Advice, abandon k-3 or not?

[waitingforher 0]

Hello everyone,

My wife and I have been approved for our I-130 petition. We were approved on 1/3/07, but have yet to see any other correspondance from the NVC, only the NOA2. Ironically, the National Benefits Center has posted the "processing" date as the same date as ours was received. So, at least they are finally working on it.

I know this is the waiting game now to see what comes first, and from who. But, any advice on abandoning the K-3 and going CR-1/IR-1?

Also, I have not been able to locate the difference between the CR-1 and the IR-1. Which one does what?

Thanks,

Mark

Service Center : California Service Center

Consulate : Peru

Marriage : 3/9/06

I-130 Sent : 2006-06-12

I-130 NOA1 : 2006-07-07

I-129F Sent : 2006-07-10

I-129F NOA1 : 2006-07-19

I-129F RFE(s) : 2006-08-12, 2006-10-28

RFE Reply(s) : 2006-08-29, 2006-10-29

I-129F NOA2 :

NVC Received :

NVC Left :

Consulate Received :

Packet 3 Received :

Packet 3 Sent :

Packet 4 Received :

Interview Date :

Visa Received :

US Entry :

I-130 Approval : 2007-01-03

[Yodrak 7]

waitingforher,

It's the same visa - an immigrant visa for the spouse of a US citizen. The IR and CR designations indicate whether the marriage was older or younger than 2 years at the time the visa was issued.

Yodrak

..... I have not been able to locate the difference between the CR-1 and the IR-1. Which one does what?

Thanks,

Mark

Service Center : California Service Center

Consulate : Peru

Marriage : 3/9/06

I-130 Sent : 2006-06-12

I-130 NOA1 : 2006-07-07

I-129F Sent : 2006-07-10

I-129F NOA1 : 2006-07-19

I-129F RFE(s) : 2006-08-12, 2006-10-28

RFE Reply(s) : 2006-08-29, 2006-10-29

I-129F NOA2 :

NVC Received :

NVC Left :

Consulate Received :

Packet 3 Received :

Packet 3 Sent :

Packet 4 Received :

Interview Date :

Visa Received :

US Entry :

I-130 Approval : 2007-01-03

[beameup 0]

Hello everyone,

My wife and I have been approved for our I-130 petition. We were approved on 1/3/07, but have yet to see any other correspondance from the NVC, only the NOA2. Ironically, the National Benefits Center has posted the "processing" date as the same date as ours was received. So, at least they are finally working on it.

I know this is the waiting game now to see what comes first, and from who. But, any advice on abandoning the K-3 and going CR-1/IR-1?

Also, I have not been able to locate the difference between the CR-1 and the IR-1. Which one does what?

Thanks,

Mark

Service Center : California Service Center

Consulate : Peru

Marriage : 3/9/06

I-130 Sent : 2006-06-12

I-130 NOA1 : 2006-07-07

I-129F Sent : 2006-07-10

I-129F NOA1 : 2006-07-19

I-129F RFE(s) : 2006-08-12, 2006-10-28

RFE Reply(s) : 2006-08-29, 2006-10-29

I-129F NOA2 :

NVC Received :

NVC Left :

Consulate Received :

Packet 3 Received :

Packet 3 Sent :

Packet 4 Received :

Interview Date :

Visa Received :

US Entry :

I-130 Approval : 2007-01-03

[beameup 0]

Hello everyone,

My wife and I have been approved for our I-130 petition. We were approved on 1/3/07, but have yet to see any other correspondance from the NVC, only the NOA2. Ironically, the National Benefits Center has posted the "processing" date as the same date as ours was received. So, at least they are finally working on it.

Why would you abandon the 129F even if that is possible?

The I-130 being "approved" simply means that it is put into the system (que) for processing when a vacancy is available for a visa. To check processing dates and anticipate a visa order being issued: https://egov.immigration.gov/cris/jsps/index.jsp

The 129F should be much faster as it is processed like a Fiancé Visa.

Edited January 29, 2007 by beameup

[beameup 0]

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[Robor007 0]

Hello everyone,

My wife and I have been approved for our I-130 petition. We were approved on 1/3/07, but have yet to see any other correspondance from the NVC, only the NOA2. Ironically, the National Benefits Center has posted the "processing" date as the same date as ours was received. So, at least they are finally working on it.

Why would you abandon the 129F even if that is possible?

The I-130 being "approved" simply means that it is put into the system (que) for processing when a vacancy is available for a visa. To check processing dates and anticipate a visa order being issued: https://egov.immigration.gov/cris/jsps/index.jsp

The 129F should be much faster as it is processed like a Fiancé Visa.

I thought spousal visa petitions didn't have to wait for availability? It was more a matter of processing time at the NVC that makes the I-130 slower than the I-129. Either way, if the I-129 and I-130 are approved at the same time the I-129 should be quicker since it spends little time at the NVC before it's forwarded on to the foreign consulate/embassy.

[Yodrak 7]

beameup,

This is not correct. Immigrant visa numbers are immediately available to the immediate relatives of US citizens, it is not a numerically restricted category.

Why did you provide a link to the USCIS proscessing date pages? The USCIS has finished processing waitingforher's petition. The NVC will soon be sending the first immigrant visa application materials.

Yodrak

.....

The I-130 being "approved" simply means that it is put into the system (que) for processing when a vacancy is available for a visa. To check processing dates and anticipate a visa order being issued: https://egov.immigration.gov/cris/jsps/index.jsp

The 129F should be much faster as it is processed like a Fiancé Visa.