my plan is to get the CR-1 visa for my colombian bride to be

[brainiac 0]

Hello all. I am an extreme newbie, so please be gentle with me ha ha... I think i may have been given bad advice. Oringally, my plan was to go to Colombia, marry my bride and then come back to the states. Have a lawyer handle the paperwork for the K-3 visa. But i understand that getting the CR-1 visa for a family member would allow her to work immediately upon arrival in this country. So, is this true and why wouldn't the k-3 visa do this? I was also told that the CR-1 visa takes much much longer to get now. LIke 1.5 years as opposed to the average 4 months for a k-3 visa. Ah, so which is true and which is false? Or are both true and both false just depending on the breaks you get. IN this case, what would be the safer option? My objective is to have her working ASAP as soon as she comes here.

many thanks

[Arun+Catie 1]

Hello all. I am an extreme newbie, so please be gentle with me ha ha... I think i may have been given bad advice. Oringally, my plan was to go to Colombia, marry my bride and then come back to the states. Have a lawyer handle the paperwork for the K-3 visa. But i understand that getting the CR-1 visa for a family member would allow her to work immediately upon arrival in this country. So, is this true and why wouldn't the k-3 visa do this? I was also told that the CR-1 visa takes much much longer to get now. LIke 1.5 years as opposed to the average 4 months for a k-3 visa. Ah, so which is true and which is false? Or are both true and both false just depending on the breaks you get. IN this case, what would be the safer option? My objective is to have her working ASAP as soon as she comes here.

many thanks

for my case they both take the same time to approve, insteade I-130 (cr-1) was approved before I-129f (k3).

So my advice is to you go ahead with CR1 not with K-3. She can work and will have many other benefits on CR1-IR1.

Arun

[NArocks 13]

Yes the CR1 is definatly better as there is also less money involved at the end and she can get her SSN upon arrival. POst your questions here also as these are all people who have been through the embassy in Bogota

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=175556

Welcome

Edited March 13, 2009 by NArocks

[brainiac 0]

Yes the CR1 is definatly better as there is also less money involved at the end and she can get her SSN upon arrival. POst your questions here also as these are all people who have been through the embassy in Bogota

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=175556

Welcome

What about the time involved? I have heard conflicting stories about how the CR-1 wich is an imigrant visa takes up to a year and a half to be approved. The k-3 visa however only takes six to nine months. If i decide to go the k-3 visa route, what would the next steps be after she arrives in this country? Change of status of course, but what else would be involved to get her up and working? I know right now i am asking questions and pulling things out the air, but any guidance on which direction i should go (so as to not waste time and money) would be greatly appreciated.

thank you very much