K-3 Wedding

[djturbo 0]

Hi!

Guys listen I have this little problem I need help with. I just Filled for my Fiance in the Philippines and have got my NOA1 already. Well, my fiance and I have decided to cancel the Patition and just get married in the Philippines then Fill form I-130 to bring her here. The problem that am having is that I read somewhere that I still have to Fill the I-129F with my I-130? I always thought that the only forms needed was the I-130? Help us please!!

-alex

[Yodrak 7]

alex,

Three dangerous words, "I read somewhere".

Filing an I-129f petition for a spouse is an option that is available to you when you get to that point. But what has this got to do with cancelling your I-129f for fiancee, getting married, and going for a spousal visa instead of a fiance(e) visa?

Yodrak

.... I read somewhere that I still have to Fill the I-129F with my I-130? ....

-alex

[kitkat1 5]

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...mp;page=k3guide

[djturbo 0]

Hi!

Guys listen I have this little problem I need help with. I just Filled for my Fiance in the Philippines and have got my NOA1 already. Well, my fiance and I have decided to cancel the Patition and just get married in the Philippines then Fill form I-130 to bring her here. The problem that am having is that I read somewhere that I still have to Fill the I-129F with my I-130? I always thought that the only forms needed was the I-130? Help us please!!

-alex

Ok, what happen is that she wants a wedding in her country but since she can't come to US while married she are going to cancel this fiance patition and just marry in her country, then once am back in the US I am going to fill again for her as my wife using the I-130 but do I again have to resummit a I-129f forms?

alex,

Three dangerous words, "I read somewhere".

Filing an I-129f petition for a spouse is an option that is available to you when you get to that point. But what has this got to do with cancelling your I-129f for fiancee, getting married, and going for a spousal visa instead of a fiance(e) visa?

Yodrak

.... I read somewhere that I still have to Fill the I-129F with my I-130? ....

-alex

Yes I read the guide so I guess the answer is YES right?

[Yodrak 7]

alex,

I already answered this question - it's an option that is available to you. Submit an I-129f if you want to, don't submit one if you don't want to.

If you've read the Guides as you say you have then you know why you might want to.

Yodrak

Ok, what happen is that she wants a wedding in her country but since she can't come to US while married she are going to cancel this fiance patition and just marry in her country, then once am back in the US I am going to fill again for her as my wife using the I-130 but do I again have to resummit a I-129f forms?

alex,

Three dangerous words, "I read somewhere".

Filing an I-129f petition for a spouse is an option that is available to you when you get to that point. But what has this got to do with cancelling your I-129f for fiancee, getting married, and going for a spousal visa instead of a fiance(e) visa?

Yodrak

.... I read somewhere that I still have to Fill the I-129F with my I-130? ....

-alex

Yes I read the guide so I guess the answer is YES right?

[YuAndDan 153]

I was reading your posts this morning and could after some reading them all in total figure out what you were asking.

If you cancel the I-129F fiance petition, it is cancled and you forget about it.

You go overseas and marry your fiance and return to the states, you have 2 options for visas for her, K-3 or CR-1 lately the approval time for either is about the same length of time CR-1 takes a little longer maybe a month or so.

Here are how they work:

CR-1 is the one where you just submit I-130 and don't file the I-129F, takes a bit longer, but when your wife enters the USA she will have 2 year green card and SS number and will be able to work. NO AOS interview needed since she will enter the country in an Immigrant visa.

K-3, much like CR-1 You file an I-130, and when you get receipt (NOA1) from the I-130 you then file an I-120F, The I-129F generates the K-3 visa and may shorten the separation time by a few weeks. The down side of the option is that your wife enters the country as a non-immigrant, and then needs to Adjust Status (AOS) here another interview, and a no green card untill then requiring getting EAD, and SS card, much like a K-1. (You won't be recycling your old I-129F but submitting a new one)

The reason for the two options are at one time K-1 was taking nearly half the time to get than CR-1, so the K-3 was developed to allow married couples similar separation times as engaged couples.

Personally I would just do the CR-1 verses the K-3 the few weeks apart and having the LPR status and not having to do AOS just makes more sense.