packet received by petitioner in USA ( beneficiary never received packet 3)

Medical: 10/30/14 Dr. Buteau                  Medical picked up: 11/3/14

Packet 3 Sent : 11/10/13.. Had to schedule interview appointment and attach confirmation receipt to packet

Interview Date : 12/1/14                           Interview Result : Approved !

Visa Received : 12/10/14 picked up at Jacmel location

US Entry : 12/15/14 Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Apply for Social Security Card: 12/30/14 Connecticut

Marriage: 1/26/15

 

Adjustment of Status

CIS Office : Hartford                                  Filed : 3/18/15

NOA : 3/25/15                                            Biometrics : 4/15/15

Approved: 8/31/15                                     Received: 9/8/15

 

EAD

CIS Office : Hartford                                  Filed : 3/18/15

NOA : 3/25/15                                            Approved: 6/12/15

Received: 6/20/15

 

Removal of Conditions I-751

Filed: 8/14/17 at VSC                                 NOA: 8/15/17 Received 8/21 by mail

Biometrics: Dated: 8/25/17   Received 9/2/17   Appointment 9/11/17 

Approved: 10/23/18 -no interview

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DaveAndAnastasia   2,078

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37 minutes ago, iwannabeskinny said:

I just got the NOA2 acceptance 6-12-20 but France isn't taking appointments right now and I don't think they will start to open them soon - not to mention all the people that are waiting before us. Do you guys think it;s better if we just start all over with the CR-1 ? The goal is to be with each other as fast as possible.

It might have been a better idea to start with (only you and your fiance(e) can say if faster time to the US is worth more complications once you get here, and how much any obstacles to getting married relatively soon matter), but with already approved petition? Almost certainly not.

 

First, you'd have to get together somewhere and get married, which I don't think can be the US or France right now (you'd need to find somewhere you both can go to -- both in terms of no travel restrictions in place for US or French citizens and it terms of there being reasonable ways to get there for both of you, and where two foreigners can legally marry quickly), and get your marriage certificate.

Then, you'd have to file the CR-1 petition.

Then wait for it to process (which will take at minimum, several months longer than it took for your K-1 petition to process).

And CR-1s spend much longer at NVC than K-1s do under normal circumstances, because the NVC actually does things for them.

Granted, by the time that's done, the embassy in Paris will probably be taking interviews (no guarantees), but even if it is, about a year's worth of people currently queued up behind you will now be in front of you.

And Paris was not a fast consulate pre-COVID-19.

 

  

K-1                             AOS                            
NOA1 Notice Date: 2018-05-31    NOA1 Notice Date: 2019-04-11   
NOA2 Date: 2018-11-16           Biometrics Date: 2019-05-10    
Arrived at NVC:  2018-12-03     EAD/AP In Hand: 2019-09-16     
Arrived in Moscow: 2018-12-28   GC Interview Date: 2019-09-25      
Interview date: 2019-02-14      GC In Hand: 2019-10-02
Visa issued: 2019-02-28
POE: 2019-03-11
Wedding: 2019-03-14

ROC                             Naturalization
NOA1 Notice Date: 2021-07-16    Applied Online: 2022-07-09 (biometrics waived)
Approval Date: 2022-04-06       Interview was Scheduled: 2023-01-06
10-year GC In Hand: 2022-04-14  Interview date: 2023-02-13 (passed)
                            	Oath: 2023-02-13

 

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53 minutes ago, iwannabeskinny said:

I just got the NOA2 acceptance 6-12-20 but France isn't taking appointments right now and I don't think they will start to open them soon - not to mention all the people that are waiting before us. Do you guys think it;s better if we just start all over with the CR-1 ? The goal is to be with each other as fast as possible.

K1 will be the quickest as you now already have NOA2. Once consulate opens, it could be three months or less until fiancée can be in the US. 

 

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