Reddit user posted 1 year visa timeline

[Buddy Lee 7]

not sure if this is against the rules but found this post the other day. user had submitted june of 2024 and completed their visa in a year using the k3 method. May not be valid any longer but thought i'd share my finding to the community. 

 

 

[appleblossom 5,011]

8 minutes ago, Buddy Lee said:

not sure if this is against the rules but found this post the other day. user had submitted june of 2024 and completed their visa in a year using the k3 method. May not be valid any longer but thought i'd share my finding to the community. 

 

Unusual but not unheard of. There are people on the forum who've had their I-130's adjudicated in just a few months, but it's rare - and doesn't seem to have any correlation to a K-3 app being filed. 

 

It is also very consulate dependent, some people will still have to wait over 2 years just for an interview date, but Ho Chi Minh City is one of the quickest consulates so that will have been a factor too.

 

I still don't understand why on earth spousal apps can't have priority processing as an option just like employment based do. It's always seemed crazy to me that somebody reuniting with a spouse may have to wait so much longer than somebody applying under an EB category! 

Edited 11 hours ago by appleblossom

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2 hours ago, appleblossom said:

Unusual but not unheard of. There are people on the forum who've had their I-130's adjudicated in just a few months, but it's rare - and doesn't seem to have any correlation to a K-3 app being filed. 

This is a Texas I-130. It’s the only service center I’ve seen where there’s a trend of approving I-130s faster than average if you file for a K-3 as well.

 

They’re the ones who process the I-129Fs for K-3. I’ve said this before, but I can totally see local leadership having an unofficial policy of processing easy I-130s already assigned to them if a K-3 is applied for since it’d let them get rid of two petitions and bump their numbers.

 

I’ve yet to see any evidence the K-3 works for I-130s initially assigned elsewhere.