K-3 Wedding

[djturbo 0]

Hi..

Can anyone help me and tell me what is a IR1/CR1 and how is it different from the I-130 patition, I am so confuss and need to fill one of these but dont' know which!

Thankz

-alex

[kitkat1 5]

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

[djturbo 0]

Hi..

Can anyone help me and tell me what is a IR1/CR1 and how is it different from the I-130 patition, I am so confuss and need to fill one of these but dont' know which!

Thankz

-alex

UR not helping me!!

[kitkat1 5]

Here's an idea - READ THE GUIDE. That will help you understand the terminology and the options. That's a much better way to start than to post the same question in many different forums over and over and over again. Maybe someone much nicer and more patient will come along and hold your hand . . .

[YuAndDan 153]

Here's an idea - READ THE GUIDE. That will help you understand the terminology and the options. That's a much better way to start than to post the same question in many different forums over and over and over again. Maybe someone much nicer and more patient will come along and hold your hand . . .

I was thinking the same thing Edited October 31, 2006 by YuAndDan

[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.

[patrick & relyn 0]

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.