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[madbui01 0]

Am a USC and have a fiancee in abroad. would it be better if i get married and file for spouse visa or go ahead with a K1 visa.please help and should i file an I-485 together with I-130

[Oksana & Max 94]

If you are filing for a fiancee visa which is K-1, then you file I-129F. If you want to file for a spousal visa then you file I-130. You don't file I-485.

Look at those guides and choose which one is right for you.

http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1flow

http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1guide

http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide1

[Ineedhelp811 0]

Am a USC and have a fiancee in abroad. would it be better if i get married and file for spouse visa or go ahead with a K1 visa.please help and should i file an I-485 together with I-130

If you file the I-485 you don't need to file the I-130... The form I-485 is a form for you to fill out if a person is in the US and needs to have his/her status changed. For instance, when I came to the States I was an international student. Since I was already here I had to file I-485. My status in the US was student and I adjusted it to Permanent Resident by using this form. In your situation, the quickest way to go about doing this is applying for the Fiance visa. If you apply as a fiance, there is a different form you will fill out. He/she will arrive in the US as a fiancee and then get married. If you get married abroad, you will have to file an I-130 form.

I am applying for my mom and since she lives overseas I am filing I-130... If she came to the US as a visitor and I adjusted her status then I would fill out the I-485...

Does that help?

[TimeTravel 78]

First get married, and then file for I-130.

Edited November 15, 2011 by iwaiting

[madbui01 0]

uscis does have the same processing timeline for I-130 and K1 visa is that so with personal experiences..please advise i will like to have her here asap