Is the CR-1 for us?

[Gahbi 0]

My boyfriend travels for work and the k1 would keep him from traveling once approved, although it seems like an easier process than the cr1. Sigh!!! Does anyone else have this issue? He is visiting right now and we are weighing options but it looks like we are just going to tie the knot before he goes home.

[Jeremy12095 8]

Well you couldn't do the K1 if you are married. If you get married you would need to go the CR-1 route, you could try the K3 but the processing times are similar and the K3 is really obsolete. So if you don't get married then you go the K-1. If you get married you will have to do the CR-1.

The K-1 wouldn't necessarily keep him from traveling once approved, he comes here and has 90 days to get married and file the AOS and that's it.

If you go K1 he could just get advance parole before he travels.

Advance Parole

Advance parole is issued solely to authorize the temporary parole of a person into the United States. The document may be accepted by a transportation company (airlines) instead of a visa as an authorization to travel to the United States.

An advance parole document does not replace your passport.

Advance parole is most commonly used when someone has Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or to Adjust Status, pending. If you depart the U.S. while your I-485 application is pending without first obtaining advance parole, your case will be denied unless you fit into a narrow exception for those maintaining certain nonimmigrant statuses.

http://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/travel-documents

Edited April 3, 2014 by Jeremy12095

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[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

if you need to be able to travel all the time, with no time "stuck" in the US, then yes, the CR-1 is for you.

Edited April 3, 2014 by Harpa Timsah

[NikLR 13,227]

K1 is not an easier process. It's just shorter initially.

K1 = petition, package 3, medical, interview, move, marry, aos paperwork, green card

CR1 = marry, petition, NVC, medical, interview, move, green card upon arrival

There is more work at the beginning for the CR1 but less work later on. Both require removal of conditions.