HELP...SO CONFUSED! k1 TO k3 OR ......?

[pumpkin29 2]

i've been here only for a week, i posted this question before but can't find which discussion anymore and i have no idea where to post this best....my fiance(USC) filed a K1 on March2008, still on AP/security clearance check and stucked at USCIS. said check may take 180days,so they say, from oct2008-april2009...i just dont understand why it has to be exactly 180 days and what's taking it so long..last time he called, they said they will make referral and it may take another 45 days, not even sure whether they'll take action or not, so as the USCIS phone receiver said.

you'll probably tell me to wait until april 29 and hope we'll hear result and progress.

my question is, if we decide to get married, what will happen with the I129F application? is he going to refile K3 or which one is better? if we get married while K1 is on file, i understand circumstances will change since he wont be petitioning for a fiance' anymore..so if we get married, will the k1 be automatically cancelled? or we can upgrade that to K3? or CR-1 is better and forget k1/k3?

SO CONFUSED...PLEASE HELP !

[Dakine 26]

i've been here only for a week, i posted this question before but can't find which discussion anymore and i have no idea where to post this best....my fiance(USC) filed a K1 on March2008, still on AP/security clearance check and stucked at USCIS. said check may take 180days,so they say, from oct2008-april2009...i just dont understand why it has to be exactly 180 days and what's taking it so long..last time he called, they said they will make referral and it may take another 45 days, not even sure whether they'll take action or not, so as the USCIS phone receiver said.

you'll probably tell me to wait until april 29 and hope we'll hear result and progress.

my question is, if we decide to get married, what will happen with the I129F application? is he going to refile K3 or which one is better? if we get married while K1 is on file, i understand circumstances will change since he wont be petitioning for a fiance' anymore..so if we get married, will the k1 be automatically cancelled? or we can upgrade that to K3? or CR-1 is better and forget k1/k3?

SO CONFUSED...PLEASE HELP !

If your fiance has some problems in the past then getting married won't solve anything.

[Jenni and Bo 0]

If you get married, like you said - you will no longer be a fiancee and your application will not be able to be approved. It would not be automatically cancelled, you would have to cancel it as far as I know. There is no way to "upgrade" to a K-3. You would have to refile for a k-3/cr-1 and go though the waiting process again. I would assume if your K-1 petition is stuck in AP right now, chances are a new petition would get stuck in the same way? Don't quote me on that, just seems like that would be the case.

If someone has more precise answers, please feel free to add on

[Penguin_ie 5,996]

You are so close, please do not give up!

If you get married, you have to start all over again (in which case yes, CR1 would be better than K3). That means filing anew, waiting for months, and you will still face the same investigations as you do now.

[pumpkin29 2]

You are so close, please do not give up!

If you get married, you have to start all over again (in which case yes, CR1 would be better than K3). That means filing anew, waiting for months, and you will still face the same investigations as you do now.

yeah,i'm really trying to hold on....keep hoping something good will happen soon with our case, or i'd be more happy to hear antyhing that the uscis will say, as in anything, whatever it is...just to be sure our case isn't missing. well, nothing i can do except hold on and wait..and pray! thanks guys!!