Advice Needed......I'm supposed to be happy....right???

[Boiler 44,956]

You know when I told a USCIS rep that the K-3 is dead do you know what she told me? She said if it was, why would we be telling people about it, and whoever told you that don't know what they are talking about. We are USCIS not them....stop listening to people!

Not called the Misinformation Line for nothing.

Other wives whom husbands have migrated here.

Now you know better.

[Kolewenoik31 57]

Ok Boiler....take me slow because I am a little. lol What you are telling me is that CR-1's can work immediately and that this info. that I was given was rubbish?

[belinda63 3,022]

Don't take anyone's word for it, read the requirements of the I-9 which is the legal document required to be filed by all employers to prove the employee's right to work. Look specifically at #3 in the left column. Then read on page one Section 3, 1.

"Employers CANNOT specify which document(s) they will accept from an employee"

Your friends could have filed a formal complaint against the potential employer.

As to the K-3, 99% of the time the I-129 is closed either by NVC or the embassy. Very rarely is the K-3 issued as it no longer serves any purpose.

[*Snowdrop* 604]

USCIS will tell you that the K3 still exists because technically it does. In that, you can still file the form and have it processed by USCIS

People on this forum say that 'it's dead' because of the huge anecdotal evidence on here that has shown most of the K3s filed get closed before being issued in favour of the CR1.

Even if it's not closed it will probably not help you gain the benefit you are hoping for - that your spouse can join you earlier in the US - because processing the K3 isn't really any faster right now than processing the CR1

However every now and then on here someone tell us that it has worked for them and it has made the process faster - but those cases are very very rare now.

And if working immediately is important then the K3 is probably not for you as it means that your husband will have to apply to AOS on arrival and wait for a work permit (up to 90 days) and wait a lot longer for his actual greencard,

[Boiler 44,956]

Your question has been answered by others, lot of misinformation out there, just look at the I 9.

[NikLR 13,227]

aaron2020, and NLR..

That's what I thought. But I have spoken to 3 wives and they all told me that their husbands could not work until they received their hard copy green card. Sorry if I was not specific, all 3 petitions were CR-1. I told them that the stamp in their passport was to serve as their endorsement but 2 out of 3 ladies said no! the 3rd was not sure. Their reasoning was that employers want the hard copy green card that should arrive within weeks after entry. They all went on to give a scenario that if their husbands were at work and immigration showed up their husbands could be detained and the employer would be in big trouble for employing the immigrant without the hard copy. After I heard this I became discouraged, because I read that the immigrate could work the very day after arrival. Was I given wrong info and if so, any proof?

Well they're wrong. To begin with it takes 1-3 months to get the green card not a few weeks. The fastest I've seen on the forum is 3 weeks but the average is 2 months, for CR1/IR1 and longer for other family types.

I invite you to read the line that says "upon endorsement..."

I can tell you that line IS absolutely, unquestionably, on the visa. A I-551 is a green card.

So that means when you POE, the CBP stamp the page beside the visa, generally write IR1 or CR1 on it, and put an expiry date of 1 year (minus a day of the date) you've entered.

[Kolewenoik31 57]

Don't take anyone's word for it, read the requirements of the I-9 which is the legal document required to be filed by all employers to prove the employee's right to work. Look specifically at #3 in the left column. Then read on page one Section 3, 1.

"Employers CANNOT specify which document(s) they will accept from an employee"

Your friends could have filed a formal complaint against the potential employer.

As to the K-3, 99% of the time the I-129 is closed either by NVC or the embassy. Very rarely is the K-3 issued as it no longer serves any purpose.

Thank you so much I will be checking into this info. Good looking out!

[Kolewenoik31 57]

USCIS will tell you that the K3 still exists because technically it does. In that, you can still file the form and have it processed by USCIS

People on this forum say that 'it's dead' because of the huge anecdotal evidence on here that has shown most of the K3s filed get closed before being issued in favour of the CR1.

Even if it's not closed it will probably not help you gain the benefit you are hoping for - that your spouse can join you earlier in the US - because processing the K3 isn't really any faster right now than processing the CR1

However every now and then on here someone tell us that it has worked for them and it has made the process faster - but those cases are very very rare now.

And if working immediately is important then the K3 is probably not for you as it means that your husband will have to apply to AOS on arrival and wait for a work permit (up to 90 days) and wait a lot longer for his actual greencard,

Again I say thank you and to you to Boiler.

[Kolewenoik31 57]

Well they're wrong. To begin with it takes 1-3 months to get the green card not a few weeks. The fastest I've seen on the forum is 3 weeks but the average is 2 months, for CR1/IR1 and longer for other family types.

I invite you to read the line that says "upon endorsement..."

I can tell you that line IS absolutely, unquestionably, on the visa. A I-551 is a green card.

So that means when you POE, the CBP stamp the page beside the visa, generally write IR1 or CR1 on it, and put an expiry date of 1 year (minus a day of the date) you've entered.

Sorry for the numerous post....but you guys are truly "Awesome."