Not clear on process even with guides.

[AngelnSteve 0]

At the risk of sounding stupid our situation is this, we are already married and used a lawyer to file for us - husband is UK citizen and wife is US citizen.. our petitions are at VSC and we are awaiting NOA2 (I-129F seeming to be processed quicker according to Visa Journey graphs).

One of the things we aren't clear about is what will it mean if our I-129F is approved before the I-130?

[imaisha 0]

Most likely that will not happen- at least that's been the case for nearly all of us these days. The I-129fs are processed more quickly when they are stand-alone petitions, meaning they are going for the K-1 visa.

Both of your petitions will probably be ajudicated at the same time and will likely follow the I-130 timelines.

[AngelnSteve 0]

Thanks, the USCIS website has been updated today stating I-130 = 5 Months (?) and I-129-F = November 25th.. online nothing has been touched with our files - so if the I-130 is being processed first will the I-129F delay it?

It was my understanding that the I-129F was to potentially shorten the time we'd be apart

[imaisha 0]

Thanks, the USCIS website has been updated today stating I-130 = 5 Months (?) and I-129-F = November 25th.. online nothing has been touched with our files - so if the I-130 is being processed first will the I-129F delay it?

It was my understanding that the I-129F was to potentially shorten the time we'd be apart

That difference in processing time is actually only 5 days. You'll see that those were the dates as of April 30th, so 5 months before then means November 30th.

As for the I-129f speeding things up- that's a misconception nearly everyone going for the K-3 has. Years ago the I-130 took much longer to process so they invented the K-3 to reunite families sooner. Nowadays since they are ajudicated at the same time there are few if any benefits to the K-3. Do some more reading on the boards about the difference between the CR-1 and the K-3. You'll probably end up choosing the CR-1. I fell for it too and the I-129f did slow us down- now we're just ignoring it and going for the CR-1.