Why K-3s take longer than K-1s?

[Alex & Rachel 78]

Complaining about which visa should be processed quicker is plain silly... Marriage does not have anything more to do with commitment and love than being engaged does. K1 visa holders only get single entry and 90 days once they enter the US. K3 is a multiple entry visa and valid for 2 yrs. Also being already married to a USC, its almost a certainty that the Alien spouse is an immigrant whereas a fiance(e) still has time to consider and hence an intending immigrant.

Maybe a reason for USCIS to take more time processing K3s...

I dont think its silly, if you have a family with kids, they cant afford to wait for a year, while lovers can.

What if you file a k3 but don't have kids? Or what if you file a k1 but have kids? How many k3s actually /have/ kids or have lived together for any period of time? (We lived together for two years before filing a k1; not exactly "lovers.")

I wonder if the people that work at USCIS read all this and laugh their ####### off?

I'm just trying to get certain people to think "outside the box" in regards to what a family/couple really is!

I think most people who are married know what it is like to be engaged..... everyone who is married has been through it.

I do not see how this addresses what HannahP is saying?

I could quite easily be married now. We could have easily applied for K1 or K3; we applied for K1 merely because it would give us a little more time to plan a wedding so that both our families could attend. If we had decided to go the K3 route we would have married already, but that would be the only difference as far as our relationship is concerned - just one piece of paper.

There is a couple who filed for the K1 who recently received their NoA2 at California (after 197 days). They already have three children together. Not married, but very much a family unit. That is an example of what HannahP was talking about. How does what you are saying apply to them?