Robert D

I wasted my 25 days to gather all documents basically it takes 217 days from uscis. CR1 is beneficial for those who want everything right away loke work and license etc when they arrive but who wants to be here ASAP I suggest k1. Have a nice day. 

You are the only one who can decide which is the better course for you. Be aware that I have seen many, many K-1 posters who say "I wish we had gone the CR-1 route instead".........I have not seen a single CR-1 poster who said they should have done a K-1....the period of limbo between marriage and getting the green card more than a year later is not a piece of cake according to most posters..
 
Good Luck.........keep us informed during your journey.

yes you are right it takes 217 days.

As already mentioned, Hong Kong is a great alternative. Another option: if your fiance has (or is keen to try to apply for) a US tourist visa, you can marry in the US and she returns to the Philippines. Then you can begin the CR-1 process:
Then after the marriage, you can have a renewal of vows in the Philippines if she still wants a ceremony with family.

Your timeline says differently......242 days from NOA1 to interview........

if you are looking for fast visa and see ur fiancee here in usa asap.i would suggest go with k1 it takes 6 months.if you filed everthing correctly.im a k1 visa holder.

Not sure if I’m reading into your original question correctly. You cannot get married abroad and not file the marriage to do a K1 to get her here faster. K1 is for fiancés, NOT married. CR1 is for spouses. 

In our case, I traveled there and did the marriage license requirements (CENOMAR, Affidavit in Lieu of Certificate of Legal Capacity to Contract Marriage, other paperwork...).  My Embassy appointment was on Thursday.  Our Family Planning Seminar was on Wednesday.  We were able to get out of that since we both have two teenage and grown children but we still had to get the completion certificate.  We did most of the paperwork on Wednesday and since my Embassy appointment was Thursday morning, we were able to complete the marriage application Thursday afternoon.  At that point they tell you when the license will become active.  There is a 10 day wait for the marriage announcement to be posted and put in the paper in case there are objections.
 
I came back to the states and went back to Phil 2 weeks later.  If I had enough PTO I would have stayed.  I have an acquaintance who stayed and did all the paperwork.  If you have a couple weeks you can do it all in one trip.
 
Make sure you check with the local registrar to see if they accept the affidavit.  I believe most do but there are a few provinces that may not.
 
Also, if you are looking at a civil wedding, opt for the Mayor's office and not the Hall of Justice.  Judges are harder to schedule and usually cost more too.
 
PS:  Make sure you schedule the appointment with the Embassy before you go.  There were not a lot of openings for the notary and we had to book our time about two weeks out.

My Filipina wife and I found it was easier and quicker and actually cheaper to marry in Hong Kong this past March.  We sent in the marriage paperwork 2 weeks before and spent about 5 days in HK for the wedding, filing the report of marriage at the consulate and amending her passport.  Just amending her passport was worth going there.   That part is much longer in the Phils.  The USEM will accept the Hong Kong Marriage certificate.  When we looked at doing in in Phils it was going to take 5 to 8 weeks give or take for the approvals.

You could also take a trip with your fiancée to somewhere two foreigners can marry quickly and with little red tape. Though avoiding Russian red tape and the complexities of setting up a wedding in a third country were basically why we ended up applying for a K-1.
 
I remember a while back (less than a year ago, though) one person with a Filipina spouse suggested that another poster get married in Hong Kong if he was going to do a CR-1, though it seems like that's clearly trading money for time in this case.

The K1 is fastest overall but the CR1 has more advantages I think and is only a couple months longer nowadays. 
 
But the marriage will take longer than 10 days, more like 2 weeks in fact but much longer if you want a Catholic wedding. 

We hired an attorney in the Philippines to speed up our marriage process.  Cost us about 100 dollars.  It was well worth it.  But my wife still had to stand in line several times to get the marriage certificate.  As I recall that took 3 or 4 weeks after our wedding.  Make sure you bring a copy of your ORIGINAL DIVORCE DECREE is you have ever been married before. The Philippines will require you to go to the US Embassy or one of the US Consular offices and swear that you have never been married before if you have not been married. The US consular will give you a document that you swore you were never married before.  This is why I would recommend getting an attorney that knows all of the ropes.  Good luck.  P.S.  Our wedding and complete reception was attended by about 100 relatives and cost us a mere 300 dollars.  You're never gonna get anywhere near that in the US.   Our attorney found a pastor for us that officiated at the wedding.  He had to do followup work to register our marriage and was very helpful.  Aloha from Hawaii, david

I'll have to admit I'm not sure about that as we did our wedding in the US. But I believe it is not as simple/quick of a process as certain paperwork has to be obtained there (i.e. an Affidavit in lieu of Certificate of Legal Capacity to Contract Marriage), then the time between applying for a license and actually getting it, etc.
 
I can reach out to another member who just married there, though. They can probably best answer the timeline question:
@John & Rose

If you look at the charts, it appears that K-1 processing time is longer while CR-1 processing is getting shorter...at least in the VJ reporters since April 2018.....

Operative phrase there being "many years ago". Processing times for every visa, every application category has lengthened. Number of applications across the board have also ballooned.
 
I don't know about the fee difference between K1 and CR1, so you'll have to research that yourself. Ultimately, it's up to you guys because only you guys know your life circumstances and what will work and what won't.

On average, as reported by other VJ members, K-1 visa are currently taking roughly 282 days from notification of receipt to interview.

 
On average, as reported by other VJ members, CR-1 visas are currently taking roughly 393 days from notification of receipt to interview.

 
CR-1 spouses receive their Green Card withing 2 or 3 weeks after entry into the US.  K-1 spouse receive their GCs more than a year after entry....
 

K3 is obsolete. Your only options are K1 or CR1.
 
K1 is not faster than CR1 anymore. You need to do adjustment of status with K1 and that is taking a long time these days. Your spouse will have "dead time" in which they cannot work or travel outside the US until the EAD/AP is approved.
 
With CR1, your spouse will be a permanent resident upon arrival. I suggest considering CR1.

I'm not an expert on PI marriages, but some experts are around..  @geowrian  @Cyberfx1024

I've never heard that before, but it seems , to me, that it would be faster to bring all over at one time.

hi
 
not true, it's the same and they will be interviewed at the same time
 
 

325 is obsolete and 134 isnt submitted until the interview 

I would take advice from @Chris Duffy about multiple filings because he has done a couple now.  Notice I am not knocking you Duffy just the truth.

You won't be denied, I doubt anything will be mentioned in the interview at the Embassy in Philippines,  they tend not to care about past filings.
 
The waiver is just a letter stating you are requesting a waiver for multiply filings, I did one and found the wording here on this site.
 
Last I checked a K1 and CR1 was taking about the same time, plus if you do the CR1 no waiver needed and it's cheaper process, but you would have to get married more than likely in Philippines.  

I agree with you on it. As it will be the 3rd K1 which put you in the suspicious position that it might be just for immigration. So getting married and spending time with you future wife in her home country will be better.

I don't know. There are people on this forum who have filed multiple times without any problem. Others, have had problems. You might need hard evidence of your relationship. 
 
Technically, there is no limit to how many times you can sponsor someone.