Effect of previous arrests and previous divorce on the process

[JF083 0]

So asking asking for a friend here, if a petitioner was previously arrested 20 years ago, but not convicted( ie dismissed / not guilty) and provided all documents, and the arrests were non violent, plus they had a previous divorce involving a sponsored non citizen, how would that slow a K1?  Would it make more sense and or be faster to go CR1 in that case, or would they be about the same.  I know its a lot of case by case hypotheticals and I do apologize.

 

I heard "complicated" K1 cases get sent to a service center other than California, which seems to really slow the process? 

[MalloryCat 651]

CR1 is overall a better choice

both have similar timelines

but I've heard that I-129f cases have slowed down significantly

[JeanneAdil 6,987]

For K1

 

the person needs to submit the arrest and any deposition from the court

If the case is sent to Vermont, then USCIS has determined it is a more difficult case

 

Previous petition does not necessarily slow it down as long as divorce court documents (with seals from court ) are provided/ these need only to be scanned for the paper K1 but bene will need originals (all pages) for the interview.  Also bene needs to know details of the divorce _reasons for divorce, date of divorced , how long they were married,  any children ,etc) 

[Starnexus 8]

It depends on what the arrest 20 years ago was for. It's good that it was non violent but if it was a felony for sure...wire fraud, that's still very serious and you'll need to provide your arrest and court documents and character references. Then there's the that that you're on your second foreign wife. That's not necessarily a bad thing, sometimes things just don't work out but since you can only file two in your lifetime it'll still be taken under consideration. It's unlikely your K-1 will be on fast track approval unfortunately.