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Sailor Moon Explorer

Sailor Moon   2

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Pakistan
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If I had it all to do over again......

I would never had filed for a K3 and instead I would go the CR-1/IR-1 route. When we got married we knew NOTHING about visa's. We chose the K3 route because it was supposed to be quicker. :lol: The whole purpose of a K3 is lost on someone coming from Pakistan. You know the whole Life Act thing... bring families together. What a joke. So if I knew then what I know now.... definately CR-1/IR-1. :thumbs:

peace

~kris

hi kris,

as i see ur time line u have filed 1-130

i also filed i-130 for my husband my question is my husband on k3 visa or CR-1/IR-1

I hope i dont sound stupid :bonk:

For a K3 Visa you must first file an I 130 than after you recieve your NOA1 for the I 130 you then file an I 129F. Once the NOA 2 is recieved it goes to the NVC for a short time and straight to the embassy. If you never filed a I 129F, and went through processing at the NVC then you are CR-1/IR-1. :luv:

peace

~kris

thanks kris for clearing my mind,,we are on IR-1 cuz we never filed I-129F

3/24/2006...got married

6/26/2006...I-130 sent to uscia

9/4/2007 ...I-130 aproved

9/4/2007....NVC recieved

8/4/2008...NVC completed

8/4/2008...case sent to USE/Islamabad

9/16/2008....interview date/put in AP

3/16/2009 .... 6 months of AP

4/16/2009.......7 months in AP

5/16/2009........8 months in AP

6/16/2009.........9 months in AP

6/15/2009.... visa issued

7/30/2009....visa in hand

POE 8/4/2009 Washington /dulles airport

8/28/2009....GC received/10 years validity

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Saddle Bronc   124

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Just curious...my fiance is a Pakistani citizen. If God forbid things don't go the way they are planned and he is not issued a K-1 visa...it was just a thought in the back of our minds...what route is the best for Pakistani citizens in Pakistan?

If you all with Pakistani spouses/ fiances had to go through the process all over again or had a chance to change your petition, would you still stick with the type of petition that you filed? Or would you go for a different one than the path you have chosen?

CR-1/IR-1, K-3, or K-1?

It would be great to hear what you all have to say! :yes:

Based on that you petitioned for your SO in Britain....is your SO a dual Pak-Limey?

2005/07/10 I-129F filed for Pras

2005/11/07 I-129F approved, forwarded to NVC--to Chennai Consulate 2005/11/14

2005/12/02 Packet-3 received from Chennai

2005/12/21 Visa Interview Date

2006/04/04 Pras' entry into US at DTW

2006/04/15 Church Wedding at Novi (Detroit suburb), MI

2006/05/01 AOS Packet (I-485/I-131/I-765) filed at Chicago

2006/08/23 AP and EAD approved. Two down, 1.5 to go

2006/10/13 Pras' I-485 interview--APPROVED!

2006/10/27 Pras' conditional GC arrives -- .5 to go (2 yrs to Conditions Removal)

2008/07/21 I-751 (conditions removal) filed

2008/08/22 I-751 biometrics completed

2009/06/18 I-751 approved

2009/07/03 10-year GC received; last 0.5 done!

2009/07/23 Pras files N-400

2009/11/16 My 46TH birthday, Pras N-400 approved

2010/03/18 Pras' swear-in

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MARM   7

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: United Kingdom
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Just curious...my fiance is a Pakistani citizen. If God forbid things don't go the way they are planned and he is not issued a K-1 visa...it was just a thought in the back of our minds...what route is the best for Pakistani citizens in Pakistan?

If you all with Pakistani spouses/ fiances had to go through the process all over again or had a chance to change your petition, would you still stick with the type of petition that you filed? Or would you go for a different one than the path you have chosen?

CR-1/IR-1, K-3, or K-1?

It would be great to hear what you all have to say! :yes:

Based on that you petitioned for your SO in Britain....is your SO a dual Pak-Limey?

lol :lol: ...no he is not. He is on a student visa in the UK, has been in the UK for 5 years now on the student visa. He applied for one final extension in December 08 (on which we are STILL AWAITING decision+ passport back, hopefully we get in well before the scheduled interview). Looking at all the VJ statisitcs and considering we have to go through USCIS once again come AOS/EAD time and so forth, a K-3 seemed to me a better choice, but who knew our K-1 was going to take this long... :wacko:

Visa Journey completed, but we are still here to provide support! :)

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L179 Proficient

L179   1

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I would definately do the same thing again, only a little differently.

I filed the I-130 and the the K-3.

They both were approved at the same time and didn't really make a difference. And surely since i am taking my hubby to the US i prefer the CR1 visa as he will be able to go to the US and start working carrying out his responsibility rather than being a couch potato. Was he able to get a SS and at least go to school, i wouldn't mind him taking some additional certificates but since that is not possible either on a K3, i definately prefer the CR1.

Things I would do differently. USCIS took one whole year to approve our application. I would contact the senators office prior to completion on a year and within 6 months get the senator involved to speed up the process.

I did not know that USCIS would lie and say that they have sent the application to NVC and 4 months late I find out from the senator that its still with USCIS and they refuse to tell us.

I also did not know he would require a canadian police certificate from canada as he lived there for over a year and half and now we are stuck at NVC since they would take up to a 120 days to process the certificate.

So basically what I would do differently is get on everyone's case and not have my time wasted.

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