Consular CR-1 after K-3 granted

[JasonTrue 0]

My wife has a K-3 interview next week, and we expect to have no problems with the interview, so she'll likely have a visa within a couple of weeks.

However, due to some personal and work commitments, she's planning to delay entry to the US for a couple of months to mid-July. Coincidentally, we just got the Affidavit of Support Bill and Immigrant Visa Bill for the CR-1 process, because both were sent to NVC (lucky, I guess).

If we went ahead and started paid the CR-1 fees now, there's a possibility that she could get an interview scheduled at the Tokyo Embassy by mid-July anyway, and if not, it still seems that it would be faster than adjustment of status. If we went the Adjustment-of-Status route, the Employment Authorization Document wouldn't likely be processed until mid-October if she enters mid-July.

Even if it took longer than mid-July for the CR-1 interview to be arranged, she could travel to Seattle at that time and return to Japan for the interview. Since one month's pay in our field (software) would more than pay for an airline ticket back to Japan, it would seem financially advantageous to proceed with this route, even if it took until, say, September to get an interview.

Does it make sense to go this route? Are there any hiccups, legal or logistical, that might complicate this, rather than doing the conventional adjustment of status?

[Thai family 0]

My wife has a K-3 interview next week, and we expect to have no problems with the interview, so she'll likely have a visa within a couple of weeks.

However, due to some personal and work commitments, she's planning to delay entry to the US for a couple of months to mid-July. Coincidentally, we just got the Affidavit of Support Bill and Immigrant Visa Bill for the CR-1 process, because both were sent to NVC (lucky, I guess).

If we went ahead and started paid the CR-1 fees now, there's a possibility that she could get an interview scheduled at the Tokyo Embassy by mid-July anyway, and if not, it still seems that it would be faster than adjustment of status. If we went the Adjustment-of-Status route, the Employment Authorization Document wouldn't likely be processed until mid-October if she enters mid-July.

Even if it took longer than mid-July for the CR-1 interview to be arranged, she could travel to Seattle at that time and return to Japan for the interview. Since one month's pay in our field (software) would more than pay for an airline ticket back to Japan, it would seem financially advantageous to proceed with this route, even if it took until, say, September to get an interview.

Does it make sense to go this route? Are there any hiccups, legal or logistical, that might complicate this, rather than doing the conventional adjustment of status?

I'd do it in a heart beat. You might want to talk to the consulate in Japan first to verify that there would be no unanticipated problems, but I can't see why there would be.

[LRA 0]

When you say "Since one month's pay in our field (software) would more than pay for " .....Are you saying that she will work when she comes here on the K3?

[JasonTrue 0]

When you say "Since one month's pay in our field (software) would more than pay for " .....Are you saying that she will work when she comes here on the K3?

No, I'm saying she'd work shortly after getting the CR-1, and having that a month or two earlier due not having to wait until she enters the US to start the adjustment of status process, would be paid for by having permission to work earlier. Even if it means flying back to Japan to make it work.

[JasonTrue 0]

It looks like we'll delay sending off the fees until she's had a chance to discuss it with the consulate at her interview next week. Assuming they think it's a sane idea, and my attorney isn't terribly confused by this, we'll go that way. I'll update here when we've heard from the embassy.

I'd do it in a heart beat. You might want to talk to the consulate in Japan first to verify that there would be no unanticipated problems, but I can't see why there would be.

[pushbrk 12,910]

It looks like we'll delay sending off the fees until she's had a chance to discuss it with the consulate at her interview next week. Assuming they think it's a sane idea, and my attorney isn't terribly confused by this, we'll go that way. I'll update here when we've heard from the embassy.

I'd do it in a heart beat. You might want to talk to the consulate in Japan first to verify that there would be no unanticipated problems, but I can't see why there would be.

Your choice but your plan is perfectly acceptable and I think it's a good one.