why so long

[sdrohani 0]

my husband and i started our i130 in feb 2011 and stii only now after 2 months in nvc does it take so long when ppl with ki zip right throught ..i was told only 10 days for nvc on a ki what do they have to do for nvc? interview and why so long for us it took us over a yr just in uscis and i had a friend approvrd in 25 dys for a k1 and both are from iran .so is it same for them all the paper work at nvc sorry about my writing .its not great.just makes me mad that we have waited so long and this friend is getting theres so easy

[sdrohani 0]

sorry thats a k1 visa .what do they have to do for nvc the same as a i130?i just dont understand this if we would have know its so fast we would have waited to marry. but we didnt want that .guess we learned .it dont pay to get married first. i just dont understand why so long for married ppl.

[sdrohani 0]

sorry just so up set and i dont see a edit that was jeb 2012

[jdba 22]

my husband and i started our i130 in feb 2011 and stii only now after 2 months in nvc does it take so long when ppl with ki zip right throught ..i was told only 10 days for nvc on a ki what do they have to do for nvc? interview and why so long for us it took us over a yr just in uscis and i had a friend approvrd in 25 dys for a k1 and both are from iran .so is it same for them all the paper work at nvc sorry about my writing .its not great.just makes me mad that we have waited so long and this friend is getting theres so easy

I think the K1 process goes faster at the NVC because the paper work is processed at the Embassy. Also CR1's have more back ground checks before the visa. Once you enter the USA your visa is equal to a green card .So they have to make sure everything is correct. K1's have to adjust status once married. Then more paper work and then most have an interview at the local USCIS office.

I know I had to think hard about which visa to go after. But since my husband is from a Muslim country all the lawyers I checked with said it would be better to do a CR1 visa.

But I truly understand your frustrations. I watched as for 3 months as the Embassy in Turkey did almost all K1 visa and almost no CR1's. Some people were approved at the NVC in Jan and Feb 2013 and didn't get a CR1 interview till June 2013.

[sdrohani 0]

thank for writing .yes it sucks to see ppl not even married and they come here.and we chose to be married first been married 2 yrs aug .like i said we srated this last feb 2012 it took 14 months just in uscis .i sent pak to nvc they said i didnt put a 0 in one palce so had to do form again now been 12 days so in all 2 months there and omg now turkey it will be over 2 yrs before he gets here .lol.they are saying all iranian does ap from 3 to 6 months or longer omg .

[NikLR 13,227]

the K1 vs the CR1. Well it takes longer on a K1 to get a green card. It takes longer to be able to work and costs almost twice as much. That's why many of us filed the CR1. I knew the CR1 would take longer to get than the K1 visa, but we decided that the CR1 was the better visa for us.

All the NVC does for the K1 is give them a DOS number and sends their petition to the embassy or consulate. The embassy or consulate does all the document intake for K1.

Is it frustrating? Heck ya it is! Spouses should be together quicker than fiancés IMHO, but it is what it is. They don't have to prove a relationship as much as an IR1/CR1 case has to but they can't work or travel for a minimum of 3 months after getting to the USA. Guess that's why you have to really decide what is the most important.

[sdrohani 0]

thanks well we was miss guided by a lawyer i guess.np were dealing with it .just sucks when your already married .If we wouldnt know know we would have done a k1 . oh well my husband and i wanted to be married before he got here so now we live with it .i dont regreat marrage at all it has kept us together waiting .Yes its flusrating to think your doing right and be married to find getting marred after is better ...lol.