Hello, Newbie here!

[Goldfinch2912 3]

Hi Everyone,

I came across this forum a little while ago while I was still researching different visas and things. I've now decided to join as plans will be underway soon! I'm from England, UK and will be applying for a CR1 Spouse Visa to join my soon to be husband in Georgia, U.S.A around January time next year. We are getting married in Gretna Green in Scotland on 29th December this year ! (As I'm sure some of the U.K/U.S couples may have already found, you and your partner have to be be together in the same place for 7 consecutive days in order to submit notice to marry in England and my partner has never visited for that long. Scotland has different rules so we are going up there for our marriage, yay!)

I am very excited to get the visa application underway once we are married as, from research, the CR1 appears to take up to 14 months to process. I've heard that the K3 is going out now because the CR1 waiting time has become shorter over the years and they would both take around the same amount of time to process anyway - could someone clarify that this is true?

Looking forward to reading about your stories and can't wait to to join you all in the waiting process. If there are a few of you out there who have CR1 approvals, could you let me know what your waiting times were like?

Thank you!

Goldfinch

[Pitaya 2,577]

Welcome to the forum.

[anamaral 4]

Hello

What you heard is true. K-3 is still granted in some occasion (some countries) but for most of us, it became obsolete (what happens is that I129 is approved by the same time as I130 so they cancell the I129 and proceed with the I130 - which means CR1/IR1). Process times can vary a lot, specially depending where your I-130 petition is sent to. Our case was sent to California service center and it was approved within one month, some people wait for 6, 9, 10 months just in this first phase. It is a long and painfull process, but totally worthy!

You were asking people about waiting times: Our case is quite recent, you can take a look on our timelime, we've just been approved

You guys can start gathering all the necessary documents, reading about it and planning. And, specially, training your patience

Have a happy wedding!

Hi Everyone,

I came across this forum a little while ago while I was still researching different visas and things. I've now decided to join as plans will be underway soon! I'm from England, UK and will be applying for a CR1 Spouse Visa to join my soon to be husband in Georgia, U.S.A around January time next year. We are getting married in Gretna Green in Scotland on 29th December this year ! (As I'm sure some of the U.K/U.S couples may have already found, you and your partner have to be be together in the same place for 7 consecutive days in order to submit notice to marry in England and my partner has never visited for that long. Scotland has different rules so we are going up there for our marriage, yay!)

I am very excited to get the visa application underway once we are married as, from research, the CR1 appears to take up to 14 months to process. I've heard that the K3 is going out now because the CR1 waiting time has become shorter over the years and they would both take around the same amount of time to process anyway - could someone clarify that this is true?

Looking forward to reading about your stories and can't wait to to join you all in the waiting process. If there are a few of you out there who have CR1 approvals, could you let me know what your waiting times were like?

Thank you!

Goldfinch

[Goldfinch2912 3]

Hello

What you heard is true. K-3 is still granted in some occasion (some countries) but for most of us, it became obsolete (what happens is that I129 is approved by the same time as I130 so they cancell the I129 and proceed with the I130 - which means CR1/IR1). Process times can vary a lot, specially depending where your I-130 petition is sent to. Our case was sent to California service center and it was approved within one month, some people wait for 6, 9, 10 months just in this first phase. It is a long and painfull process, but totally worthy!

You were asking people about waiting times: Our case is quite recent, you can take a look on our timelime, we've just been approved

You guys can start gathering all the necessary documents, reading about it and planning. And, specially, training your patience

Have a happy wedding!

Thank you Pitaya and Anamaral!

Many thanks for the information and wedding wishes . Also, congratulations on being approved - how exciting!

Ah, yes, patience training! Haha. We knew each other online for 10 years before meeting and becoming a couple so hopefully another year won't hurt too much...! I say that but it's going to feel quite different being married and apart. But, we will get through it!

[TBoneTX 45,329]

Welcome to the forum, and good luck during your immigration process.

[Goldfinch2912 3]

Welcome to the forum, and good luck during your immigration process.

Thank you very much!