K3s

[Dakine 26]

K3s [LIFE ACT] were originally designed to reunite married couples quicker as it used to take a LONG time to do a CR.

That's seemed to changed recently.

To me K3s are a joke now.

No guarentee you'll get a GC after you get here as you have to adjust status and "can" be denied.

Doesn't happen much from what I've seen but K3s can be deported after being denied adjusting status.

No GC! No SSN until you get AOS approval. Not to bad not having the GC. Not having SSN was a pain in the butte.

LOTS of things you can't do without SS card.

CRs gets GC and SSN in the mail shortly after arrival in the US and can work or leave and return to US right away.

Doesn't happen to often but the Immigration officier at our AOS interview removed the I-94 from wife and childs PP and told us they'd have to get AP if they wanted to leave and return to the US!

I had thought K3 was OK for multiple entry for 2 years or until you got the GC. "Wrong" in our case.

Thank god an emergency back home didn't pop up.

CRs don't have AOS biometrics. AOS interview. and NO $1010 to do AOS.

K3s "may" not get GC or SSN for MONTHS. Like some have taken over a year if there are problems with AOS.

Some marriages don't work out and it can be a problem for a K3 adjusting status.

Happens more than you think.

CRs have at least until they apply for condition removal [21 months from GC date.] before having to worry about anything.

IRs don't ever have to do anything but notify USCIS of address changes. Apply for USC in 33 months if they want or reup GC in ten years.

We did K3/K4 over 2 years ago when the CRs were a lot slower.

Cost us a lot of money, sweat and and time lost working {$s} to do the AOS.

It was worth it at the time as my wife and daughter got here a lot sooner.

Looks like it is a different story now unless the processing time for CRs goes up again.

Obviously you can screw either tho if not filed properly tho.

I don't know much about Jame's trip.

But if it works and saves time I wouldn't even think about doing a K3 at this time.

Wouldn't even even it didn't work.

Just my 2 cents after going thru "da kine" with AOS.

Edited August 11, 2007 by beckypua