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Hello to all. I'm a new poster but not-so-new lurker.

 

I am a 32 year old US Marine living on the east coast. In September my wife and I got married in Gibraltar. She is Russian, I am American. She is 33, tiny, and sweet, and I am just sort of a regular dude. We met years ago as colleagues and friends when I lived over there. We began dating last year and now we are married. Huzzah!

 

We are days away from submitting our I-130 with an aim to get her a K-3 or a CR1 visa. I feel like our case has some red flags due to my previous marriage (another Russian who immigrated here and later became a citizen) and the fact that my current marriage began a little more than a month after my previous marriage ended (in the legal sense at least; we had been separated for a year and a half already). But I guess I will figure this stuff out as I come to it. Fortunately, she will be visiting next month to spend Christmas with me and to meet my family.

 

I haven't posted much on the forums yet, but I have had a few of my tough questions answered. I am not a very bright man, so any help from anyone about anything is welcome. Nice to meet you all. :)

 

 

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Boiler Grand Master

Boiler   45,466

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Forget the K3, Cr1 is the way to go.

 

Which process did you use for your [previous spouse? Probably has not changed much.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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Cenobite30   4

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2 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Forget the K3, Cr1 is the way to go.

 

Which process did you use for your [previous spouse? Probably has not changed much.

What makes you say so about K3? It was my understanding that it will bring us together sooner, several months sooner. But I'm also a noob.

 

The previous spouse came as a fiancee (K1, if I remember correctly).

 

Nice quotation. Was just reading Sun Tzu the other day. :)

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Boiler Grand Master

Boiler   45,466

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Sun Tzu and immigration have a lot in common, pick your battles.

 

K3 is effectively dead, CR1 takes about a year, K1 would have been for to marry in the US so not applicable to the new one.

 

Have a read of the guides and ask any questions you then have, not that complicated.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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Cenobite30   4

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1 minute ago, Boiler said:

Sun Tzu and immigration have a lot in common, pick your battles.

 

K3 is effectively dead, CR1 takes about a year, K1 would have been for to marry in the US so not applicable to the new one.

 

Have a read of the guides and ask any questions you then have, not that complicated.

A year sounds pretty terrible, but I guess I gotta do what I gotta do.

 

Thanks for the welcome. Prepare for a deluge of stupid questions. :)

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Welcome to the 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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X Factor   1,112

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Welcome to VJ

Sent I-129 Application to VSC 2/1/12
NOA1 2/8/12
RFE 8/2/12
RFE reply 8/3/12
NOA2 8/16/12
NVC received 8/27/12
NVC left 8/29/12
Manila Embassy received 9/5/12
Visa appointment & approval 9/7/12
Arrived in US 10/5/2012
Married 11/24/2012
AOS application sent 12/19/12

AOS approved 8/24/13

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