I was told my an immigration officer to fill out three things after I get back The I 130 but I do not get what they are?

[kwall16 0]

I talk to an immigration officer yesterday. She told me something about filling out the form I129S once I get the receipt back from the form I 130 and also mention something about K4 and K3. She told me that it would help get my Canadian wife here faster in the U.S. Does anyone know what she might be talking about..... How filling out K4 or K3 and I129S would speed up the processes......

I am a U.S. Citizen.

Wife is Canadian.

[LionessDeon 2,060]

Do you mean I-129f?

Where are you in the visa process? Your timeline is not filled out.

http://www.visajourney.com/content/guides

Edited December 18, 2015 by LionessDeon

[newacct 688]

Back in the day, when I-130 petitions were very slow, and it took years for spouses to be able to come on CR-1/IR-1 immigrant visa, it was faster to enter on K-3 and adjust status. You would do that by filing I-129F after I-130, and they would approve I-129F and send it to the consulate for you to get K-3. Nowadays, petitions are fast to process and it's fast to get a CR-1/IR-1 immigrant visa. You could still try to get a K-3 in theory, but almost always the I-130 would be approved no later than the I-129F, which would mean the I-129F is closed and it's basically impossible to get a K-3. You really don't want to go K-3 if you can get CR-1/IR-1 anyway, because adjusting status in the US means a lot more money and time before you can become a permanent resident, whereas if you enter on an immigrant visa you are immediately a permanent resident.

[milimelo 4,581]

I say file I-129F ONLY if you WANT to add additional waiting time to your case and you're OK with waiting the extra time. Here's why - you send in I-130 - goes to process and is in a box somewhere so IOs are getting to it. You send in I-129f and since it has to be with the original I-130 they find the I-130 in the box where it's been waiting on processing and put the files together but now it goes to the most recently received files box - you're getting extra time to wait for processing. When they're approved both on the same date, NVC will administratively close the I-129f and continue with I-130 so you'll end up with CR1 regardless.

Don't file I-129f and just continue with I-130.