Waldi

If would be harder with an immigrant visan pending... Officers may think she will have other intentions than visiting ( obviously they have a good reason ) ...

That's true. Do you think she could be denied entrance and turned back? Would that that have any repercussions?

We obviously just want to spend some time (+holidays) together instead of being separated.

Oh, I didn't think of it this way, I thought if came here on tourist visa we could still decide to file for I-485.

Ok, so let's say we go with option 1, do you think she could still come here on tourist visa for few months while I-130 is pending and then go back? Would there be any issue with that?

Here is my situation:

Me: US Citizen living in the US

My spouse: non-US, currently living overseas, has valid tourist visa

We got married here in US in April while she was visiting, she went back to her country over the summer and we had big wedding party there. I'm back in US now. In the meantime we've sent out I-130 in June.

Now, the way I see it we have two options:

1) Let I-130 run it's course and if all goes well she will get her visa by February (estimate). However, in the meantime she would fly here on tourist visa and when we get notification from the embassy she would go back and take care of the visa process until it's issued then she'll come back to US and get her green card upon entry.

2) Fly here on tourist visa and start I-485 process and stay here until she gets the green card.

Anyone has any advice on which option is most viable? I was thinking option 1 would be quicker way to green card, less paperwork, and most cost effective but it sounds too good to be true, what am I missing?

Thanks all. I think we will just wait for I-130 to run its course. So even if I-129f gets somehow processed before I-130 and K3 becomes available it would still be OK to wait for I-130 to be processed and go for CR1, right? I don't want to mess everything up

Hello,

I'm a US citizen and I've filled I-130 and I-129f for my wife. We though filling I-129f for K3 visa would be the quickest way for my spouse to come here to US but we've later read that it rarely gets processed before I-130 and timeline is the same as I-130 (about 5 months).

Now we're just thinking that maybe we should cancel our petition and just wait for I-130 to be processed (we got NOA at the end of June '16 so few months to go) and then go for IR-1 Visa (we've been married less than 2 years).

I'm looking for advice, should we withdraw I-129f or just wait? What if it gets approved before I-130? Does it complicate things if we want to wait for IR-1?

Thanks!