Ninalondon

Hi there,

My fiancee and I just received a request for initial evidence, having submitted our original application to Texas in May 2014. The RFE was regarding a section of the form we mistakenly omitted. We immediately filled it in and sent it back and are now waiting for them to receive it. My question is - it seems like in other people's experience, the process moves much quicker after receiving an RFE; but as ours is a request for INITIAL evidence, does this indicate we are almost through the process or just beginning? I have so far been of the opinion with this application that any news from Texas is good news, but does anyone have any experience of how long we can expect to wait long (assuming there is no further RFE)?

Thanks!

Nna

Thank you and apologies about the multiple positing. Do you have an overall sense of the K1 costs vs the CR1 costs? I've seen conflicting numbers from various sources.

Thanks,

Nina

Hi there,

I lived and worked in the US for almost three years, under a J1 and H1b work visa - which I suppose is only relevant in that I met my partner there, and I also have an SSN already. I moved back to London for work and we are now engaged and looking to begin the marriage visa process. My question is - we have been assuming the K1 visa is the best option, after which we will get married in the US - but will it in fact be quicker to get married in the UK whilst he is visiting and then apply for a CR1? It's perhaps worth mentioning that he is both a US citizen and the holder of an Irish passport.

Any advice would be very much appreciated - our main concern is time (we would love to be back together in the US by the end of this year ideally) and to a lesser extent cost.

Thanks,

Nina

Hi there,

I lived and worked in the US for almost three years, under a J1 and H1b work visa - which I suppose is only relevant in that I met my partner there, and I also have an SSN already. I moved back to London for work and we are now engaged and looking to begin the marriage visa process. My question is - we have been assuming the K1 visa is the best option, after which we will get married in the US - but will it in fact be quicker to get married in the UK whilst he is visiting and then apply for a CR1? It's perhaps worth mentioning that he is both a US citizen and the holder of an Irish passport.

Any advice would be very much appreciated - our main concern is time (we would love to be back together in the US by the end of this year ideally) and to a lesser extent cost.

Thanks,

Nina