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I-129F vs. I-130 dilemma

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toneman   0

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Hi Everyone,

I just received some good news today. My I-130 petition was approved April 25th 2006!! The funny thing is my NOA2 for my I-129F was approved on April 13th. So the dilemma is now which one of these is going to get to the US consulate in Vancouver,BC first. And which one do I go with. The I-129F(non immigrant K-3 visa or the i-130 immigrant visa(CR-1)??

Any thoughts??

Tony

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girl 37   7

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For the I-129F it's Vancouver, for the I-130 it's Montreal. :) It seems like it's taking less time to get an interview in Vancouver than it is in Montreal lately.

If I understand it right, you could go to the US using the K3 and then go back to Montreal for the CR-1, or you could enter with the K3 and then adjust status. Or, you could not use the K3 at all and just wait for the CR-1.

AbeandDeb Apprentice

AbeandDeb   0

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Please explain what the I-130 and the I-129 are and how they differ? I thought we only had to file the I-129 for a K-1?

January - 2006

BIG NEWS - Found out we are having Identical Twin Girls!! Due on June 22, 2007!!

Second birthday is on the way! At 21 months - both girls can count to 10 in English and Spanish thanks to our babysitter.

AOS

CIS Office is Houston, TX

10-10-07 - Filed AOS I-485

11-20-06 -RFE for All financial data, (they lost our first set.??)

12-06-06 -Biometrics appoint 15 min

01-31-07 - RFE Answered by us finally

02-14-07 - Interview letter dated

04-03-07 - Interview set YAY!!!

06-06-07 - Interview completed and he is set to fly home!

06-26-07 - Abe flies to Houston, TX

07-13-07 - Abe and I are married start our new lives together

04-11-07 - Green Card awarded and Abe can start to work

09-01-07 - Abe starts to school as a draftsman

05-18-08 - Identical girls born 5lbs 4 oz and 5lbs 7 oz. Lily and Delilah have finally arrived

I-751 Filing Time

01-25-09 - Green card set to expire 04-11-09- time to file for removal of condition

03-03-09 - Mailed paperwork for I-751 to Vermont directly - not Texas Service Center

03-05-09 - Checks cashed for Biometrics and application fee

03-05-09 - Received I-797C NOA from Vermont Service Center

04-17-09 - 11 AM - Biometrics appointment scheduled

Cygnet Proficient

Cygnet   0

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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The I-129F might get you in the US faster but the CR-1 has more benefits in the long run.

Both our I-130 and I-129F were also approved, and we're going to try to go forward with both of them at the same time and see which one will get an interview date first.

Does Vancouver do CR-1 interviews as well?

By the way, my husband and I (on separate times) called the Montreal consulate a couple of days ago to ask whether we could do the K-3 first, and then come back and do the CR-1 interview. The operator said "Yes, that's what most people do." So maybe you're not in such a bad position, after all. You can continue pursuing both.

Edit: Oops, the CR-1 question I had was just answered a couple of posts before this.

Edited by Cygnet

CR-1

09/16/2005 Mailed I-130 (CSC)

09/21/2005 NOA 1

02/07/2006 NOA 2 (Day 143)

02/25/2006 Petitioner receives AOS Bill in U.S. (Day 161)

02/27/2006 AOS Bill (regular USPS) and DS-3032 (Canada Post regular) are mailed out

03/21/2006 Petitioner receives I-864 package (Day 185)

03/22/2006 Beneficiary receives IV Bill and sends payment - regular mail (Day 186)

03/24/2006 Petitioner sends back I-864 (Day 188)

04/13/2006 Beneficiary receives DS-230 (Day 208)

05/10/2006 Beneficiary sends back DS-230 and docs to NVC via Fedex (Day 235)

05/19/2006 NVC issues RFE on Question # 20 on the DS-230. (Day 244)

05/29/2006 Beneficiary receives RFE and sends it off (Day 254)

06/02/2006 NVC receives RFE (Day 258)

06/16/2006 Case Complete! (Day 272)

07/07/2006 Case forwarded to Consulate in Montreal (Day 293)

08/11/2006 INTERVIEW! VISA APPROVED!

08/14/2006 Picked up visa and crossed the border.

08/25/2006 SS card arrives in the mail

09/07/2006 GC arrives in the mail.

K-3

02/01/2006 Mailed I-129F

02/07/2006 NOA1

04/14/2006 I-129F is approved!

04/24/2006 NVC forwards the application to the consulate in Montreal

05/01/2006 Packet 3 is received from consulate & is sent of 3 days later

07/07/2006 Medical

08/08/2006 INTERVIEW- cancelled bec. of CR-1

AbeandDeb Apprentice

AbeandDeb   0

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my mistake - jumped into the wrong category !! LOL

January - 2006

BIG NEWS - Found out we are having Identical Twin Girls!! Due on June 22, 2007!!

Second birthday is on the way! At 21 months - both girls can count to 10 in English and Spanish thanks to our babysitter.

AOS

CIS Office is Houston, TX

10-10-07 - Filed AOS I-485

11-20-06 -RFE for All financial data, (they lost our first set.??)

12-06-06 -Biometrics appoint 15 min

01-31-07 - RFE Answered by us finally

02-14-07 - Interview letter dated

04-03-07 - Interview set YAY!!!

06-06-07 - Interview completed and he is set to fly home!

06-26-07 - Abe flies to Houston, TX

07-13-07 - Abe and I are married start our new lives together

04-11-07 - Green Card awarded and Abe can start to work

09-01-07 - Abe starts to school as a draftsman

05-18-08 - Identical girls born 5lbs 4 oz and 5lbs 7 oz. Lily and Delilah have finally arrived

I-751 Filing Time

01-25-09 - Green card set to expire 04-11-09- time to file for removal of condition

03-03-09 - Mailed paperwork for I-751 to Vermont directly - not Texas Service Center

03-05-09 - Checks cashed for Biometrics and application fee

03-05-09 - Received I-797C NOA from Vermont Service Center

04-17-09 - 11 AM - Biometrics appointment scheduled

Yodrak Veteran

Yodrak   7

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Tony,

The I-129f will get to the consulate first, and should be there any day now.

The I-130 will not get to the consulate for a few months yet, how soon depending in part on how quickly you respond to the mailings you will get from the NVC.

Up to you to evaluate the tradeoffs that other responders have mentioned as best suits your needs, your desires, and your circumstances.

Yodrak

Hi Everyone,

I just received some good news today. My I-130 petition was approved April 25th 2006!! The funny thing is my NOA2 for my I-129F was approved on April 13th. So the dilemma is now which one of these is going to get to the US consulate in Vancouver,BC first. And which one do I go with. The I-129F(non immigrant K-3 visa or the i-130 immigrant visa(CR-1)??

Any thoughts??

Tony

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duey   0

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Hi Everyone,

I just received some good news today. My I-130 petition was approved April 25th 2006!! The funny thing is my NOA2 for my I-129F was approved on April 13th. So the dilemma is now which one of these is going to get to the US consulate in Vancouver,BC first. And which one do I go with. The I-129F(non immigrant K-3 visa or the i-130 immigrant visa(CR-1)??

Any thoughts??

Tony

Congrats on your approval of your I-130, thats a bit early given you only submitted it in January. Good for you. :dance::dance:

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I-130

1/3/06: Mailed Petition CSC

1/4/06: Package received per fedex.com

1/12/06: NOA 1

2/3/06: Touched

5/2/06: Received email notification that petition approved on 5/1/06

5/5/06: Received NOA 2 via snail mail

5/17/06: NVC issues case #

I-129F - K3

1/31/06: Mailed Petition to Chicago

2/3/06: Received

2/7/06: NOA 1

4/17/06: NOA 2 - Notified by email; petition approved on April 13th

4/20/06: Received NOA 2 via snail mail

5/19/06: Still waiting on NVC to receive approved 129-F....(what's the hold up)

6/10/06: Involved congress person

6/19/06: Rec'd letter stating that inquiry was made to both NVC and USCIS regarding status of my petition

6/21/06: Travelled to go see my better half (boy was I excited)

7/3/06: Left my love once again (hopefully we shall see eachother soonest)

7/10/06: Followed up with congress person

7/10/06: Notified case was sent to the wrong place (go figure...how does it take 90 days to push paper from one location to the next) and has now been forwarded to NVC

7/18/06: NVC received case and has now issued a case number

7/20/06: NVC forwarded case to embassy

7/28/06: Lagos embassy confirms receipt of case into system

8/1/06: Pick up packet 3 and 4

8/25/06: Interview Date

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