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40ozSublime420   0

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My fiance lives in Egypt and is currently serving his 1 year of military time (finishes in June 2017) and I wanted to know the quickest way to be together....should we apply for a k1 visa to get him here and marry or should I travel to egypt again, marry him and bring him back with me on a k3 visa? Can I file a k3 for him in Eygpt and travel back to America with him?

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TBoneTX Grand Master

TBoneTX   45,329

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Thread is moved from the K-1 Process forum to the "What Visa Do I Need" forum.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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O&GForever Community Regular

O&GForever   387

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My fiance lives in Egypt and is currently serving his 1 year of military time (finishes in June 2017) and I wanted to know the quickest way to be together....should we apply for a k1 visa to get him here and marry or should I travel to egypt again, marry him and bring him back with me on a k3 visa? Can I file a k3 for him in Eygpt and travel back to America with him?

Your fastest route would be to file for a K1. I believe the processing time now for a K1, if everything goes smoothly, is about 7 months.

The K3 visas are rarely issued these days. So you would be looking at filing a CR1 which takes about a year.

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JFH Grand Master

JFH   12,190

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Although Egypt may be one of those places where CR-1s are advisable due to the high rates of K-1 denial. Especially if the couple are of different races, with a large age gap and were raised in different faiths.

Timeline in brief:

Married: September 27, 2014

I-130 filed: February 5, 2016

NOA1: February 8, 2016 Nebraska

NOA2: July 21, 2016

Interview: December 6, 2016 London

POE: December 19, 2016 Las Vegas

N-400 filed: September 30, 2019

Interview: March 22, 2021 Seattle

Oath: March 22, 2021 COVID-style same-day oath

 

Now a US citizen!

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The k1 is faster even with the prolonged AP typical of applicants going through the Egyptian embassy.

As the previous poster said k3 is pretty much non existent. Your other route is the CR-1 (that's the marry in Egypt choice).

If you're relationship is real - and you can document it - you won't be denied on the k1. Face time is very important!!

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