Stick with K1 or Start New CR1

[Joe Kano 327]

2 hours ago, RO_AH said:

In your situation I would say CR=1 for sure. They only just started processing the backlog a few weeks ago and prior to that were only processing expedites. Now with a new lock down in Manila you can expect K-1's to stop again.

The US Embassy in Philippines just released today on FB saying they are starting to do K1 approved in March 2020, so who knows if they will stop.  I figure they will stop again as well

 

U.S. Embassy in the Philippines | Facebook

 

 

[Joe Kano 327]

3 hours ago, Lucky Cat said:

I was referring to visas for the US.  You are referring to Philippines visas....two completely different worlds and no comparison.

I was comparing a Fiance vs Spousal Visa for the Philippines, since this is the Philippines Section 😁

[Crazy Cat 41,836]

2 minutes ago, Joe Kano said:

I was comparing a Fiance vs Spousal Visa for the Philippines, since this is the Philippines Section 😁

The OP is asking about US visas......this is a US immigration web site.

[Joe Kano 327]

4 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

The OP is asking about US visas......this is a US immigration web site.

But we are in the Philippines section

[Crazy Cat 41,836]

4 minutes ago, Joe Kano said:

But we are in the Philippines section

Your comment regarding Philippine visas is not relevant to the OP's question.  I don't think the OP is seeking a visa for immigrating to the Philippines.

-  Lucky Cat out-

[Joe Kano 327]

3 hours ago, Lucky Cat said:

I was referring to visas for the US.  You are referring to Philippines visas....two completely different worlds and no comparison.

Incorrect

 

I am referring to K1 or CR1 those are both US visas only

[Joe Kano 327]

20 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

Your comment regarding Philippine visas is not relevant to the OP's question.  I don't think the OP is seeking a visa for immigrating to the Philippines.

-  Lucky Cat out-

Your comment to me is not relevant, you  must of mis read or mis understood my posts.  The OP is talking about deciding between a fiance or spousal for the USA.   All my replies are in that context.

 

Only thing I know about immigrating to the Philippines is showing up at immigration and getting my passport stamped for either 21 or 30 depending on how long they allow you to enter with US Passport, or getting a Balikibayan Stamp.

 

I Shall Remain.....

 

 

 

Edited August 4, 2021 by Joe Kano

[Crazy Cat 41,836]

6 minutes ago, Joe Kano said:

Your comment to me is not relevant, you  must of mis read or mis understood my posts.  The OP is talking about deciding between a fiance or spousal for the USA.   All my replies are in that context.

 

Only thing I know about immigrating to the Philippines is showing up at immigration and getting my passport stamped for either 21 or 30 depending on how long they allow you to enter with US Passport, or getting a Balikibayan Stamp.

 

I Shall Remain.....

 

 

 

You said "Normally in the Philippines you can get a K1 approved about 10 times faster than you can Spousal Visa. "-  That statement doesn't reflect reality for a US visa. 

Edited August 4, 2021 by Lucky Cat

[Joe Kano 327]

3 hours ago, Adventine said:

The 90 day "trial period" that people seem to like about the K1 visa isn't applicable in this case either, as the OP and fiancee are already living together.

The OP is trying to immigrate to the USA not the Philippines.

 

You get a 90 day entry visa upon K1 Approval into the USA

 

They have never lived together in the USA, which would more than likely be there permanent home for a few years.  There is a huge difference between living together in the USA or living together in the Philippines, or at least it sure was for me.

[Joe Kano 327]

5 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

You said "Normally in the Philippines you can get a K1 approved about 10 times faster than you can Spousal Visa. "-  That statement doesn't reflect reality for a US visa. 

Brother I was talking about if you file a K1 at USCIS as a US Petitioner, it normally 10 x faster than a spousal visa. It seems as if your fiance is from Philippines they get much faster approval than other countries.  

 

I don't think Philippines even has a fiance visa program.  

[Joe Kano 327]

46 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

You said "Normally in the Philippines you can get a K1 approved about 10 times faster than you can Spousal Visa. "-  That statement doesn't reflect reality for a US visa. 

So you thought Philippines Bureau of Immigration  had a fiance visa called a K1? Now that pretty funny. 

 

 

[RO_AH 1,659]

3 hours ago, Joe Kano said:

US Embassy in Manila has been processing K1 for decades, not just the last 1 1/2

I tend to base my responses to what the OP is asking. He is asking about here and now not the past.

[RO_AH 1,659]

2 hours ago, Joe Kano said:

Brother I was talking about if you file a K1 at USCIS as a US Petitioner, it normally 10 x faster than a spousal visa.

You have a key word in there, "normally". We are not in normal times. He has filed for fiance and is asking if he should change. Based on TODAY'S environment the answer from anyone following what is going on with immigration from the Philippines the answer should be yes... Get married and file CR-1

[RO_AH 1,659]

2 hours ago, Joe Kano said:

The OP is trying to immigrate to the USA not the Philippines.

The OP is not trying to immigrate to the USA.

[Adventine 3,196]

The PH fiance visa timelines from Feb 2020 and earlier years are no longer relevant to someone filing for a fiance visa in 2021.

 

It's no longer useful - in fact, can be actively harmful - to advise someone to file for a fiance visa based on one's experience from many years ago, instead of basing advice on the current situation of the thousands of K1 applicants in the PH who have been stuck for months or years without interviews.