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| Dominican Republic |  Review on December 5, 2005: |
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Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
 I noticed that since Sept of 2005, K1 visa cases are taking 6 to 13 months to get an appointment. I called the consulate and spoke with a very nice lady. She informed me that since Feb. 2005, all K1 cases are being placed in the Waiting list ( that is over 23,000 cases long)  . The consulate is only processing about 3,000 cases or each month. Before Feb. 2005, K1 appoints took only 2-5 months. I'm a naturalized US citizen from the Dominican Republic. The worse part is that a Dominican Republic citizen can request a visitor visa and get the appointment within 2 to 3 months . Meanwhile I'm a US citizen paying thousands of dollars each year to dear uncle sammy and I have to wait 6 to 13 months to marry my beautiful girl  . The so call reason behind the long delay of k1 visas is that it takes longer to review a k1 application and not so long for a Dominican Republic citizen visitor visa. I don't see the logic here . first, a k1 beneficiary will be married and living in the US at the address provided by the applicant with a financial backing and guarantee. While a visitor does not have to provide any kind of affidavit and can become an illegal in the us easier than a k1 beneficiary. Us citizen's K1 applications should take priority in this matter.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #290