Green card time

[Hapa77]

how long did it take to get your spouse green card please list if you did fiance visa or cr1 visa

 

my wife got hers 45 days

[dnoblett]

K-1 fiance can take a long time from POE to card, due to needing to first marry and then filing to adjust status. When adjusting status K-1 cannot work, travel until they receive authorization.

 

CR-1 has green card status immediately upon entry to the states, the visa acts as a green card until actual card arrives in the mail. The visa has notation it serves as a temp I-551 for up to a year after arrival until card arrives.

 

VJ timelines can give you very good estimates they have thousands of data points to work with.

 

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/

[Hapa77]

how long after your married you send the paperwork till you get your green card?

[dnoblett]

how long after your married you send the paperwork till you get your green card?

 

Can take upwards to a year.

 

Asked here http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/48731-whats-the-recent-time-frame-for-k1-aos/

[Hapa77]

wow that long? so the CR1 is quicker then?my wife got her within 45 days i think the uscis told me 90 days a co worker told me he still waiting him and his wife married here in the states in april

[dnoblett]

wow that long? so the CR1 is quicker then?my wife got her within 45 days i think the uscis told me 90 days a co worker told me he still waiting him and his wife married here in the states in april

Yes, if immigrant has intention to take a job and work shortly after arrival the CR-1 or IR-1 is the way to go, a K-1 is similar to a visit visa and has no evidence of work authorization until after marriage and filing for and getting an EAD, or later the green card.