K3 (I-129F) - Obsolete?

[Sarah & Todd 0]

Hi everyone,

We are aware the I-129F (K3) is now obsolete as the process times are the same. My question is...is there anywhere on the USCIS site that can confirm this?

Best Wishes and Good Luck to everyone.

[Que Saudade 284]

Read through this thread and pay attention to Pushbrk's explanations.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/253847-why-are-people-advising-others-that-the-k3-is-obsolete/

[Leatherneck 693]

http://travel.state....es_2993.html#21

Important Notice: Effective February 1^st, 2010, when both petitions have been approved by USCIS and sent to the NVC or when USCIS approves the I-130 before the I-129F, the availability of, as well as the need for, a nonimmigrant K-3 visa ends. If the NVC receives both an approved I-130 petition and an approved I-129F petition:

• The nonimmigrant K-3 visa case will be administratively closed.

• The application process explained below will not be available to the foreign-citizen spouse and cannot be used.
• The NVC will contact the U.S. citizen sponsor and foreign-citizen spouse, with instructions for processing the IR-1 (or CR-1) immigrant visa. For more information on the immigrant visa process, review the Immigrant Visa for a Spouse webpage.

• If the NVC receives the approved I-129F petition before it receives the I-130 petition, the NVC will process the I-129F petition. NVC will then send the I-129F petition to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in the country where the marriage took place. If the marriage took place in the United States, the NVC will send the petition to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate that issues visas in the foreign-citizen spouse's country of nationality. If the marriage took place in a country that does not have a U.S. Embassy, or the Embassy or Consulate does not issue visas, the NVC will send the petition to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate that normally processes visas for citizens of that country. For example, if the marriage took place in Iran where the U.S. does not have an Embassy or Consulate, the petition would be sent to Turkey.
  The U.S. Embassy or Consulate where you, the foreign-citizen spouse, will apply will provide you with specific instructions, including, where to go for the required medical examination. During your interview, ink-free, digital fingerprint scans will be taken. Some visa applications require further administrative processing, which takes additional time after the visa applicant's interview by a Consular Officer.
  Eligible children of K-3 visa applicants may apply for K-4 visas. Separate applications must be submitted for each K visa applicant, and each K visa applicant must pay the visa application fee.

Edited September 15, 2012 by Leatherneck

[lynndy38 64]

If you filed I-130 first....then a month later filed I-129f would it delay the I-130 process and complicate things?

All the official wording confuses me,the helpline told my husband to file the I-129f to get to the USA faster,if Im right Sarah has filed for that reason too,to get us over to our husbands quicker.

[canadian_wife 1,822]

No, the I129F for the K-3 visa wont' 'complicate' things but it has, in the past, substantially slown down the petition. Although nothing is confirmed, if you read through or pay attention on here, those with a I129F pending for a K-3 visa are approved 6-8 weeks AFTER stand-alone I130s.

Now, USCIS will certainly tell you it is on the books and is faster. It is NVC that closes it

Read the 'compare'guide that is based on data and personal experiences on VJ, you can see it takes substantially longer and is more expensive than the Cr-1

You are absolutly the best qualified person to make a decision about what visa is best for you. But when we were deciding we valued personal experience of those going through the process more than someone on a phoneline who never has

Good luck