Cr1 vs k3

[pushbrk 12,870]

28 minutes ago, Kyle6811 said:

So you can file both at the same time? Pardon, I’m still trying to figure all this out.

Nothing stopping you from doing that, but that way won't help.  If filing the second petition is going to help, it needs to be AFTER you have a receipt for filing the first.  Even then, it's a big maybe.

[Steve & Erma 36]

7 hours ago, Kyle6811 said:

So you can file both at the same time? Pardon, I’m still trying to figure all this out.

So what I have seen as of late it would be a good idea to do them as close to the same time as you can. The CR1 you can do online but the K3 you have to mail. You have to have the NOA1 notice from the CR1 to mail the K3 in so hopefully you get it right away after doing the CR1 online.

 

I saw a post the other day that it helps if you get the K3 in before they start actively reviewing your CR1. That seems like it might be the key to a quick process through USCIS but I can't confirm without more corroboration to be for sure. This is all speculation at this point I don't have enough data to back it up.

Edited December 31, 2022 by Steve & Erma

[pushbrk 12,870]

14 hours ago, Steve & Erma said:

So what I have seen as of late it would be a good idea to do them as close to the same time as you can. The CR1 you can do online but the K3 you have to mail. You have to have the NOA1 notice from the CR1 to mail the K3 in so hopefully you get it right away after doing the CR1 online.

 

I saw a post the other day that it helps if you get the K3 in before they start actively reviewing your CR1. That seems like it might be the key to a quick process through USCIS but I can't confirm without more corroboration to be for sure. This is all speculation at this point I don't have enough data to back it up.

Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.  It cannot hurt though.

[TempunAlex 7]

In the past 2 weeks I've seen roughly 20 people get approved (that posted about it) on FB groups from mid 2022 to late 2022 that submitted a K3 and somehow got approved. I don't know what the logic behind it is or how it's working but you have nothing to lose to submit a K3 after filing your I-130 and getting a case number. There's even a FB group that is for people that submit K3 forms every couple of weeks until I guess USCIS gets tired of it and approves them. They're free afterall.

[Kyle6811 24]

3 minutes ago, TempunAlex said:

In the past 2 weeks I've seen roughly 20 people get approved (that posted about it) on FB groups from mid 2022 to late 2022 that submitted a K3 and somehow got approved. I don't know what the logic behind it is or how it's working but you have nothing to lose to submit a K3 after filing your I-130 and getting a case number. There's even a FB group that is for people that submit K3 forms every couple of weeks until I guess USCIS gets tired of it and approves them. They're free afterall.

Well I don’t get married until the 22, Jan, hopefully that still holds true or at least potentially true

[pushbrk 12,870]

7 hours ago, TempunAlex said:

In the past 2 weeks I've seen roughly 20 people get approved (that posted about it) on FB groups from mid 2022 to late 2022 that submitted a K3 and somehow got approved. I don't know what the logic behind it is or how it's working but you have nothing to lose to submit a K3 after filing your I-130 and getting a case number. There's even a FB group that is for people that submit K3 forms every couple of weeks until I guess USCIS gets tired of it and approves them. They're free afterall.

I think you mean the folks submitted an I-129F for spouse after submitting the I-130.  K3 is not "submitted".  And then when you say they were approved, you must mean their I-130 was approved early or at the same time their I-129F petition was denied or closed in favor of the I-130.  Correct terminology is critical for understanding here.

[TempunAlex 7]

14 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

I think you mean the folks submitted an I-129F for spouse after submitting the I-130.  K3 is not "submitted".  And then when you say they were approved, you must mean their I-130 was approved early or at the same time their I-129F petition was denied or closed in favor of the I-130.  Correct terminology is critical for understanding here.

If you want to be hypercritical of wording and condencending about terminology, sure that's what I meant. At the end of the day OP understood my post. I specify K3 as submission and not I-129F because I-129F is a general application for all the K categories 1 through 4. 

[pushbrk 12,870]

7 minutes ago, TempunAlex said:

If you want to be hypercritical of wording and condencending about terminology, sure that's what I meant. At the end of the day OP understood my post. I specify K3 as submission and not I-129F because I-129F is a general application for all the K categories 1 through 4. 

I don't "want" any of that. I simply know that the correct terminology is needed for people to understand things correctly. I do NOT know what the OP understood or did not understand.