canabird

My own personal timeline:

Last year I bugged the hell out of everyone, only to see my K-1 rejected for a USCIS error.

Decided to get married anyway (who is USCIS to tell us we can't?), then my marriage license gets stolen 3 hours before the wedding.

Today I find out either the wedding officiant or demographics office in Puerto Rico mis-entered by birthdate, making my marriage invalid. I am going to phone the embassy tomorrow but I was told the only way to correct this is one of us to fly back to PR (from CANADA!)

Forget trying to figure out the best visa to apply for ...

You won't see CR-1 listed on the USCIS site as it is a visa and the USCIS does NOT issue visas... Eligibility determined via a I-130

Nothing mysterious about the CR-1 as it is an immigrant visa and upon entry you are eligible for the green card...

It is a bit clearer now.

Then are K-1 and K-3 'visas'? If so, who issues them?

IR-1/CR-1 would be the I-130 on the processing page.

But so is K-3, isn't it?

Or do you mean the CR-1 uses the I-130 alone (while the K-3 uses both)?

Hi everyone,

Last year I joined the forum because I wanted to learn about a Fiance Visa. Unluckily, our ap was rejected for insufficient fee, even though it was postmarked before the fees jumped. Fed up, we broke up, and just got married last month in Puerto Rico.

I have read the guides, and am still at times confused by them. I am now back in Canada, and he in New York. What should be the determining factor in my deciding to apply for a K3 or the mysterious CR1? (As I don't even see CR-1 listed in USCIS' processing times chart

( https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/jsps/Processtim...eviceCenter=VSC ) ???

Cheers!

Charlie

YUP, 28 days after mailing, it was send back in it's entirety, forms, fees, cute bikini shots and all -- for failure to enclose the correct fee!

This is so bogus...the MO was for $170 US funds, and it was postmarked July 28. So now instead of having a K-1 ap on file as bonafide proof of intentions to honour the immigration process, I now have an disturbing, rejected K-1 hanging over my head.

So now...The border will definitely have been notified that my K-1 was rejected and mosty likely won't let me through next month for my 2-week visit, let alone cross on a B-1 to work in Florida, as I have been doing every November for the last 7 years.

There have been nothing but roadblocks for us from the beginning, when there should be nothing but *joy* between 2 decent people who have had almost entirely bad luck or tragedy prior to meeting eachother. It may sound corny, but we are eachother's life raft, and have added so much value to eachother's lives. I am finding that this ongoing visa drudge is like a black cloud hanging over us every time we talk now, squashing our spontenaity, which is really important in a young relationship. So much pressure so soon.

We are hoping to get married next month, come hell or high water, when Angel visits me in Canada next week. Is there any solution so that I can start proceedings to move to the US legally *plus* be able to visit him sometimes without being turned back at the border? (He is a jockey, and can lose his career if he takes off while he is booked by clients to ride their horses).

Thanks in advance, CB

The wait for first NOAs for late July filers is now up to 90 days!

Hi Reba, I PM'd you. My situation has changed more than a little. My fiance just found out the wait time for the first NOAs is up to 90 days, and yes, it is because of the price hike in July. Who even knows how much longer it will be delayed if there are errors in the application.

Thanks all for the well wishes and support about my mother. I now feel better about getting married now. Talking of delays, her chemotherapy keeps being delayed due to low blood count. It was supposed to be over in the spring. She has part of her intestine in a colostomy bag, and of course they can't reattach it until after the chemo is complete. Poor thing is worried so much about 'bag noises" in public. This is probably a bad place to post this, but we should all pay more attention to our digestive health, and get a colonoscopy (however unpleasant) before common benign growths turn cancerous. My mom's attention ruptured because she ignored stomach pain, and the cancer was already at stage 4.

CB

p.s. wahrania, your daughter (?) is gorgeous!

I live in Canada and my fiance is in the U.S. He filed for K-1 in July (strangely, he hasn't even gotten delivery confirmation yet), but my mother has advanced cancer and may not be able to wait till February when our petition is (hopefully) processed.

My fiance is coming for a visit next week, and wants to know why we can't just get married-- here in Canada --before he returns to the U.S. I know the wait is a little longer for the K-3, but if that's all, I guess I can live with it so my mom can be there.

Is it legal to do this, and can cancelling the K-1 and re-applying for K-3 be done without repercussions?

Thanks so much. CB

Hi again. My fiance and I have visited eachother several times this year, and filed our K-1 on July 28 2007. Assuming USCIS rceived it...

...If I wanted to visit my Fiance in Florida and/or his sister in Boston mid-September, *how soon* would the border have been notified of the K-1 petition ap?

Would the border's knowledge of the petition be affected by how I crossed? ie.

-drive through (the best option for me because I want to bring my dog)

-Greyhound bus (return ticket)

-Airplane (return ticket)

I do not intend to stay, but I don't want to get into a hassle over the K-1 at the border either.

Thanks! CB

Thanks Pushbrk. Funny how a straight answer can sort things out, when immersing yourself in all this stuff for 2 months only serves to make one more confused!

Hi, I am CB from Canada, and just posted out mini-bio in my profile.

My fiance filed a K-1 petition July 28, and I hear the approval time is going on into Feb 2008.

I expect to be in Florida on a B-1 visa from November to May. It is looking like I will have to take time off from my job in Florida to fly back to Canada when they contact me about my end of the petition -- interview, medical etc.

Does anyone know when I can expect USCIS to contact me for the first time? Thanks, CB

I asked the following question to a lawyer: I am a Canadian citizen, living

close to the Buffalo border. I work in thoroughbred racing, and travel

to Florida every November on a B-1 visa. This year I met my fiance,

"Angel," and sadly had to leave him when my visa was up in May. We

filed the fiance-visa petition in July. (Ironically . the processing wait is

backlogged till Feb 2008), and I am due back in Florida (on a B-1)

long before that--in November. Since I am entering legally, can't I just

get married and file an adjustment of status? What's more, can I even

marry now (in Buffalo NY), and request that my fiance visa ap be

processed as a mariage visa ap? We just want to be together. Thanks in

advance, Charlotte

and got this discouraging response:

Unfortunately, I don't have good news for you. You should cancel your

trip in November, and for the time being not even cross the Rainbow

Bridge, and wait until the fiance petition is approved. There is a good

chance that you will be turned around at the border in November, and if

not, you are inviting trouble. At the very least, make sure you return to

Canada after completing your trip to Florida.

With a B-1, you are expected to be a *temporary* visitor. The fact that

you already stated the intent to remain in the USA (and get married)

is incompatible with that.

OK, let me rephrase all that: people do get away with doing this kind

of thing, but it is illegal.

Ironically, if you had simply stayed in the USA and gotten married to

Angel in May, you could have stayed and directly filed for Adjustment of

Status. The difference is that you did not *enter* with the intent to

do that. Changing your mind after you arrive is legal

Is this the be-all and end-all of the matter? I stay back in Canada while my company goes to Florida in November, and sit around waiting till my ap is (hopefully) approved in Feb?