New petitioner! PLEASE HELP...NEW TO ALL THIS

[taj'samericanwife 0]

hello everyone! thanks again...my husband and I are making our decisions...although I would want him here sooner and the K3 is the way to go for that, we choose to just go for the CR-1 / IR -1. I am planning to file by january 2009 and I dont think they will get the interview and everything done before our second year anniversary which is Oct. 18, 2009...so after our second year anniversary and they go for interview after that I am hoping they will give their IR1 and IR2 visa for my husband and son instead of the CR1 or CR2 because we are 2 years married already.

plus the issue with my son, I want him to enter the united states as a LPR already so that all we would have to do is give another form i think N400 or N 600 or something like that to get his american citizenship once he enters. (there is this law that states that if he enters on an Immigrant visa and once he enters the united states he can become a USC as long as he will be in the custody of the USC parent)

if my son were to enter on a K4, I would have to make a separate petition, another I-130 for my son when he enters...plus the headaches of changing my husbands status and all that if we go through the K3.

I am also trying to find out how fast they go in the US embassy in the Philippines. I am trying to look at the stats how fast the K3 visa are being processed and also the CR-1 and IR-1. And i Know that my son will get his sooner than his father but thats alright, he will just have to wait until his father gets done and come with him too. But what if I file for my husband first and then my son? but when i file for my husband will i put my son's name already in my husband's I 130? or do i put no or yes in the question in the bottom...have you petitioned for anyone else? because maybe i should process my husband's I 130 first then after one or two months my son so they both get their visas on the same time since my son's will probably take like 3 -5 months only?

I tried emailing the US embassy in the Philippines. See my husband is Pakistani but he has been in the philippines for 5 years now and on a student visa...Can I chose the US embassy in the Philippines to issue his CR/IR-1 visa? because for the K3 it has to be in the place of marriage...but what about the CR/IR-1 visa? can i do it in the philippines...i mean my husband and child are in the Philippines and I would rather they stay in the philippines because a) my husband just enrolled in a master's program after he graduated medical school so his student visa is good for a year and B) my mom takes care of my son mostly and i would rather have my own mom take care of my son rather than my inlaws...

as for me, im here in boston...working hard...picking up shifts at the hospital working almost every weekend just to save up for my family moving here...i miss them so much...thank you visa journey! you save me thousands of dollars from money faced immigration lawyers!

looking forward to everyones reply!

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hello everyone! thanks again...my husband and I are making our decisions...although I would want him here sooner and the K3 is the way to go for that, we choose to just go for the CR-1 / IR -1. I am planning to file by january 2009 and I dont think they will get the interview and everything done before our second year anniversary which is Oct. 18, 2009...so after our second year anniversary and they go for interview after that I am hoping they will give their IR1 and IR2 visa for my husband and son instead of the CR1 or CR2 because we are 2 years married already.

plus the issue with my son, I want him to enter the united states as a LPR already so that all we would have to do is give another form i think N400 or N 600 or something like that to get his american citizenship once he enters. (there is this law that states that if he enters on an Immigrant visa and once he enters the united states he can become a USC as long as he will be in the custody of the USC parent)

if my son were to enter on a K4, I would have to make a separate petition, another I-130 for my son when he enters...plus the headaches of changing my husbands status and all that if we go through the K3.

I am also trying to find out how fast they go in the US embassy in the Philippines. I am trying to look at the stats how fast the K3 visa are being processed and also the CR-1 and IR-1. And i Know that my son will get his sooner than his father but thats alright, he will just have to wait until his father gets done and come with him too. But what if I file for my husband first and then my son? but when i file for my husband will i put my son's name already in my husband's I 130? or do i put no or yes in the question in the bottom...have you petitioned for anyone else? because maybe i should process my husband's I 130 first then after one or two months my son so they both get their visas on the same time since my son's will probably take like 3 -5 months only?

I tried emailing the US embassy in the Philippines. See my husband is Pakistani but he has been in the philippines for 5 years now and on a student visa...Can I chose the US embassy in the Philippines to issue his CR/IR-1 visa? because for the K3 it has to be in the place of marriage...but what about the CR/IR-1 visa? can i do it in the philippines...i mean my husband and child are in the Philippines and I would rather they stay in the philippines because a) my husband just enrolled in a master's program after he graduated medical school so his student visa is good for a year and B) my mom takes care of my son mostly and i would rather have my own mom take care of my son rather than my inlaws...

as for me, im here in boston...working hard...picking up shifts at the hospital working almost every weekend just to save up for my family moving here...i miss them so much...thank you visa journey! you save me thousands of dollars from money faced immigration lawyers!

looking forward to everyones reply!

Not sure why you are still under the impression your son would need an I-130 filed after arriving on a K4 visa. The preferred method is to file the I-130 in the beginning along with your husband's regardless of CR1/2 or K3/4.

Yes, they can interview in the PI. Even if the visa is issued, before the two year anniversary, the IR1 status and 10 year card are granted as long as the US entry occurs after the anniversary.

I would keep the two cases together as long as possible by filing the two I-130s in the same envelope with separate checks. Treat them as individual submissions but in the same envelope and with a cover letter for the two in addition to one for each.

AP (administrative processing) after the visa interview is quite likely for your husband because he has a Pakistani passport. Unfortunately, if this occurs, it could add 6 weeks to 6 months or more to the visa process. If this occurs, you'll be needing to make some hard decisions about whether to have your son's visa issued, since he would need to enter the US within six months of its issue.