Just Married...CR1 or K3

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Not since October 2009. What have you been reading?

Probably reading USCIS descriptions or other websites that are out of date, but why do you refer to October, 2009. K3 hasn't been but a few weeks faster since November, 2006. Nothing I know of changed between then and February 1, 2010.

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We finally got married in California. Just got back from honeymoon and we are going to start the visa process.

I live in Toronto and my spouse lives in San Diego. I am starting to see that a CR1 could be faster or better than a K3?

What should I do to be able to be down in San Diego to live and work in the shortest time?

Thanks!

Congrats,

I am just starting the process myself and am returning to Ireland next month, so please keep me updated as to how are you are getting along,

After much deliberation, it was basically the risk factor that decided it for me, as I had not 'declared'

that I was getting married the last time I entered on my visitor visa, there is an inherent risk that they may view this as withholding information.

Therefore they may decide not to approve you, this risk is costly but was one I was willing to take however I have heard the number of people

being refused for this reason and other such as outstaying their visa while undertaking the k-3 route has increase. This can depend on the

interviewer on the day also.

For these reasons I bit the bullet and decided I would return to Ireland and follow the CR-1 route, though I will be away from my lovely wife for a while

we have been through this before when I was studying my masters in Belgium so we weighed the pro's and cons.

We can save a lot as I will be working in Ireland.

There is less risk as you are technically abiding by the rules in place.

Plus for me I am glad to be interviewing in my own embassy in Dublin but that is just me.

Just be sure to make loads of copies and read the instructions for the forms thoroughly and you'll be all set

good luck with it all, I hope this helps I thought I should share with you what I just found out as a fellow Newbie to the process

Cheers

Brian