K-3 Visa or I-30

[jaguar69 0]

Hello to everyone that is involve in this tedious process, I'm new in here and as you All know I'm a little confuse with all this "immigration procedures".

I file a I-30 form for my wife that lives in Mexico, on October 6 2010 I got my first NOA letter, right after, I file the 129-f form to have Her here with me, on October 20 2010 I got the NOA letter for the 129-f form. I been checking my cases on the USCIS homepage but both of the forms hasn't been touch since, should I be concern with this or should I wait a little longer for them to review my forms ?

I also seen some forums that say that the K-3 visa process is dead, and if is dead what is the waiting process for the I-30 form, and the cost of the forms involve with procedure ?

Any help with this is very appreciated, thanks and God bless

[Darnell 8,478]

Coupla things -

1. I-130's for a CR-1/IR-1 visa benefit from NVC Electronic Processing at NVC, after the I-130 petition is approved.

2. K-3 is effectively dead - please read/review:

Comparison on K-3 vs CR-1 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/204324-wondering-if-i-made-a-mistake-marrying-in-us/page__view__findpost__p__3060767

K-3 administratively closed - http://www.visajourney.com/news/2010/02/07/department-of-state-to-close-k-3-visas-if-i-129f-and-i-130-petitions-approved-and-received-together

3. Filing an I-129F for a K-3 will effectively slow down the approval process on the I-130 - anywhere from 3 to 11 weeks at USCIS, lost, gone - if you've done it already - sorry - some one gave you bad advice - CR-1/IR-1 is superior visa, compared to K-3 - and the 'reasons' for the K-3 have been mostly dealt with, time and timing for I-130 approvals decreased dramatically over the last 8 years from 3 years to 5 months.

4. For costs - please review the Guides Section here (train yer eyeballs up, find the word Guides, click it, and choose a document set)

Good Luck !

Edited January 4, 2011 by Darnell

[jaguar69 0]

Coupla things -

1. I-130's for a CR-1/IR-1 visa benefit from NVC Electronic Processing at NVC, after the I-130 petition is approved.

2. K-3 is effectively dead - please read/review:

Comparison on K-3 vs CR-1 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/204324-wondering-if-i-made-a-mistake-marrying-in-us/page__view__findpost__p__3060767

K-3 administratively closed - http://www.visajourney.com/news/2010/02/07/department-of-state-to-close-k-3-visas-if-i-129f-and-i-130-petitions-approved-and-received-together

3. Filing an I-129F for a K-3 will effectively slow down the approval process on the I-130 - anywhere from 3 to 11 weeks at USCIS, lost, gone - if you've done it already - sorry - some one gave you bad advice - CR-1/IR-1 is superior visa, compared to K-3 - and the 'reasons' for the K-3 have been mostly dealt with, time and timing for I-130 approvals decreased dramatically over the last 8 years from 3 years to 5 months.

4. For costs - please review the Guides Section here (train yer eyeballs up, find the word Guides, click it, and choose a document set)

Good Luck !

Thanks Darnell, your info is very appreciated