K1 AOS to Green Card

[LarryHickman 181]

I have looked at the average time lines and the average for my local field office is almost two years? There’s no way it should take two years, I was thinking 5-7 months max, what is the average right now in months for K1s to get green card? Yes I saw the timelines posted here. 

Edited May 25, 2019 by LarryHickman

[payxibka 10,044]

1 minute ago, LarryHickman said:

I have looked at the average time lines and the average for my local field office is almost two years? There’s no way it should take two years, I was thinking 5-7 months max, what is the average right now in months for K1s to get green card? Yes I saw the timelines posted here. 

12 to 30 months depending on location 

[KJ2 230]

8 minutes ago, LarryHickman said:

I have looked at the average time lines and the average for my local field office is almost two years? There’s no way it should take two years, I was thinking 5-7 months max, what is the average right now in months for K1s to get green card? Yes I saw the timelines posted here. 

What service center did you get? And what country is the visa for? 

[LarryHickman 181]

12 minutes ago, KJ2 said:

What service center did you get? And what country is the visa for? 

The service center says NBC,  Lee’s Summit Missouri. The country is Bolivia 

Edited May 25, 2019 by LarryHickman

[payxibka 10,044]

15 minutes ago, KJ2 said:

What service center did you get? And what country is the visa for? 

Every one starts in Lee's Summit 

 

Country of origin of the alien is irrelevant 

[JasonGG 270]

Some local office are taking 2+ years.  According to the USCIS website, the "official" processing time at the Dallas local office is 15.5-21.5 months - https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/. 

 

Some are very lucky and get their green card in 5-7 months (or less), but the national average is about 12-18 months.  Expect to have your EAD/AP in 5-7 months, but probably not the green card.

 

Jason

 

 

[Bajinga 136]

Our process took close to 19 months in San Francisco and we got approved last week. its taking a long time to get interviews for a number of field offices where there are more employment based applications for I-485 since they introduced the rule that everyone has to be interview for AOS. SF, NY, Seattle, Dallas, Houston have almost doubled in times since 2017

[carmel34 3,543]

Up to two years for AOS and green card is one of the big disadvantages of K-1 vs CR-1.  Sounds like you did not do your research on all of this before making the choice.  We see this a lot here on VJ.  People are surprised when they learn after arrival in the US with a K-1 that they can't work or travel for 6 months, and LPR status takes up to two years.  This delays citizenship by two years if that's your goal.  At this point, all you can do is wait.  

[K1visaHopeful 2,705]

You will need to look up the estimated processing times of your local field office.