Petitioner better be LPR or Citizen

[Sassou75 9]

Hi everyone . Quick question about the petitioner. 
the process will go faster if you are à Citizen ? I always heard that  but 
i saw on the uscis that the processing time for the spousal visa (i-130) is approximately the same as for a citizen.

Can you confirm ? 
My fiance is a LPR and was in process for the citizenship but he miss his interview month ago as he was stuck outside the us and no he was waiting for month for us is to Schedule an appointment

But because of some issues in his case (did not send a paper they required once he miss his appointment) they tell him that his case in under review and either they are gonna close it and he will have to apply again 😩 either they will give him an appointment but it’s gonna take time dir to COVID .. we first wanted to wait till he become a citizen but we waist many time and we are thinking about filing for i-130 now even if he is a citizen and just wz’t

To know if it is gonna take much more time than if he was citizen. 
‘Thank you so much for your response ☺️

[Crazy Cat 41,845]

1.  Until he is actually a citizen, he cannot submit an I-129f for a fiance.  

2.  An I-130 is not appropriate until after marriage.

 

[Sassou75 9]

10 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

1.  Until he is actually a citizen, he cannot submit an I-129f for a fiance.  

2.  An I-130 is not appropriate until after marriage.

 

Yeah I know wa are planning to get married and I just wanted to have an idea about once married will il takes more time for the process if you are a lpr ? 

[JeanneAdil 6,498]

12 minutes ago, Sassou75 said:

Yeah I know wa are planning to get married and I just wanted to have an idea about once married will il takes more time for the process if you are a lpr ? 

u r misunderstanding Lucky Cat

he can not apply as an LPR

and when he gets his citizenship,  he is no longer an LPR ,  he is a citizen

[JFH 12,190]

It’s “better” if he waits until he has his citizenship. Although currently the processing time for spouses of LPRs and spouses of USCs are the same (as PDs are current for F2A) that could change for F2A as they are numerically capped but CR-1 for spouse of a USC is not capped ever. 

[Sassou75 9]

12 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

u r misunderstanding Lucky Cat

he can not apply as an LPR

and when he gets his citizenship,  he is no longer an LPR ,  he is a citizen

I think I understood he told me what I already know that as an lpr he can’t file for k1 coz this is for citizen only here iam talking about the cr1 wich can be filed by a green car holder . I wanted to have an idea avoir the processing time for cr1 as an lpr.

[Sassou75 9]

11 hours ago, JFH said:

It’s “better” if he waits until he has his citizenship. Although currently the processing time for spouses of LPRs and spouses of USCs are the same (as PDs are current for F2A) that could change for F2A as they are numerically capped but CR-1 for spouse of a USC is not capped ever. 

Ok that’s make sense and relie to the processing time on uscis

Thank you for your response ! 

[JeanneAdil 6,498]

11 hours ago, Sassou75 said:

I think I understood he told me what I already know that as an lpr he can’t file for k1 coz this is for citizen only here iam talking about the cr1 wich can be filed by a green car holder . I wanted to have an idea avoir the processing time for cr1 as an lpr.

1 to 2 years for CR1 

LPR   -  none as he can't file 

so no comparison

[Crazy Cat 41,845]

11 hours ago, Sassou75 said:

I think I understood he told me what I already know that as an lpr he can’t file for k1 coz this is for citizen only here iam talking about the cr1 wich can be filed by a green car holder . I wanted to have an idea avoir the processing time for cr1 as an lpr.

What is the difference between a CR-1 visa and an F2a visa?

[Villanelle 4,122]

2 hours ago, Lucky Cat said:

What is the difference between a CR-1 visa and an F2a visa?

No difference really. CR/IR are the "codes" used for USCs sponsoring (CR/IR1,CR/IR2) For LPRs its F2A and F2B. An LPR would apply as F2A and if they naturalize during the process their F petition gets upgraded to the CR category. 

[Kate.Alday 113]

On 1/7/2021 at 3:29 AM, Sassou75 said:

Hi everyone . Quick question about the petitioner. 
the process will go faster if you are à Citizen ? I always heard that  but 
i saw on the uscis that the processing time for the spousal visa (i-130) is approximately the same as for a citizen.

Can you confirm ? 
My fiance is a LPR and was in process for the citizenship but he miss his interview month ago as he was stuck outside the us and no he was waiting for month for us is to Schedule an appointment

But because of some issues in his case (did not send a paper they required once he miss his appointment) they tell him that his case in under review and either they are gonna close it and he will have to apply again 😩 either they will give him an appointment but it’s gonna take time dir to COVID .. we first wanted to wait till he become a citizen but we waist many time and we are thinking about filing for i-130 now even if he is a citizen and just wz’t

To know if it is gonna take much more time than if he was citizen. 
‘Thank you so much for your response ☺️

I think better after married apply petition immediately and not waist your time. Anyway whole process will take more than 1 year. And if he will naturalize during that time your case (visa type) will automatically change from F2A to CR1.

[Ryan H 3,812]

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Progress Reports to USICS Service Centers forum.