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Good day ....me and my fiance is already 12yrs in a relationship, i am a philippines passport holder and he is a US army and of course he got his citizenship thru the army, he is currently deployed in korea and will be again deploy to colorado by november.we wanted to get married , but the thing is which way should we do first? To go thru fiance visa ?...he will file a petition thru fiancee visa ? Or should he file a vacation and come home in the philippines and get married from here, and bring our papers back to US and file it to his next deployment in colorado?....and which is the fastest way to be together? Fiancee visa or get married here in the philippines and file after that?...please i need answer to all these .

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
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Well, you could file the finace visa today so I guess that is faster

To take in all the other variables - see the guide in the link below

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

good luck

USCIS
August 12, 2008 - petition sent
August 16, 2008 - NOA-1
February 10, 2009 - NOA-2
178 DAYS FROM NOA-1


NVC
February 13, 2009 - NVC case number assigned
March 12, 2009 - Case Complete
25 DAY TRIP THROUGH NVC


Medical
May 4, 2009


Interview
May, 26, 2009


POE - June 20, 2009 Toronto - Atlanta, GA

Removal of Conditions
Filed - April 14, 2011
Biometrics - June 2, 2011 (early)
Approval - November 9, 2011
209 DAY TRIP TO REMOVE CONDITIONS

Citizenship

April 29, 2013 - NOA1 for petition received

September 10, 2013 Interview - decision could not be made.

April 15, 2014 APPROVED. Wait for oath ceremony

Waited...

September 29, 2015 - sent letter to senator.

October 16, 2015 - US Citizen

Filed: Other Timeline
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Well, you could file the finace visa today so I guess that is faster

To take in all the other variables - see the guide in the link below

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

good luck

Thank you so much....another thing...will it make a difference if he is working in a government coz he is a US army? Will it make a difference? Like will it be faster? ...or the process will still be the same?

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ireland
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*** Moving from K1 to Military forum for military specific answers ****

Usually, it will only be faster if he has deployment orders abroad.

Bye: Penguin

Me: Irish/ Swiss citizen, and now naturalised US citizen. Husband: USC; twin babies born Feb 08 in Ireland and a daughter in Feb 2010 in Arkansas who are all joint Irish/ USC. Did DCF (IR1) in 6 weeks via the Dublin, Ireland embassy and now living in Arkansas.

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Germany
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Just to make sure you don't learn facts incorrectly as a future Army wife - when he's being sent to Colorado that is NOT a deployment. That's most likely gonna be where he is permanently stationed. Deployments mean tours in usually hostile areas.

05/2007 - got married in Germany

05/2007 - filed I-130 via DCF in Frankfurt

08/2007 - interview to prove bona fide marriage

09/2007 - hubby PCSed to GA

10/2007 - hubby deployed to Iraq

04/2008 - hubby on RnR in Germany

08/2008 - received CR-1 visa

12/2008 - flew to GA alone to welcome home the hubs

09/2009 - PCSed to CA

03/2010 - we're pregnant!

06/2010 - applied for German "BBG" to retain German citizenship during naturalization

08/2010 - BBG granted

09/2010 - filed ROC

12/2010 - received 10 year GC

12/2010 - our little miracle is born!!!

01/2011 - PCSed to Germany

01/2012 - filed N-400 for overseas naturalization

03-15-2012 - Best of Both Worlds, I'm a dual citizen :-)

Posted (edited)

We went through the K-1 route because when my hubby (then fiancé) went to the Manila Embassy, they told him that was the fastest way. Our I-129F was approved in just a little over a month and then I had my K-1 interview in Manila after 4 months (we were getting all the documents ready and he was getting settled at his new duty station - bought a house, furniture, etc., got everything ready for my move). I honestly don't know if it had anything to do with him being in the military or if it was just the standard processing time then (February 2009) but it did seem like the process went pretty fast.

It really depends on your situation. We were thinking of getting married in the Philippines but he was deployed to Iraq then and was only on leave for less than 2 weeks so we didn't have enough time to plan everything AND get all of the required paperwork together. With the K-1, we were able to gather everything we needed for the packet and he filed the I-129F as soon as he got back to the U.S. And then once I entered the U.S., the 90 days was more than enough time to plan our wedding.

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F & J

 

I-130 / IR-5 TIMELINE (Petition for Mother)

2016/11/14 — I-130 sent via USPS Priority Mail Express 1-Day

2016/11/15 — I-130 delivered at 11:20 am in PHOENIX, AZ 85034 to BANK ONE, signed for by J LOPEZ; Priority Date  |  2016/11/17 Receipt Date

2016/11/18 I-797C Notice Date; USCIS Acceptance Confirmation Email, case routed to Nebraska Service Center  |  2016/11/21I-797C Postmark

2017/01/18 I-797 Approval Notice Date  |  2017/01/19I-797 Postmark  |  2017/01/23 I-797 Approval Notice hard copy received

 

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We went through the K-1 route because when my hubby (then fiancé) went to the Manila Embassy, they told him that was the fastest way. Our I-129F was approved in just a little over a month and then I had my K-1 interview in Manila after 4 months (we were getting all the documents ready and he was getting settled at his new duty station - bought a house, furniture, etc., got everything ready for my move). I honestly don't know if it had anything to do with him being in the military or if it was just the standard processing time then (February 2009) but it did seem like the process went pretty fast.

It really depends on your situation. We were thinking of getting married in the Philippines but he was deployed to Iraq then and was only on leave for less than 2 weeks so we didn't have enough time to plan everything AND get all of the required paperwork together. With the K-1, we were able to gather everything we needed for the packet and he filed the I-129F as soon as he got back to the U.S. And then once I entered the U.S., the 90 days was more than enough time to plan our wedding.

Oh my....so you did take the fiance visa option?....coz all our documents are ready...its just that he is currently stationed in korea, and he is still under the international marriage law...and his sergeant told him that we should get married before he goes colorado , so he could include me in his file when he goes there. But then id greatly appreciate , knowing our status now...if whats the best you could advice.

Thanks much.

 
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