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need advice !!! from K1 to IR1/CR1

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glai&ben   1

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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we filed I29F last april 24 and got our noa1 on may 1st.. our papers were sent to Vsc.. he was at virginia.. Because we lack some documents needed when we filed (we dont have letter of intent and the only proof of ongoing relationship and that weve met is our chat conversations on facebook that we were planning on getting married in the US with our profile pictures of our pic together which were included when i took the screenshot of our conversations), im expecting RFE.. based on our timeline our petition will be adjudicated on last week of oct plus additional 2 months for RFE.. it will be like december till we get our noa2.. with how fast CSC now, im thinking of us just getting married last week of august or 1st week of september and just use her mother's address which is in arizona as his address when filing IR1/Cr1 for our papers be sent at CSC... what do you guys think? :unsure:

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OUR K1 TIMELINE

03/09/2012 Sent first I-129F while deployed at Korea.. He only sent the form so we have to send it again.. lol

04/24/2012 Send second I-129F

05/01/2012 USCIS acceptance date routed to VSC

05/12/2012 NOA1

10/25/2012 NOA2

CR1 JOURNEY

09/26/2012 3rd visit

10/09/2012 Wedding

10/20/2012 I-130 Sent to Chicago Lockbox via UPS

10/22/2012 Filing Date

10/25/2012 confirmation email and text ( MSC )

10/26/2012 expedite request

10/31/2012 NOA1 hard copy

11/02/2012 NOA2 yay !!!!

11/05/2012 Case sent to NVC

11/13/2012 Case number/IIN assigned

11/16/2012 AOS fee bill and DS3032 ready

11/19/2012 AOS paid

11/20/2012 AOS shows paid/DS3032 sent

11/30/2012 AOS package sent( delayed coz of hubby's itrs grrrr...)

12/01/2012 DS3032 accepted

12/02/2012 IV fee bill ready

12/05/2012 IV bill shows paid

12/06/2012 IV packet sent

12/20/2012 case complete

01/15/2013 interview date scheduled (feb. 6, 2013)

01/22/2013 1st day of medical exam

01/23/2013 passed the medical exam !!!!

02/06/2013 VISA APPROVED !!!!

02/09/2013 Visa on hand

02/17/2013 POE Washington Dulles

02/19/2013 Immigrant Fee Payment (165$)

Your I-130 was approved in 2 days from your NOA1 date.

glai&ben Contributor

glai&ben   1

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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I am not really sure what your question is. I just want to ask....have you met your fiancee in person? Did he meet you in Phil?

he visited me twice last year.. my question is, is it better if we just get married and get a spouse visa or remain as K1 with the situation given above..

OUR K1 TIMELINE

03/09/2012 Sent first I-129F while deployed at Korea.. He only sent the form so we have to send it again.. lol

04/24/2012 Send second I-129F

05/01/2012 USCIS acceptance date routed to VSC

05/12/2012 NOA1

10/25/2012 NOA2

CR1 JOURNEY

09/26/2012 3rd visit

10/09/2012 Wedding

10/20/2012 I-130 Sent to Chicago Lockbox via UPS

10/22/2012 Filing Date

10/25/2012 confirmation email and text ( MSC )

10/26/2012 expedite request

10/31/2012 NOA1 hard copy

11/02/2012 NOA2 yay !!!!

11/05/2012 Case sent to NVC

11/13/2012 Case number/IIN assigned

11/16/2012 AOS fee bill and DS3032 ready

11/19/2012 AOS paid

11/20/2012 AOS shows paid/DS3032 sent

11/30/2012 AOS package sent( delayed coz of hubby's itrs grrrr...)

12/01/2012 DS3032 accepted

12/02/2012 IV fee bill ready

12/05/2012 IV bill shows paid

12/06/2012 IV packet sent

12/20/2012 case complete

01/15/2013 interview date scheduled (feb. 6, 2013)

01/22/2013 1st day of medical exam

01/23/2013 passed the medical exam !!!!

02/06/2013 VISA APPROVED !!!!

02/09/2013 Visa on hand

02/17/2013 POE Washington Dulles

02/19/2013 Immigrant Fee Payment (165$)

Your I-130 was approved in 2 days from your NOA1 date.

Thomas&Cleofe Proficient

Thomas&Cleofe   358

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Filed: IR-2 Country: Philippines
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I would just stay with the K-1....the 1-129F is faster than the I-130 petition. The RFE does not take another 60 days. I have seen RFE's approved in 10 days....average is 20 to 30 days.

You could do the spousal visa, but if it is time your worried about....that would take much longer to do the IR-1/CR-1.

Ryan H Grand Master

Ryan H   3,821

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: China
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Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Progress Reports to General Immigration-Related Discussion; topic is not a spousal visa case update.

with how fast CSC now, im thinking of us just getting married last week of august or 1st week of september and just use her mother's address which is in arizona as his address when filing IR1/Cr1 for our papers be sent at CSC... what do you guys think? :unsure:

Processing times at various service centers can change month to month for various reasons. There is no way to know for sure if CSC will keep their current pace or not. Even if they do, there is still some waiting post NOA2 for an NVC case number which you will need to have to continue the process as there are steps at the NVC that have to be followed for a spousal visa case whereas the NVC is only a mail stop in K1 cases.

Our journey:

Spoiler

September 2007: Met online via social networking site (MySpace); began exchanging messages.
March 26, 2009: We become a couple!
September 10, 2009: Arrived for first meeting in-person!
June 17, 2010: Arrived for second in-person meeting and start of travel together to other areas of China!
June 21, 2010: Engaged!!!
September 1, 2010: Switched course from K1 to CR-1
December 8, 2010: Wedding date set; it will be on February 18, 2011!
February 9, 2011: Depart for China
February 11, 2011: Registered for marriage in Wuhan, officially married!!!
February 18, 2011: Wedding ceremony in Shiyan!!!
April 22, 2011: Mailed I-130 to Chicago
April 28, 2011: Received NOA1 via text/email, file routed to CSC (priority date April 25th)
April 29, 2011: Updated
May 3, 2011: Received NOA1 hardcopy in mail
July 26, 2011: Received NOA2 via text/email!!!
July 30, 2011: Received NOA2 hardcopy in mail
August 8, 2011: NVC received file
September 1, 2011: NVC case number assigned
September 2, 2011: AOS invoice received, OPTIN email for EP sent
September 7, 2011: Paid AOS bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 9, 2011)
September 8, 2011: OPTIN email accepted, GZO number assigned
September 10, 2011: Emailed AOS package
September 12, 2011: IV bill invoiced
September 13, 2011: Paid IV bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 14, 2011)
September 14, 2011: Emailed IV package
October 3, 2011: Emailed checklist response (checklist generated due to typo on Form DS-230)
October 6, 2011: Case complete at NVC
November 10, 2011: Interview - APPROVED!!!
December 7, 2011: POE - Sea-Tac Airport

September 17, 2013: Mailed I-751 to CSC

September 23, 2013: Received NOA1 in mail (receipt date September 19th)

October 16, 2013: Biometrics Appointment

January 28, 2014: Production of new Green Card ordered

February 3, 2014: New Green Card received; done with USCIS until fall of 2023*

December 18, 2023:  Filed I-90 to renew Green Card

December 21, 2023:  Production of new Green Card ordered - will be seeing USCIS again every 10 years for renewal

 

 
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