K-1 or K-3?

[MargotDarko 0]

he actually is done with the army in may but they will send some more troops to iraq before may so he might get stoplossed and has to go to iraq again for another 15 months. so we don't know if we should get married in december. because once we did it we have to get a K3 or CR1. but if we don't get married first and he will be out in may i could still get a K1 and quit my job. But K1 seems expensive. but it allows us to be together faster and I heard that K1 visas are almost never denied. so right now i'm totally lost with all the visa stuff and the problems with it. there's no perfect option, no matter which way we will chose, it will pretty much suck

I'm sorry to hear about that further complication.

The K3 is just as expensive as the K1 actually, especially if you don't need to leave the US before getting your green card. It's the CR1, which takes longer than the K3, which costs the least and has the most advantages.

[Jasman0717 9]

You might take a look at the immigration timelines at the top of the page for your service center and enbassy for each type visa, that might help you understand the amount of time each requires. Good luck

[Christin 0]

hm, the timelines don't really help me a lot. i also don't know our future service center yet because we both have no idea where he will live when it comes to applying for my visa. but it looks like the timelines are pretty much the same at every service center. just some days more orr less. so if i understood that right....a cr1 will take like 1 year? but i have to stay here till august 2009 anyway so i could just start a bit earlier. that's not the problem. because it would help a lot that it's not that expensive and we wouldn't have to do the AOS and EAD anymore. i also see that it has only one minus and that's the travelling while in process thing. also not a problem. he can visit me instead. so CR1 looks like the best option. even if it takes so long. but it looks like only a few people go the CR1 way. what reasons could we be denied for? i might be annoying with my questions i'm sorry. but all i want to do is find the best way of doing that with my fiance and we finally want to be together in 2 years without bigger complications in our visa process.

[john_and_marlene 162]

Get married now and consider the best immigration course when you are closer to being ready to move. You have too many unknowns for advice.