How much faster is noa2 for k1 than k3?

[valticp 0]

Is there really a big difference between the two? I'm asking because in this forum, quite a few May CSC k1 filers have gotten approved already, but really no k3s. Is it just because we don't have that many k3 filers here that we see such a difference, or is k1 really like a month faster?

I'm just curious about what you guys might know

[randyman 0]

Well the I-129F petitions for a K-3 are also filed subsequently to an underlying I-130 application and are not processed identically. Prior to July 30th I-129F's for a K-3 were sent to the NBC (and possibly forwarded elsewhere by the USCIS) while the I-129F's for a K-1 were processed by one of four Service Centers. In all likelyhood as you said there is going to be a difference in processing times due to the different locations the petitions were filed to and I would not really worry too much .

Edited September 25, 2007 by random man

[randyman 0]

Valticp-

Make sure to add your "date sent" date in the timeline section and the timeline system can give you a rough guess (based on other members processing times) at when your application will be adjudicated.

your timeline:

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=39123

[randyman 0]

Looking at the timeline section I can see that on average K3 I-129F's took a few more weeks to process in the last two months:

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/stats.php?history=60

[valticp 0]

There, I updated my timeline. My estimate is that I'll be approved sometime between late October and late November.

I guess the k1s really are faster because they're a different process

[LvivLovers 39]

When I analyzed this a few months ago, K1 was at least a month or two faster than K3 from the NOA1 date. Hard to say what the difference is now though because the process is constantly changing.

[payxibka 10,047]

Well the I-129F petitions for a K-3 are also filed subsequently to an underlying I-130 application and are not processed identically. Prior to July 30th I-129F's for a K-3 were sent to the NBC (and possibly forwarded elsewhere by the USCIS) while the I-129F's for a K-1 were processed by submitted to one of four Service Centers (and all non-Vermont filed submissions were subsequently transferred to California for processing). In all likelyhood as you said there is going to be a difference in processing times due to the different locations the petitions were filed to and I would not really worry too much .