WHICH ONE IS BETTER ? THANK YOU

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Immigrant Visa for a Spouse or Fiancé(e) of a U.S. Citizen

iT SAYS TWO WAYS... WHICH ONE IS THE BEST 

 

Spouse

 

If you are a U.S. citizen you have two ways to bring your foreign spouse (husband or wife) to the United States to live. They are:

• Immigrant visa for a Spouse of a U.S. Citizen (IR1 or CR1) - An immigrant Petition for Alien Relative, Form I-130 is required. Learn more.
• Nonimmigrant visa for spouse (K-3) - It is important to note that application for the nonimmigrant visa for spouse (K-3) who married a U.S. citizen must be filed and the visa must be issued in the country where the marriage took place. After the visa process has been completed, and the visa is issued, the spouse can travel to the United States to wait for the processing of the immigrant visa case. Two petitions are required:  Petition for Alien Relative, Form I-130, and Petition for Alien Fiancé(e), Form I-129F. Learn more.

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The above is more than a decade out of date.  The K3 visa became virtually obsolete February 1, 2010, due to changes in NVC policy change effective that day.  Another big nail driven in the already dead visa's coffin came a few years later when USCIS started cancelling/closing the I-129F petitions in favor of the I-130.  Still, sometimes filing the I-129F for spouse following the I-130 filing, get's the I-130 pulled out of line and approved early.  You never know.