NVC processing times with electronic billpay.

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Our original application was filed for K-3 since back when we got married the processing times for CR-1 were still 3-4 months longer than K-3 (I originally made that decision late last year, we filed in Jan of this year).

Our visa is being processed in Vermont, so I'd like to prepare for any circumstances we might encounter, esp with all the rumors flying around regarding K-3 processing (I'm going to call VSC tomorrow).

The original plan was kind of like this:

Get 129F approved. Have the case moved to Moscow. Have my wife fill out all the paperwork. That I figure would take about a month and then Moscow will assign the interview date which is about 2 months right now (or whatever). So 3 months after 129F approval we'd have our interview.

Assuming that we get approval for I-130, what is the timeframe to get the application move through NVC?

I see quite a lot of people timelines say "week for this, paid this bill, week for that" but then the timelines are something like 4 months, etc. Why is that?

Ballpark numbers...what would it take now:

Case moved to NVC.

We do all the filing/applications as soon as they become available.

NVC approves application and moves case to Moscow, which should then schedule an interview. Let's assume the interview is still 2 months off.

How long would all this take?

It sucks, plain and simple. It sucks even worse that last year, around this time I spoke to an immigration lawyer and he said "You got two options, either a K-1 or a K-3. You can generally get approved in as little as 3 months, average around 4-5", so we decided to get married back home in Russia. Funny how paperpushers can throw a monkeywrench into your plans.

At least in Russia we don't have this problem since you can always do it two ways: follow the standard process or, if you want your case expedited, you pay the right people off. Pretty capitalistic if you ask me.

Thanks,

Andrei.