RonaldW

Thanks for the speedy and helpful advice all.
 
I don't care about being able to work in US.  But being able to travel outside US after married and being able to file my own VISA to her country is another benefit.  In the end, being able to live together is the bigger factor.
 
When I started working on K-1 visa application, I was thinking it will take ~7 months.  If I had known this end up taking so long, I would have filed CR-1.  Oh well, I didn't expect this pandemic is messing things up.

I have filed for K-1 in June 2020 and needless to say, it has been a very painful long wait.  Is it possible to switch from K-1 to CR-1 without losing order in queue?
 
And if not possible, is it still a good idea to start over?
 
Thanks.

I have filed for K-1 in June 2020 and needless to say, it has been a very painful long wait.  Is it possible to switch from K-1 to CR-1 without losing order in queue?
 
And if not possible, is it still a good idea to start over?
 
Thanks.

I see, we have similar struggle.
 
BTW, I have an idea you can consider if you really want to meet up.  Last year, her country is closed to US citizen.  So I decide to meet her at Turkey (I also considered Mexico) instead last September for about 1.5 months.