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What visa do I need? K-1 or I-130

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Only US citizens can bring fiancés. Green card holders can only bring spouses. The category is F2A (not CR-1) and takes 2 years to process. You can visit during that time but you cannot live in the US

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Nope. Only USC spouses. Spouses of LPRs are F2A. 

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Many countries,  including New Zealand, license priests, rabbis, and other religious celebrants as licensed marriage officials and therefore a church etc wedding is automatically official. OP noted in

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Hi guys, some update.
 

After asking my partner.

We are bit confused what we should do.

 

My partner will lodge for naturalization in November.

And it seems the process will be faster if he got the citizenship first.

So, it seems there is 3 options right now.

 

1. Waiting for him get citizenship first. then apply I-130
He will lodge N-400 this November.


2. lodge both of the form regardless of time.

So, he lodge N-400 and I-130 in the same time. regardless the situation.

 

what is your advice in here?

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2 hours ago, wangsit said:

Hi guys, some update.
 

After asking my partner.

We are bit confused what we should do.

 

My partner will lodge for naturalization in November.

And it seems the process will be faster if he got the citizenship first.

So, it seems there is 3 options right now.

 

1. Waiting for him get citizenship first. then apply I-130
He will lodge N-400 this November.


2. lodge both of the form regardless of time.

So, he lodge N-400 and I-130 in the same time. regardless the situation.

 

what is your advice in here?

Does your partner realize that it could take a year or even longer to get his citizenship after applying? He should file i130 for you now, lodge n400 at the appropriate time, and when he becomes a citizen he can then upgrade the petition if it hasn’t reached the visa stage yet.

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On 9/14/2018 at 8:36 PM, wangsit said:

Well, he does not know.
Trying to get USA citizenship is never in his mind before.

He will talk to lawyer next week, so I guess he will get idea of the time frame and how long it takes to get citizenship or F2A visa.
 

You were just given one.  Its faster to start the I-130 for the F2A and then upgrade it to the CR1/IR1 afterwards.  Dont wait.  

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.  - Dr. Seuss

 

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