Any Spanish/American couples?

[Sabela 16]

Yes, will do. Thank you for all of the information. I am just trying to first make a life-changing decision, and it's hard: my heart wants to go to Spain while waiting so I can at least be close to family, but I need to be sure that the CR1 will be processed at some point. Argh! I don't know... Are you filing online? Also, good luck with the finalizing of the CR-1 petition. That's huge!

[Maria66 59]

32 minutes ago, TenderHearted said:

Hola!

 

I'm not sure about CR-1's at the moment, but I think they are. CR-1's are considered, at least from my understanding, "mission critical visas", that they must process. This is the best of what I understand anyway. I am getting the final part of the package for our CR-1 petition ready to send right now, and I'm hoping this weekend to have it done and send to the lockbox.

 

As regards where you are, it doesn't matter too much, as your fiance going to have to start the ball rolling on that petition. To start it, is not very hard, but there is a fair amount of information you need to get filled in correctly. Then, it's a waiting game, as it has to get processed and approved by USCIS, and then to NVC, and then it goes to the US embassy in Madrid. It's a long process on whichever petition you file for, as COVID has messed a lot of stuff up, and there is a huge backlog right now. Unless there is some kind of presidential order getting things really moving, it's going to take a little of time to fix that backlog. Get your paperwork in as soon as you can.

The more , the merrier! We should meet at a point when u are all here. It took us 16 months since we filed until i moved here. It was loooong. We used rapid visa: its not too ecpensive and they make sure u send everytjing correctly. I have read bad reviews but they worked perfect for us. If u make a mistake , it adds a lot of time.  So make sure everything is fine . Good luck !

[TenderHearted 39]

2 hours ago, Maria66 said:

The more , the merrier! We should meet at a point when u are all here. It took us 16 months since we filed until i moved here. It was loooong. We used rapid visa: its not too ecpensive and they make sure u send everytjing correctly. I have read bad reviews but they worked perfect for us. If u make a mistake , it adds a lot of time.  So make sure everything is fine . Good luck !

I could only wish the wait would be only 16 months for us. It's looking like, considering current wait times, to be between 18 months and 24 months. I hope things will go faster, but realistically, COVID has seriously jacked a lot of things up, so it's hard telling how fast things will go. But, we knew we might have to endure a little wait when we went into things. But like any couple that loves each other, we don't want to be apart any longer than absolutely necessary. It's still hard.

 

[Maria66 59]

4 hours ago, TenderHearted said:

I could only wish the wait would be only 16 months for us. It's looking like, considering current wait times, to be between 18 months and 24 months. I hope things will go faster, but realistically, COVID has seriously jacked a lot of things up, so it's hard telling how fast things will go. But, we knew we might have to endure a little wait when we went into things. But like any couple that loves each other, we don't want to be apart any longer than absolutely necessary. It's still hard.

 

I really hope Biden administration allows people to stay together in USA while visa is approved. That would help a lot 

[NB5347 43]

 

18 hours ago, Maria66 said:

The more , the merrier! We should meet at a point when u are all here. It took us 16 months since we filed until i moved here. It was loooong. We used rapid visa: its not too ecpensive and they make sure u send everytjing correctly. I have read bad reviews but they worked perfect for us. If u make a mistake , it adds a lot of time.  So make sure everything is fine . Good luck !

If you end up back in Spain, let me know!! I am in Madrid waiting with my fiance. I have lived here for four years so we are just waiting, waiting.... we are going K1 visa route though!

[Maria66 59]

48 minutes ago, NB5347 said:

 

If you end up back in Spain, let me know!! I am in Madrid waiting with my fiance. I have lived here for four years so we are just waiting, waiting.... we are going K1 visa route though!

I wish we had picked k1 ...things went much faster for k1 than for k3 when we did it . I hope it is still so. 

 

Going to Madrid in may after 1 year and a half here, so very happy!

[TenderHearted 39]

15 hours ago, Maria66 said:

I really hope Biden administration allows people to stay together in USA while visa is approved. That would help a lot 

It would, but I'm not going to hold my breath. It seems like the help is only being given to those who have entered illegally, not legally (Just look at our southern border). I hope that will happen, as there needs to be some humanity and compassion in this process, something that the US immigration process no longer has, and hasn't had in a long time. It's not hard for spouses to immigrate to almost any other country in the world, but of course the US always has to be the exception.

 

We'll see what the future holds. I'm a cautious optimist (I rather think of myself as a realist, with optimistic tendencies), but words mean nothing; let's see some real positive action. I believe the actions, not the words. That would be the only way to make immigration reform really correct though, so if this administration is indeed serious about that, something like that will happen sooner than later.

[Maria66 59]

22 minutes ago, TenderHearted said:

It would, but I'm not going to hold my breath. It seems like the help is only being given to those who have entered illegally, not legally (Just look at our southern border). I hope that will happen, as there needs to be some humanity and compassion in this process, something that the US immigration process no longer has, and hasn't had in a long time. It's not hard for spouses to immigrate to almost any other country in the world, but of course the US always has to be the exception.

 

We'll see what the future holds. I'm a cautious optimist (I rather think of myself as a realist, with optimistic tendencies), but words mean nothing; let's see some real positive action. I believe the actions, not the words. That would be the only way to make immigration reform really correct though, so if this administration is indeed serious about that, something like that will happen sooner than later.

I agree it is non human . We suffered a lot 

[Jake and Ana 3]

Late to the part, but I'm also a Tennessean doing the visa process. 

[Vengatore 53]

Hola,

Madrileño casado con californiana viviendo en Queens, NY.

No sé si este topic está abandonado pero quería mandaros un saludo.

 

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