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KIMF   0

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Costa Rica
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Good Morning

I am going to send my I 130 this morning. Thanks everyone that helped me get ready for this step. I am soooo nervous.

By the way the Step by Step K3 is really great.

I have also noticed that the CR1 / IR1 are being approved pretty fast, almost as fast as the K3, Whats the deal with that?

Regards

Kristy

IR-1 / CR-1 Visa

Vermont Service Center

Consulate : Costa Rica

2007-10-09: I-130 Sent

2007-10-10: Received date

2008-01-10: I-130 NOA1

2008-04-00: I found out that I was pregnant in April!!

2008-08-06: Case transfered from VSC to CSC

2008-08-09: CSC received the Petition transfered from VSC

Touched ---: May 07/2008; August 07,09,11,12,22,25,26/2008

2008-08-22: I-130 NOA2 (Thank God)

2008-08-30: Received NOA2 in the mail

NVC

08-28-2008: NVC RECEIVED

09-08-2008: IIN obtained(10th attempt)

09-08-2008: DS-3032 SUBMITTED by EMAIL

09-08-2008: DS-3032 & AOS BILL GENERATED

09-08-2008: AOS BILL PAID(online)

09-09-2008: AOS BILL CLEARED

09-12-2008: DS-3032 SUBMITTED BY MAIL (OVERNIGHT)

09-15-2008: NVC RECEIVED THE DS 3032

09-18-2008: IV BILL PAID

09-22-2008: IV FEE BiLL CLEARED

09-23-2008: AOS SUBMITTED BY MAIL (OVERNIGHT)

09-23-2008: DS 230 SUBMITTED BY MAIL (OVERNIGHT)

09-24-2008: AOS and DS 230 RECEIVED AT NVC

09-30-2008: DS 230 RFE

10-01-2008: SENT CORRECTED DS 230 RFE TO NVC (OVERNIGHT)

10-02-2008: CORRECTED DS 230 RECEIVED BY NVC

10-07-2008: CASE COMPLETE!!!

11-04-2008: INTERVIEW DATE- VISA APPROVED

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Urge To Race   2

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Congrats on sending the packet. The CR1/IR1 I130s are being approved a bit faster now than the K3 I129Fs. They are two different visas and do have different adjudication processes, hence the difference. The question of which one to pursue comes down to the NVC timing. I130s take 4-6 months at NVC, while K3s go through in about a week. So even if your I130 get approved, a K3 might still be faster. If you can wait the extra time, or anticipate that your CR1 might get approved 3 or 4 months before a K3 would be approved, it is worth not sending the I129F as the CR1 is the better visa (green right in the mail shortly after arrival, arrival as an LPR, can work immediately, etc. and no $1010 for AOS). There is also the question of interview schedulding at the embassy/consulate your SO will go through. Sometimes there is a big difference in the interview scheduling (several months longer for one over the other) that might influence that decision.

Good Morning

I am going to send my I 130 this morning. Thanks everyone that helped me get ready for this step. I am soooo nervous.

By the way the Step by Step K3 is really great.

I have also noticed that the CR1 / IR1 are being approved pretty fast, almost as fast as the K3, Whats the deal with that?

Regards

Kristy

03/12/2007 - Married to my beautiful wife

04/16/2007 - Sent I-130 to VSC via USPS Express Mail

05/12/2007 - NOA1 received by snail mail after a loooong wait

05/14/2007 - Sent I-129F for K3 to Chicago Lockbox via USPS Express Mail

10/22/2007 - I129F APPROVED (161 days), I130 APPROVED (188 days)

11/08/2007 - I129F received at NVC, embassy case number generated.

11/13/2007 - I129F forwarded to embassy.

11/18/2007 - 129F petition received at embassy

01/09/2008 - finally, DOS gives me the interview date, April 16, 2007 (ouch)

01/23/2008 - never got packet 4, emailed embassy

04/11/2008 - picked up packet 4, did medical

04/14/2008 - medical report pickup, no problems

04/16/2008 - interview date- APPROVED!!!!!

04/18/2008 - both of us are home at last, POE JFK!

05/21/2008 - sent AOS and EAD

05/27/2008 - received NOA1 for AOS and for EAD

06/02/2008 - received Biometrics appt letter

06/19/2008 - Biometrics appointment scheduled - DONE

06/19/2008 - both AOS and EAD touched because of biometrics

07/29/2008 - EAD approved.

05/13/2009 - AOS Interview - APPROVED!/ Card production ordered email

05/18/2009 - Welcome Letter received

06/12/2009 - Second card production ordered email

06/19/2009 - Approval notice send email

06/22/2009 - Green Card received

04/09/2012 - Applied for Citizenship by Express Mailing N400 to NBC

04/10/2012 - N400 received by USCIS

06/23/2012 - Biometrics appointment

07/27/2012 - Appointment scheduled for N400 interview

09/05/2012 - Interview passed, oath ceremony completed, and Naturalization certificate received.

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pushbrk   13,073

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Filed: Other Country: China
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Good Morning

I am going to send my I 130 this morning. Thanks everyone that helped me get ready for this step. I am soooo nervous.

By the way the Step by Step K3 is really great.

I have also noticed that the CR1 / IR1 are being approved pretty fast, almost as fast as the K3, Whats the deal with that?

Regards

Kristy

If you are truly pursuing a K3 visa, you can now file the I-130 and I-129F together in the same envelope.

However, nearly every day, we encourage people to seriously consider not filing the I-129F at all. The reasons are in at least one thread a day here.

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ColombianoGringo   0

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Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Colombia
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I second Pushbrk's recommendation. If you do decide to file the I-29F, send them together. I sent mine simultaneously and saved a month of waiting for an NOA1 for the I-130.

Married: June 11, 2007 - San Andres Isla, Colombia

I-130

7/27/2007 - Sent I-130 Package to TSC*

7/30/2007 - Received by TSC

8/28/2007 - NOA-1 date - CSC

3/19/2008 - NOA2 date -CSC

I-130 held by USCIS for future AOS

I-129F

7/27/2007 - Sent I-129F Package to TSC*

7/30/2007 - Received by TSC

8/30/2007 - NOA-1 - Fee waived

3/19/2008 - NOA2

4/3/2008 - Received by NVC

4/10/2008 - Received by embassy

4/11/2008 - Faxed packet 3 forms to embassy

4/30/2008 - Appointment date assigned

6/19/2008 - Appointment at Bogota Embassy - APPROVED!!!

No touches except when I called CSC directly to inquire.

8/28/2008 - POE Houston

Still being lazy and waiting to do AOS.

*I-130 and I-129F sent together to TSC per USCIS instructions.

 
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