I'm so lost with all these forms . . .

[xiaohou]

I met my special lady about a year ago, have already spent 3 weeks with her back in Spet in Beijing. I will spend Chinese New year with her again and will return again in May of 2014 so we can get married and spend our honeymoon in Thailand. When I return back to the USA in May, I will file the VISA, but I don't understand from all the outdated website that I've been reading where to start. Do I file the K3, CR or I-130? If I am reading it correctly, I can start the paperwork and when it gets approved, she can come to the states while she waits for some other paperwork to have an interview or does she need to wait that 6 to 9 months to have the interview in GZ?

 

Is there a current layout of steps and procedures that I can follow, step by step.

 

I'm hoping I can start to fill out all the papers before I head off to China again in May so if there are any papers she needs to sign or blanks to fill in while I am there she can help. Then when I am back in the USA I can send them in without delay.

 

Thanks.

 

 

[dnoblett]

K-3, CR-1 are not forms, they are visa types.

 

You will start by filing an I-130 form to petition for a spouse visa.

 

It will take 6 to 9 months, interview will happen in Guangzhou China.

 

There is a discussion regarding K-3 here, it was a visa type for a time when it was taking years to get a spouse I-130 approved for the CR-1 or IR-1 visas, it allowed the spouse to enter the USA and wait for I-130 approval after which they either Adjust status, or return to China for another visa interview. Now a days USCIS ties the two petitions together and approve them so close together, that NVC tends to close the K-3 and proceed on with the CR-1 visa, the reason for K-3 does not exist, (Waiting for I-130 approval) SEE: http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/40925-change-in-how-nvc-handles-k-3-petitions/

 

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http://candleforlove.com/forums/tags/forums/I-130/

http://candleforlove.com/forums/tags/forums/CR-1%252FIR-1/