Bob

I am an American citizen. I intend to marry a Russian woman.
As I understand I can marry my fiancée in Russia and file I-130 or file for
K1 to bring her here. What is the fastest way to bring her in US?

thing1

K-1 is fastest.

Cypher

I married my wife in India filed for K3 on Dec 16th, my wife has her interview on May 5th and on the 12th we will be returning to the US.

Looking at "thing1"'s timeline, it would seem that my K3 timeline is faster.

So to answer your question, depending on WHERE you are located and the service center you deal with, K1 might be faster, or the K3 might be.

Regards

thing1

And what service center did *you* go through? I have heard over and over again here when the "K-1 or K-3" question comes up that K-1 (under normal circumstances) is the fastest route.

Ingo Pakleppa

On Sun, 13 Apr 2003 22:59:36 -0400, Bob wrote:

    > I am an American citizen. I intend to marry a Russian woman.
    > As I understand I can marry my fiancée in Russia and file I-130 or file for
    > K1 to bring her here. What is the fastest way to bring her in US?

Usually, the K-1 is the fastest. Expect about six months to a year.

By the way, there is another difference: with the K-1, you must marry in
the US.

With an I-130, you must already be married. Unless she has a tourist visa,
this means marrying in Russia.

Since a wedding with the family is important for some people, this may be
a factor to take into account.

Cypher

I completley agree, under all normal curcumstances K1 is definitely faster. In fact, from VSC K1 approvals happen within a matter of 2 weeks. TSC and NSC aren't so fast as that.

Which is why I said depending on the service center you deal with, K1 might be blisteringly fast or on par with the K3.

As I applied for the K3, I went through MSC.

Regards

lairdside

The quotas (visa number availability) only apply to spouses of PR's not to those of USC's.

lairdside

That's news to me. Spouses, minor children ( under 21 and unmarried) and parents of USC's are Immediate Relatives and so therefore not subject to numerical limitations...... that's always been my understanding.

Did they change something when I wasn't looking ?

Calderon

Remember! there is some types of quotas per country for allowing new
immigrants to enter the US. It would not be that bad if you can get a slot
in there. Otherwise, you have to wait until there is one available for you
at your turn. That's the time consuming for the marriage based visa.

K1 doesn't fall into that catogory. Actually, K visa is non immigrant visa
with the intent to stay. It's just like a visitors visas.

I may be wrong here. However, that's what I understand.



"thing1" wrote in message
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    > Originally posted by Cypher
    > > I married my wife in India filed for K3 on Dec 16th, my wife has her
    > > interview on May 5th and on the 12th we will be returning to the US.
    > >
    > > Looking at "thing1"'s timeline, it would seem that my K3 timeline
    > > is faster.
    > >
    > > So to answer your question, depending on WHERE you are located and the
    > > service center you deal with, K1 might be faster, or the K3 might be.
    > >
    > > Regards
    > And what service center did *you* go through? I have heard over and
    > over again here when the "K-1 or K-3" question comes up that K-1 (under
    > normal circumstances) is the fastest route.
    > --
    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

Calderon

The service centers play a significant role in it. However, marriage based
visa still have to wait for availability of immigrant visas designated for a
certain country or area.



"Cypher" wrote in message
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    > Originally posted by thing1
    > > And what service center did *you* go through? I have heard over and
    > > over again here when the "K-1 or K-3" question comes up that K-1
    > > (under normal circumstances) is the fastest route.
    > I completley agree, under all normal curcumstances K1 is definitely
    > faster. In fact, from VSC K1 approvals happen within a matter of 2
    > weeks. TSC and NSC aren't so fast as that.
    > Which is why I said depending on the service center you deal with, K1
    > might be blisteringly fast or on par with the K3.
    > As I applied for the K3, I went through MSC.
    > Regards
    > --
    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

meauxna

Calderon, I don't know a thing about you and I'm not going searching, but I would like to hear from you directly why you keep giving completely wrong information out like it's fact.

There is NO quota for Immediate Relatives (spouses IE marriage-based) from *any* country that I'm aware of, after over a year of reading immigration rules.

And I'm not even going to look up the Dept. of State rule on it for you.

Vsk

"Bob" wrote in message
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    > I am an American citizen. I intend to marry a Russian woman.
    > As I understand I can marry my fiancée in Russia and file I-130 or file
for
    > K1 to bring her here. What is the fastest way to bring her in US?

There is also a process called "Direct Consular Filing" which applies to
marriages outside the US. Some people say this is faster. It depends upon
if the consulate in russsia allows it.

Just Jenney

I agree with Meauxna. I've been dealing with this immigration stuff for nearly a year now, and I've *never* heard of marriage-based visas having a "quota" or a "cap" applied to them.

Where are you getting this information?? Please provide a link.

~ Jenney

Dekka's Angel

Marriage based visas for marriage to a citizen are immediately available without limitation, but visas for marriage to a permanent resident are subject to the preference system and therefore limited. I assume that's what Calderon meant.

Since the OP is a citizen, there is no limit.