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How long is the wait for a GC/ If he arrived on a IR/CR-1?

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sunnysayan   0

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Hi VJ,

Sorry very new here....

We are stilling trying to figure what / how to get my husband the correct visa.

I read here "CR-1s take longer but allow immediate work and travel"

How long is the "aprox" wait for a GC?

If we get a IR/CR 1 visa then get his GC, when can we leave? We need an exit permit too correct?

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daboyz   36

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Hi VJ,

Sorry very new here....

We are stilling trying to figure what / how to get my husband the correct visa.

I read here "CR-1s take longer but allow immediate work and travel"

How long is the "aprox" wait for a GC?

If we get a IR/CR 1 visa then get his GC, when can we leave? We need an exit permit too correct?

30 days.

Service Center : Vermont Service Center

Consulate : Bangkok, Thailand

Marriage : 2006-11-08

I-130 Sent : 2008-02-22

I-130 NOA1 : 2008-03-10

I-129F Sent : 2008-04-08

I-129F NOA1 : 2008-04-14

I-129F touched: 2008-05-06

I-130 touched: 2008-05-09

I-129F approved 2008-09-05

I-130 approved 2008-09-05

NVC received 2008-09-12

Pay I-864 2008-10-08

Pay IV bill 2008-10-08

Receive Instruction 2008-11-05

Case Complete 2008-11-18

Medical 2009-01-19/20 passed

Receive Pkt 4 2009-01-30

Interview 221g 2009-02-23

Second interview 2009-03-02 Approved

POE DFW 2009-03-07

Received SS card 2009-03-17

Received GC 2009-04-01

Done for 3 years or 10 years. Haven't decided yet.

(I'm going for the IR-1 and blowing off the K-3. Even if it takes an extra couple months, it's worth it to not have to deal with USCIS again)

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Note:

Please fill out I-130, wait 6 months for approval, then 3 more months for an interview. (Unless of course we've bombed your country into the stone age, then you qualify for expedited processing.)

Welcome to the USA!!!

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TayRivers   4

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Hi VJ,

Sorry very new here....

We are stilling trying to figure what / how to get my husband the correct visa.

I read here "CR-1s take longer but allow immediate work and travel"

How long is the "aprox" wait for a GC?

If we get a IR/CR 1 visa then get his GC, when can we leave? We need an exit permit too correct?

If you are applying for a IR-1 visa it could take 4 - 12 months for him to get the visa to come to the USA, Once he has the visa and enters the US he will get his greencard in the mail in about 30 days.

The IR-1 visa allows for work and international travel from the day the person enters the US. They are given a stamp in their passport that along with the visa the stamp acts as a temp greencard and is valid for 12 months.

Unless the Greencard holder is going to be outside the USA for 12 mnths then they do not need a re-entry permit.

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