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Hello everyone,

I filed a fiancee visa application I-129 F a dfew month ago, 8 months ago to be precise because I thought back then that it will take 6 months to get a approval. But now 8 months later, it doesn't seem like we will be getting an answer anytime soon. I'm currently planning a trip to spend some times with my fiancee and I was wondering if I should just get married while there and file an I-130 or should we wait for the fiancee visa to go through? 

Thanks!!!

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You can do that too. Marry and then apply for CR1. Cheaper and The moment ur spouse got The visa and arrive in US, he/she will get GC immediately. Note that it might be a while too if you decide to apply for CR1 

 

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The petitioner would have to withdraw the I-129F, thus "wasting" the 8 months that you've waited already.

 

Even though the CR-1 visa is superior to the K-1, you would have to wait another year or longer for the I-130 petition to be adjudicated.  If the current wait dissatisfies you, consider how "starting all over" would make you feel.

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06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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29 minutes ago, Abdl_My said:

Hello everyone,

I filed a fiancee visa application I-129 F a dfew month ago, 8 months ago to be precise because I thought back then that it will take 6 months to get a approval. But now 8 months later, it doesn't seem like we will be getting an answer anytime soon. I'm currently planning a trip to spend some times with my fiancee and I was wondering if I should just get married while there and file an I-130 or should we wait for the fiancee visa to go through? 

Thanks!!!

They are currently working on I-129Fs submitted in March and April of 2021 so I would (personally) not switch to I-130 now. 

 

Ivory Coast NOA2-Interview also doesn't seem to be very backlogged

https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/k1list.php?op6=All&op66=All&op7=Ivory+Coast&op1=3&op2=&op3=1&op4=1&op5=5%2C6%2C8%2C10%2C11%2C13%2C14%2C15%2C16%2C17%2C18%2C20%2C21%2C22%2C25%2C26%2C27%2C28%2C108%2C110%2C111%2C208%2C210%2C211&cfl=0

 

If things are the same as the most recent interview your partner will be able to interview 3 months after NOA2. So, maybe another 7 months of waiting before they can move to the US. 

 

If you switch to a spousal visa you will be starting all over again. On average, these visas take 1.5-2 years. 

Not a lot of members interviewing out of Ivory Coast so I'm not sure how long the waiting time is from DQ to interview. But, if you are comfortable extending your waiting time by a year or so I would switch to spousal visa. 

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