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Is spouse visa faster than fiance?

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Pitaya Grand Master

Pitaya   2,577

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: China
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I plan to apply soon I need to know if K1 is faster then K3 , knowing that me and my fiance never been married or something ?! Is this a plus .

And can my fiance Proccess forms for K3 while is out of USA ?!

Thanks

Welcome to the forum.

:guides: In particular, the visa comparison chart:

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

The K-3 visa is virtually obsolete, and is administratively closed by the DoS, look at IR-1/CR-1, check out these FAQs;

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_2993.html

Good luck.

Completed: K1/K2 (271 days) - AOS/EAD/AP (134 days) - ROC (279 days)

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stevie b Proficient

stevie b   141

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Fiji
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I plan to apply soon I need to know if K1 is faster then K3 , knowing that me and my fiance never been married or something ?! Is this a plus .

And can my fiance Proccess forms for K3 while is out of USA ?!

Thanks

Spouse is generally faster, but that will depend on where your file actually ends up for review.

Local offices have been handling the majority of the adjudication process for 130's

Mine was approved in 2.5 months, but I have seen plenty taking much longer


8/16/2012 I-129F NOA1
11/8/2012 Married
1/3/2013 I-129F cancelled
1/29/2013 withdrawal notice received
2/5/2013 I-130 NOA1 with error on wife's name
Case status not available
2/5/2013 Unable to generate service request

3/13/2013 transferred to local office
3/26/2013 Service request generated
4/12/2013 Infopass, file in workflow March 28
4/19/2013 Case status available - APPROVED!

Detour to the NVC via NRC

For information on my detour and the steps I took to free my petition, check
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NVC

6/7/2013 NVC logs file as received

6/11/2013 Case number and IIN assigned

6/12/2013 DS-3032 emailed

6/13/21013 AOS paid

6/14/2013 DS-3032 emailed attention superuser (stupid me)

6/23/2013 DS-3032 emailed attention supervisor

6/24/2013 DS-3032 accepted

6/25/2013 IV bill generated and paid

07/06/2013 IV & AOS sent; 07/11/2013 NVC logs received

07/30/2013 IV Accepted; AOS Checklist

08/01/2013 AOS Checklist received

08/02/2013 AOS resent; 08/07/2013 NVC logs received

08/28/2013 Case Complete

09/10/2013 Interview date assigned

Embassy

08/14/2013 Medical; 08/19/2013 Medical Ready

08/07/2013 Police cert ordered (Fiji delivers straight to the embassy)

10/02/2013 Interview

xx/xx/2013 Visa in Hand

xx/xx/2013 POE Los Angeles International Airport

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GodsGift225 Proficient

GodsGift225   54

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Dominican Republic
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I plan to apply soon I need to know if K1 is faster then K3 , knowing that me and my fiance never been married or something ?! Is this a plus .

And can my fiance Proccess forms for K3 while is out of USA ?!

Thanks

There is no longer K3 not it's CR1/IR1.

As far as processing time they varie from service centers tipically it can take anywhere from 5+ months, unless you are lucky enough to have your petition get sent to one of the service center who has been processing petition within a couple of months.

~* GodsGift225*~

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skiptex Proficient

skiptex   225

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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Venezuela
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either way.. will still take time.. and you have to be patient..

main thing.. do you want to get married here.. or there..

ps.. how will you show support for you spouse?

K101/17/2012.....I-129F ..... sent to Dallas, Texas

01/25/2012.....NOA1 (text & email) ..... sent to Vermont Service Center

01/28/2012.....NOA1 Hard Copy in Mail

07/31/2012.....NOA2.. 188 days update@USCIS

08/03/2012.....NOA2.. Hard Copy

09/04/2012.....Sent Email to Caracas Embassy for Interview date.. they had not contacted her

09/05/2012.....Embassy response.. with interview date!!

10/17/2012.....INTERVIEW @Caracas Embassy!

10/17/2012.....INTERVIEW @Caracas Embassy... APPROVED!!

12/31/2012.....POE.. Miami, arrived to AUSTIN next day smile.png

02/16/2013.....Married!!

AOS - K1

05/06/2013.....I-465 & I-765 sent USPS priority mail

05/14/2013......Email, Text of Receiving package on 5/11

05/16/2013......Hard Copy of NOA1 received: I-465 and _I-765 Application for employment

05/20/2013...... Bio-metric hard-copy.
05/29/2013...... Biometric scheduled. . Austin office

07/15/2013...... EAD card arrived in mail today smile.png

10/20/2013...... Green Card approved! NOA hardcopy received!

10/31/2013...... Green Card Delivered!!

ROC-I-751
07/21/15 90 day Window Opens

07/24/15 I-751 Mailed to Cali. Service Center
09/03/15 Biometeric scheduled and completed

01/26/16 ROC Letter arrived
01/30/16 10 yr Green Card arrived

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NikLR Grand Master

NikLR   13,227

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There is no longer K3 not it's CR1/IR1.

As far as processing time they varie from service centers tipically it can take anywhere from 5+ months, unless you are lucky enough to have your petition get sent to one of the service center who has been processing petition within a couple of months.

That's incorrect. There is a K3 visa. There is still a path for that visa. It is just rarely given and pretty much obsolete.

Most, if not all, recent petitions are sent to the NBC. From there they generally send them to local offices. In some cases they will adjudicate them, for instance when the petitioner lives abroad or... just because they want to. But you are correct that the local offices have a varied time of approval. Some are fast and some are slow.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.  - Dr. Seuss

 

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