Best Rout

[GhantaBro]

Hey guys,

Once I get my citizenship, what is the fastest way to get my wife who is backhome? I heard that if you stay with her for 3 months backhome, it gets done fast....thank u all for suggestion.

[PraetorianXI]

there is no such 3 month thing... It all starts with filing I-130. There are no faster ways...

[boatbod]

There are two basic routes, given that (DCF) direct consular filing has been all but eliminated.

i. Consular Processing (CP): approximately 9 months end to end. First you file the I-130, and then you follow though the ping pong paper pushing exercise with NVC. Eventually your wife's local US consulate calls her for interview and issues a DS-230 immigrant visa. Once you wife arrives in the US with the immigrant visa, it is automatically converted into a GC.

ii. K-3 visa: approximately 6-9 months for K-3 followed by ~6 months AOS after arrival in the US. First you file I-130, then you file I-129F to start the K-3 process. Once the K-3 is issued by the local US consulate, you wife may travel to the US and file I-485 for adjustment of status.

Theoretically option ii should be much quicker, but these days the delays in K-3 processing are slowing things so that K-3 and CP can take nearly the same length of time. Bear in mind too, that K-3 is much more expensive than CP.

[Triple Citizen]

That depends on where backhome is.

Originally Posted by GhantaBro

I heard that if you stay with her for 3 months backhome

[boatbod]

Originally Posted by Triple Citizen

That depends on where backhome is.

Yes, I guess I conveniently "forgot" to mention the 3rd (legally questionable) option of getting her into the US on a tourist visa then applying for I-485. Harder to implement if you are already married when she tried to enter the US.

[Triple Citizen]

I wanted to know the home country for two reasons. DCF is still alive in some places, and secondly, the local US consulate load can be gauged.

Originally Posted by boatbod

Yes, I guess I conveniently "forgot" to mention the 3rd (legally questionable) option of getting her into the US on a tourist visa then applying for I-485. Harder to implement if you are already married when she tried to enter the US.