K1 visa versus K3 visa

[Keith & Xiang 0]

I know that this question has been asked before but I just heard something today that makes me question the past knowledge that I had in reference to the K1 and the K3 visa.

I have heard that it now takes about the same amount of time to process either the K1 or the K3 visa, is this true? There's suppose to be a ruling from December 2005 that the K1 and the K3 visa gets processed in the same time frame, is this true?

I applied for the K1 Fiancee visa through the Nebraska USCIS, if I had known that the time interval would be the same for either visa I would have married Xiang when I was in China and applied for K3 status.

Thanks.

[Cygnet 0]

I have heard that it now takes about the same amount of time to process either the K1 or the K3 visa, is this true? There's suppose to be a ruling from December 2005 that the K1 and the K3 visa gets processed in the same time frame, is this true?

I don't know if it takes the same amount of time to process K1 and K3, and I've never heard of that ruling. K1 used to be faster, I think, but with IMBRA, no one knows how things will play out in the next few months.

It truly is hard to figure out which visa will go faster. I mean, when my husband and I started our visa journey, we planned on just applying for the CR-1 because at that time, the CR-1 was going faster than the K-3 (previously, it was the other way around). But then, a few months later, we noticed that K-3 picked up speed and so we sent in our I-129F. Our I-130 was approved 2 months before our I-129F, and yet, our K-3 got an interview first.

I noticed your I-129F is already approved. In my opinion, I think you should just go on with it because cancelling it and then applying for a different type of visa might give you problems (the USCIS might get confused ).

[Qiao - 108 days 0]

IMBRA has certainly muddied the water at this point. I can tell you what I have been told by others. I have heard that the process for K3 can often be more difficult. From what I understand there tends to be more scrutiny of the relationship. You might try comparing the historical data here on VJ to see how K1 times compare to K3.