K3 visa (consulate interview or AOS)

[Matatu 4]

Hi, while filing my husbands I-130, i indicated the interview would be at the consulate. If i go ahead and do a K3, do we have to go back to the consulate or do we adjust status?

 

Thanks.

[Boiler 45,510]

Most unlikely the K3 would be processed, 4? last year but you adjust in country.

[Matatu 4]

1 minute ago, Boiler said:

Most unlikely the K3 would be processed, 4? last year but you adjust in country.

you mean adjust in the US?

[Boiler 45,510]

Yes

[Crazy Cat 41,851]

6 minutes ago, Matatu said:

Hi, while filing my husbands I-130, i indicated the interview would be at the consulate. If i go ahead and do a K3, do we have to go back to the consulate or do we adjust status?

 

Thanks.

Where is your husband right now?

[Matatu 4]

4 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

Where is your husband right now?

kenya

[Crazy Cat 41,851]

2 minutes ago, Matatu said:

kenya

Then the answer to your question is that, in the extremely unlikely case a K3 is issued, the applicant must interview at the foreign consulate for the visa, then later adjust status in the US.  I'm not sure why anyone would want a K3. A CR-1/IR-1 is vastly superior in the minds of many of us.  

Edited June 12, 2021 by Lucky Cat

[Matatu 4]

8 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

Then the answer to your question is that, in the extremely unlikely case a K3 is issued, the applicant must interview at the foreign consulate for the visa, then later adjust status in the US.  I'm not sure why anyone would want a K3. A CR-1/IR-1 is vastly superior in the minds of many of us.  

Ok, just want to minimize time spent apart coz of children

[Just Paul 4,595]

35 minutes ago, Matatu said:

Ok, just want to minimize time spent apart coz of children

So you aren't trying dcf?

[G&M’s 4]

13 hours ago, Lucky Cat said:

Then the answer to your question is that, in the extremely unlikely case a K3 is issued, the applicant must interview at the foreign consulate for the visa, then later adjust status in the US.  I'm not sure why anyone would want a K3. A CR-1/IR-1 is vastly superior in the minds of many of us.  

I thought it was in country where the marriage took place 

[Just Paul 4,595]

52 minutes ago, G&M’s said:

I thought it was in country where the marriage took place

The interview is where the beneficiary has legal residency regardless of CR/IR or a K visa type.

[G&M’s 4]

2 hours ago, Paul & Mary said:

The interview is where the beneficiary has legal residency regardless of CR/IR or a K visa type.

If the NVC receives the approved I-129F petition before it receives the I-130 petition, the NVC will process the I-129F petition. NVC will then send the I-129F petition to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in the country where the marriage took place. If the marriage took place in the United States, the NVC will send the petition to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate that issues visas in the foreign-citizen spouse’s country of nationality. If the marriage took place in a country that does not have a U.S. Embassy, or the Embassy or Consulate does not issue visas, the NVC will send the petition to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate that normally processes visas for citizens of that country. For example, if the marriage took place in Iran where the U.S. does not have an Embassy or Consulate, the petition would be sent to Turkey.

The U.S. Embassy or Consulate where you, the foreign-citizen spouse, will apply will provide you with specific instructions, including, where to go for the required medical examination. During your interview, ink-free, digital fingerprint scans will be taken. Some visa applications require further administrative processing, which takes additional time after the visa applicant’s interview by a Consular Officer.

[Just Paul 4,595]

29 minutes ago, G&M’s said:

If the NVC receives the approved I-129F petition before it receives the I-130 petition, the NVC will process the I-129F petition. NVC will then send the I-129F petition to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in the country where the marriage took place. If the marriage took place in the United States, the NVC will send the petition to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate that issues visas in the foreign-citizen spouse’s country of nationality. If the marriage took place in a country that does not have a U.S. Embassy, or the Embassy or Consulate does not issue visas, the NVC will send the petition to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate that normally processes visas for citizens of that country. For example, if the marriage took place in Iran where the U.S. does not have an Embassy or Consulate, the petition would be sent to Turkey.

The U.S. Embassy or Consulate where you, the foreign-citizen spouse, will apply will provide you with specific instructions, including, where to go for the required medical examination. During your interview, ink-free, digital fingerprint scans will be taken. Some visa applications require further administrative processing, which takes additional time after the visa applicant’s interview by a Consular Officer.

Yes technically correct and totally irrelevant.  But when K3s were being issues they were allowed to request a transfer to another consulate if the beneficiary was under it's jurisdiction.   I don't think you are getting a K3.  No one here has gotten a K3 in quite a long time. And how many K3s were approved in the 2 fiscal years before COVID?  (11 total all Central America)  K3s are no longer issued from a practical standpoint.