The lenght of relationship for k1 visa

[Aviro 0]

2 hours ago, slavaskii said:

To add to this more concretely, all K1s are taking over a year and a half right now due to USCIS taking 13 months to process the first petition (the I-129F). It's universally 2+ months from the approval (much more if your embassy is backlogged), so the time stacks pretty quickly. As your fiance is Belgian, he is also permitted to visit you in the states while the CR1 is pending.

Yeah, but we heard, you can't enter usa if you have an immigrant visa pending.

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23 minutes ago, Aviro said:

Yeah, but we heard, you can't enter usa if you have an immigrant visa pending.

You need better sources. Hearsay is not a reliable source

[centric23 95]

1 hour ago, Aviro said:

Yeah, but we heard, you can't enter usa if you have an immigrant visa pending.

It's harder to get the tourist visa while another visa is pending. You should apply for that first and you can even get married on the tourist visa. As long as she doesn't plan on immigrating on the visa, you're fine. 

[Crazy Cat 41,855]

2 hours ago, Aviro said:

Yeah, but we heard, you can't enter usa if you have an immigrant visa pending.

Not true.  Many, many people visit during the immigration process.  

[Crazy Cat 41,855]

2 hours ago, Aviro said:

we heard k1 visa is faster to get and there is no administrative process. But cr1 visa can result in ap which can take forever and it takes more longer.

100% inaccurate .  K-1s can also experience extended administrative processing.  

[AsherMusic 18]

We are doing the K-1, as we are not permitted to get married in my fiance's country, unfortunately. 

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9 minutes ago, AsherMusic said:

We are doing the K-1, as we are not permitted to get married in my fiance's country, unfortunately. 

That could have been easily solved with a Utah Zoom marriage. Search the forum, many have successfully petitioned their spouses that way.

 

1 hour ago, Crazy Cat said:

100% inaccurate .  K-1s can also experience extended administrative processing.  

Yep. Actually, each and every K1 Case has to go through an AP (some very short and some long) because that’s the procedure. Whenever I see someone say “I heard that….” 99% of the time it was completely inaccurate and their research did not rely on official and/or reliable sources of information. 

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