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Hi. I am from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and my fiancee (or is it with just one e?) is from Ohio. We met online through ICQ on December 2004. Met personally on May 2005, got engaged September 2005 and are getting married on August 26 this year. :)

I just joined up a couple of days ago because I am getting more confused and frustrated by the day on how long the K-1 visa processing is taking. My fiancee and I are planning to get married in Ohio on August 26 but the USCIS seems to be taking it's sweet time. I partly fault this on myself and also put blame on the embassy staff here in Ottawa, Canada. They told us that we can send the paperwork as late as April and it would be done way before our wedding. Lo and behold the paperwork reached NSC on March 22 and nothing "real" has so far happened.

So it looks like what is going to happen is that I'll still go down to Ohio to get married but soon after I'll have to come back and then my (by then wife) and I will have to fill out a K-3\CR-1?

How long does it take for the K-3 process to last before I can actually move into the U.S. and be with my (by then) wife?

If the K-3 process is all done and I am approved will I get a green card and automatically be able to work?

Please help me! :)

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Hello! Welcome to VJ! :)

If your I-129F has not been approved by this time, you definitely will not have the visa in time for your wedding. :(

After you get married, your wife will have to file the I-130. This is the first step for a CR-1 application as well. If you want to apply for the K-3 (which should be faster but is sometimes not), then you'll need to submit an I-129F after you get the NOA1 (Notice of Action) for the I-130. I'm not going to go into details as most of the information is available by clicking on the Guides above. It is also helpful to check out the "Pinned" threads on the K-3 and CR-1 forums.

How long is the K-3 process? It's hard to tell. You can take a look at my signature below to see how my case is going. We applied for the CR-1, but 5 months into all the waiting, we decided to file for a K-3 as well.

Your last question... With a K-3, you don't get a greencard. A K-3 is a non-immigrant visa.

A CR-1 is an immigrant visa (therefore you get a greencard at the end).

When you get a K-3 visa, you'll have to apply for Adjustment of Status once you come into the US. You'll need to also apply for Employment Authorization Document which will allow you to work. Apparently, this takes about 3 months or so.

An alternative to adjusting status on a K-3 is to let the CR-1 processing take its course. This means that you'll have to wait for the I-130 petition to be approved, do all the paperwork and then come back to Canada for the interview.

Good luck!

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

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Hello! Welcome to VJ! :)

If your I-129F has not been approved by this time, you definitely will not have the visa in time for your wedding. :(

Bummer

After you get married, your wife will have to file the I-130. This is the first step for a CR-1 application as well. If you want to apply for the K-3 (which should be faster but is sometimes not), then you'll need to submit an I-129F after you get the NOA1 (Notice of Action) for the I-130. I'm not going to go into details as most of the information is available by clicking on the Guides above. It is also helpful to check out the "Pinned" threads on the K-3 and CR-1 forums.

How long is the K-3 process? It's hard to tell. You can take a look at my signature below to see how my case is going. We applied for the CR-1, but 5 months into all the waiting, we decided to file for a K-3 as well.

Your last question... With a K-3, you don't get a greencard. A K-3 is a non-immigrant visa.

A CR-1 is an immigrant visa (therefore you get a greencard at the end).

When you get a K-3 visa, you'll have to apply for Adjustment of Status once you come into the US. You'll need to also apply for Employment Authorization Document which will allow you to work. Apparently, this takes about 3 months or so.

An alternative to adjusting status on a K-3 is to let the CR-1 processing take its course. This means that you'll have to wait for the I-130 petition to be approved, do all the paperwork and then come back to Canada for the interview.

Good luck!

So it would be best to go for the CR-1 then since I'd be able to get a green card and thus be able to work? Bu t for that I'd have to stay in Canada until the I-130 is approved?

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Hi. I am from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and my fiancee (or is it with just one e?) is from Ohio. We met online through ICQ on December 2004. Met personally on May 2005, got engaged September 2005 and are getting married on August 26 this year. :)

I just joined up a couple of days ago because I am getting more confused and frustrated by the day on how long the K-1 visa processing is taking. My fiancee and I are planning to get married in Ohio on August 26 but the USCIS seems to be taking it's sweet time. I partly fault this on myself and also put blame on the embassy staff here in Ottawa, Canada. They told us that we can send the paperwork as late as April and it would be done way before our wedding. Lo and behold the paperwork reached NSC on March 22 and nothing "real" has so far happened.

So it looks like what is going to happen is that I'll still go down to Ohio to get married but soon after I'll have to come back and then my (by then wife) and I will have to fill out a K-3\CR-1?

How long does it take for the K-3 process to last before I can actually move into the U.S. and be with my (by then) wife?

If the K-3 process is all done and I am approved will I get a green card and automatically be able to work?

Please help me! :)

I dont know Canada specificly... but everything has been on hold since March 6th. New laws and forms are to blame. I am getting work that a RFE's are being sent out. I think this is goods of progress.

Novosibirsk to Minneapolis

Sent to Moscow September 26th, 2006

Waiting for Interview, and to be together.

Saw my smart beautiful wife to be, and my baby girl on July 3rd, 2006

We expected her to be in Minneapolis on May 6th, 2006

Arrived October 27th

Married December 3rd

Baby girl born on December 29th

Started paperwork on AOS April 1st

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So it would be best to go for the CR-1 then since I'd be able to get a green card and thus be able to work? Bu t for that I'd have to stay in Canada until the I-130 is approved?

You'd have to stay in Canada until you get your visa (meaning after your interview). The I-130 is just a petition from your wife stating she wants to sponsor you as a family member. Once that is approved, then you get to apply for an immigrant visa. The CR-1 takes longer to process sometimes (depends on your service center for the I-130, and how fast you receive and send back stuff to NVC).

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

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:D Welcome to VJ, and good luck!!! :thumbs:

K-1 Timeline

11-29-05: Mailed I-129F Petition to CSC

12-06-05: NOA1

03-02-06: NOA2

03-23-06: Interview Date May 16

05-17-06: K-1 Visa Issued

05-20-06: Arrived at POE, Honolulu

07-17-06: Married

AOS Timeline

08-14-06: Mailed I-485 to Chicago

08-24-06: NOA for I-485

09-08-06: Biometrics Appointment

09-25-06: I-485 transferred to CSC

09-28-06: I-485 received at CSC

10-18-06: AOS Approved

10-21-06: Approval notice mailed

10-23-06: Received "Welcome Letter"

10-27-06: Received 2 yr Green Card

I-751 Timeline

07-21-08: Mailed I-751 to VSC

07-25-08: NOA for I-751

08-27-08: Biometrics Appointment

02-25-09: I-751 transferred to CSC

04-17-09: I-751 Approved

06-22-09: Received 10 yr Green Card

N-400 Timeline

07-20-09: Mailed N-400 to Lewisville, TX

07-23-09: NOA for N-400

08-14-09: Biometrics Appointment

09-08-09: Interview Date Oct 07

10-30-09: Oath Ceremony

11-20-09: Received Passport!!!

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WELCOME TO VJ!!!!!!! We are form Ohio too!!!!!!

Good Luck with your Journey!!!!! :thumbs::thumbs:

Maria & Mike

Got married in Killeen, Texas on April 27 2004

*°K-3 Visa°*

Oct 12 2005 - Sent I-130 to NSC

Oct 24 2005 - NOA 1

Nov 7 2005 - Sent I-129F to Chicago

Nov 9 2005 - NOA 1

Dec 5 2005 - NOA 2 - I-129F Approved!!! (28 days)

Dec 13 2005 - Application Forwarded to NVC

Dec 16 2005 - Application received by the Consulate in Italy

Jan 4 2006 - Packet 3

Jan 10 2006 - Sent "Applicant's Statement" to Naples

Jan 27 2006 - Packet 4

Feb 22 2006 - Medical and Interview

Feb 22 2006 - Interview... APPROVED Got the Visa!!!

Mar 2 2006 - I-130 case *touched*

Mar 6 2006 - RFE for the I-130 (Marriage Certificate)

Mar 14 2006 - Sent RFE to CSC

Mar 21 2006 - RFE received by CSC

Mar 30 2006 - Detroit POE - Got the I-94

Mar 31 2006 - I-130 NOA 2 - APPROVED!!! (170 days)

*°AOS°*

Mar 31 2006 - I-765 sent to Chicago

Apr 5 2006 - I-765 NOA1

Apr 7 2006 - Vaccination Supplement appt. in Cleveland

Apr 13 2006 - EAD Biometrics Appointment Letter

Apr 18 2006 - EAD Biometrics in Pittsburg

Apr 22 2006 - I-485 sent to Chicago lockbox

Apr 28 2006 - I-485 NOA1

May 3 2006 - EAD Approved!! (33 days)

May 5 2006 - EAC received (NOA2)

May 5 2006 - AOS Biometrics Appointment Letter

May 8 2006 - Applied for Social Security Number

May 11 2006 - AOS Biometrics Appointment in Pittsburgh

May 18 2006 - Social Security Card arrived in the mail

May 18 2006 - Interview Appointment Letter

May 31 2006 - Flew back to Italy

Jun 24 2006 - I-485 *touched*

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Welcome to VJ :luv:

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K-1 Sent to Vermont St Patrick's Day~ May the Luck of the Irish Be With Us Today!! 3/17/06

NOA1 03-25-06

Touch 06-16-06=RFE Email

Touch 06-17-06

RFE Arrived 06-21-06

RFE Sent back to Vermont 06-21-06

RFE Delivered 06/23/06 10:55am

RFE-Touch 06/24/06

Touch 06/27/06

Approved 08/21/06 {157 days)

Touch 08/22/06

NVC Letter 08-25-06 Hard Copy

Left NVC 08-25-06

Arrived at London 09-01-06

Packet 3 Arrived at Steves Door 09-05-06

Packet 3 Sent back to London 09-15-06

London Medical 09-29-06- Completed

Packet 4 11-20-06

Londen Interview 12-08-06 APPROVED

Visa in Hand 12-12-06

Enters the USA 12-13-06

WEDDING DAY 2/18/07 @ 3pm

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Welcome to VJ and good luck! :)

Days until our 3rd Wedding Anniversary[br].png

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Kim(Canada)Lee(WA)

Met online June 14/02

Spent an incredible week together in BC Aug 23/02

I went to NY to see my sweetie and meet his family Oct/02

Spent our first Xmas together Dec 24/02

He proposed!!! Dec 26/02

He visits for a week after 5 long months apart May/03

Lee moves from NJ to WA state to be closer to me Oct 29/03

We got married!!! Feb 28/04

Our son Ethan was born!!! Aug 17/04

Got our visas Aug 1/06 !!!

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