K3 or not to K3, that is the question

[AC SQRD 3]

Hey everybody

Our Story in a nutshell... Alana and I were both born and raised in Toronto Canada. We attended the same high school but never really interacted or kept in touch. Years later our paths crossed when I was in college at the University of Maryland and home during the Christmas Break. By that time I was a permanent resident and Alana had just graduated from Austin Peay University (F1 visa) and was back in Canada as well. We immediately hit it off and eventually fell head over heels for each other. After a few years of long distance, our love continued to grow. Upon graduating, a career opportunity led me to NY and then eventually to Los Angeles. Over the course of our relationship, I would go back and forth to Canada and Alana visited me as much as she could. However, border issues caused Alana to remain in Canada for the past year and resulted in us having to bare even more time apart. I eventually filed for US citizenship Oct 9, 2013 and we were engaged on Aug 21, 2013! As it stands now, Ive passed the USCIS interview and will be officially swearing in as a US citizen on Feb 12, 2014. We are now planning to get married on Feb 22, 2014 and filing the I-130 shortly thereafter. It has been a long, challenging road for the both of us but our love, patience and support has finally given us the opportunity to see there is a light at the end of the tunnel!

Our question moving forward is should we file for a K3 with the IR1/CR1? Is there any advantage? Could it cause processing time delays?

[Ning 619]

Hey everybody

Our Story in a nutshell... Alana and I were both born and raised in Toronto Canada. We attended the same high school but never really interacted or kept in touch. Years later our paths crossed when I was in college at the University of Maryland and home during the Christmas Break. By that time I was a permanent resident and Alana had just graduated from Austin Peay University (F1 visa) and was back in Canada as well. We immediately hit it off and eventually fell head over heels for each other. After a few years of long distance, our love continued to grow. Upon graduating, a career opportunity led me to NY and then eventually to Los Angeles. Over the course of our relationship, I would go back and forth to Canada and Alana visited me as much as she could. However, border issues caused Alana to remain in Canada for the past year and resulted in us having to bare even more time apart. I eventually filed for US citizenship Oct 9, 2013 and we were engaged on Aug 21, 2013! As it stands now, Ive passed the USCIS interview and will be officially swearing in as a US citizen on Feb 12, 2014. We are now planning to get married on Feb 22, 2014 and filing the I-130 shortly thereafter. It has been a long, challenging road for the both of us but our love, patience and support has finally given us the opportunity to see there is a light at the end of the tunnel!

Our question moving forward is should we file for a K3 with the IR1/CR1? Is there any advantage? Could it cause processing time delays?

No need because the K 3 would be converted to a C R 1 or I R 1 anyway.

[sheeshkabelle 153]

You can file for K-3, but K-3 is pretty much obsolete. It won't mess any thing up or take any longer, it just isn't necessary. Once they get the K-3 application it's merged in with your CR-1 I-130.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

An attempt at K-3 will make it slower and still end up with a CR-1.

[Luz788 0]

How long will take a CR-1 ??

[Zedayn 485]

It could take up to a year or longer.

[Pitaya 2,577]

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[christeen 966]

If ur not married yet, a k1 fiancé visa would be faster (now processing 6-8 months) versus the 1 year plus for CR1 (although the cr1 is a superior visa)... K3 won't make any difference as they are married with the cr1 app, then closed... Basically obsolete.