Mexico US Marriage Visa Approvals by Month (K1 Visas Down, CR1 Visas Slowly Up)

[Captain Ewok 1,899]

We've had tons of questions on whether the Ciudad Juarez US Consulate in Mexico has been approving marriage based US Visas (and if so at what rate).  To answer that, we dug into the official US State Department data and plotted visa approvals for K1, CR1 and IR1 visas over the last 2 years. Here is what we found:

 

• K1 Visa processing is WAY down.  In fact it's down by more than 2x from pre-Covid levels (~200 a month pre-Covid to ~100 a month now).  There is likely to be a significant backlog.
• IR1 Visa processing is slowly ramping up.  There is likely a significant backlog that will take 8-12 months to clear given the slow down last year.  It appears IR1 processing is taking priority over K1s at the moment.
• CR1 Visa processing (couples married less than 2 years) is following the same trend as IR-1 Visas.

 

 

What do you think of the data (below)?  Do you think the US consulate in Ciudad Juarez is artificially slowing don K1 Visa processing to prioritize other work or for other reasons?

 

[Pedro@9876 7]

Thank you for the great information. You are a god send thnk you

 

[Babu Frik 1,162]

According to that graph CR1 is following K1, not IR1, it shows it as below K1.