Advice on K-1 vs CR-1

[SalishSea 18,064]

6 hours ago, Kayl&Natch said:

However, I have noticed a drastic shift upwards in processing times on the USCIS website in the last 3 months to 14 months for the I-129f

The drastic upwards in processing times was occurring long before 3 months ago.......try 2.5 years.

[SalishSea 18,064]

2 hours ago, Kayl&Natch said:

On your #1, how the heck do you "prove" you've had sex with someone and we're ladies so sex is definitely a little different for us. 

Good god, that is not a requirement!  At all!

[Kayl&Natch 7]

3 hours ago, carmel34 said:

Speaking from personal experience, for a US citizen to marry in Brazil it takes many weeks and lots of documents.  Any US or other non-Brazilian civil document needs an apostille (big hassle), then all the documents need to be translated to Portuguese using a government-certified translation service (additional cost and wait times).  After all the documents are ready, then there is a marriage application that needs to be filed and signed in-person by both parties at the local cartorio or government office where the marriage will take place.  For the application, I could not fly down to Brazil to sign in person, so instead I had to draft a limited power of attorney document, get an apostille for it from the Secretary of State's Office in Sacramento CA, send it to Brazil for official translation, etc. so that a friend of my husband could sign the application on my behalf.  After the application is approved, there is a mandatory waiting period of 30 days before the actual wedding can take place.  Utah zoom marriage would be the preferred solution in this case, as it is fast and easy.

 

https://br.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/marriage-information/

Thank you for providing the details sounds like it's definitely best to get married via Utah zoom

[Kayl&Natch 7]

Thanks to everyone for providing feedback. After much consideration and discussion we have decided to get married via Utah Zoom and file a CR-1. I have some additional questions but I will create a post in CR-1 since it's more specific to that forum. Again thank you!