K-1 Fiance Visa VS Spouse Visa

[Meant2B 8]

K1 is faster but will cost more in long run since you have to do AOS. K3 seems better since you come into the country able to work and no AOS required. I hear many say they created a photo journal of them together, keep prints of phone logs, text messages, Skype logs, etc. as well as have others vouch for them.

[Pennycat 880]

K1 is faster but will cost more in long run since you have to do AOS. K3 seems better since you come into the country able to work and no AOS required. I hear many say they created a photo journal of them together, keep prints of phone logs, text messages, Skype logs, etc. as well as have others vouch for them.

K3 doesn't really exist anymore. What it was was something that you could apply for concurrently with the CR1 visa and basically see which one comes out faster. This portion of the State Department's site on the matter says as much:

http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/family/spouse-citizen.html#5

What has been happening in recent years that the i-130 is almost always approved before the i-129f and therefore the i-129f (the petition for the K3) is administratively closed and you proceed with the CR1. It doesn't save any time, and costs the extra filing fee (plus, in OP's case, they'd still have to wait until they're married whereas they can apply for K1 more or less immediately). Plus, you cannot work on a K3. You can't work until you adjust status (and K3s do have to adjust status). K3 was basically the same thing as a K1, except you're allowed to already be married. But this option really does not exist anymore.

Edited January 4, 2016 by CatherineA

[KimMerrell 0]

Greetings,

Congratulation to both of you, Hopefully you are already working as a team. I've read all the posts here regarding what you are doing. I will not offer up anything of that which is already spoken for:

So, where all the acronyms have caused me a learning curve, I will write you a narrative.

1. 04 July 2015, ....... we met casually. We were not looking for what was to follow. I overstayed for another two weeks.

2. 28 August 2015, ....... By this time I had processed her I 129-F, we knew what we wanted.

3. 16 September 2015, .........I go back to Vn,

4. 27 September 2015. .........Our engagement ceremony. Committed to our relationship "$formally." The dollar sign is not a mistake. Our ceremony was worth every dong/dollar.

We had a "Dam Hoi" or le dinh hon" Vietnamese language is not eloquent to a non native, To an active learner/language instructor it is intriguing.

OK< ...we (both) know 1+ 1 = 2 ALWAYS. ....Never 3 or 4, or 5. We had planned on spending a month- six weeks together, but life came charging in. There were funeral services, etc., etc., we decided we/I stay there longer. Again, not an easy decision. It is commitment.

We enjoyed learning so much more about each other. Hell, we even had time for a disagreement of two, or was it three? ..or four, dun no, looking back pretty cool though!

5. 08 September 2015. .........I received a notice: I-797-C at my house; " = I-797-C = "Notice of Action" # 1. This was the notice her 1-129-F was "approved" (we were living in Vn. at the time)

WOW ! it is sooooooo, .....nice to be approved. Wait! there's more!

6. 28 October 2015 .........Another notice is sent. A formal "Acknowledgement is sent" UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" = I-797 = The form letter of "Notice of Action # 2"

7. 10 November 2015 ..........I return to the U.S. I read all this stuff that came in the mail while I was gone.

8. 01 December 2015 .........She received her package at her house in Vietnam. I'm driving from work, she is excited, my phone is jumping up and down, This is the crucial step after the initial baptism of learning. After this it really sinks in, much more is still to be done.

9. 15 January 2016 .........This is the date we will "project" to have her requirements done according to the instructions on her "Approved copy of the I-129-F and detailed instructions in the Package # 3. The instructions came to her with letter from the American Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City = HCMC. = where she will be interviewed.

10. 29 February 2016 ......... I fly back to her in Sai gon (HCMC)

We await the "interview."

• We have "earned" this process together.
• Some will tell you need a "coach" I know we did.
• We knew nothing about this when we started.
• visajourney.com is a calming hand.

We've got to remember:

"one of you is a foreigner, I've always disliked this word. My mother's family gave me many opportunities to fisticuffs' over this, (without getting punished) Where my family had immigrated before WWII, Our government is not in the same mood about it now, my fiancé does not have civil rights to America." (An attorney I did not hire told me this) ...This must be understood. Our I-129-F says it is approved; "whoopee"

The K 1 visa? The other one? CR-1? Others here know way more than I do. I just gave our story. One K -1. We are worth all the efforts.

Kind regards,

KimMerrell

[foreignrelations 1]

One thing to keep in mind is that if you do K-1, you won't need to wait until AOS is completed before you can legally work. At the same time that you apply for AOS, you can apply for a temporary employment authorization document (EAD) that takes about 3 months and will allow you to work while you wait for your green card. Good luck!

[KimMerrell 0]

Greetings,

One more, this time a question:

REF: our K-1 visa @ package 3

I was reading some posts (2014) regarding answers to "ceremony: VS "Marriage" in Vietnam, I am not confused about our ceremony, however the word "wedding" must be avoided in the interview?

Culturally, everyone wished us "Happy Wedding"

It is an engagement ceremony, but we always reach out to each other as fiancé/wife/husband, and a few other pet names,

Culturally we are engaged. We will be formerly married in America.

Anyone have some insight into this? duh?

Kind regards,

KimMerrell