Just curious what those additional procedures might be. I am kinda sorta in the same boat but only in one regard. I will be going to India before the end of the year and like you I also have plans to get married to an Indian citizen when I am there. The difference is that I am already a US citizen and so these additional procedures (whatever they are) will definitely apply to me.
Also where did you see the K-3 timeline (and I don't mean the official one posted by USCIS). There seems to be very little information available even on this forum that is recent and relevant.
-KM
kagemusha, Please review the following sites below for your answers. You might need NOC from the U.S embassy or so, if you are a foreign citizen. Please read it.
http://newdelhi.usembassy.gov/acsmarr.html
http://delhiadvocate.tripod.com/marriage_registration/marriage_registration_5.html
Regarding K-3 visa timeline - it is based on my stats tracked since Jan 2006. It used to take only couple of months, but now it takes more than 6 months.
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Posted Date I-130 I-129F
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01/24/2006 10/29/2005 12/10/2005
02/22/2006 11/26/2005 01/29/2006
03/20/2006 12/03/2005 02/19/2006
04/21/2006 12/10/2005 03/19/2006
05/22/2006 12/17/2005 03/06/2006
06/20/2006 12/24/2005 03/06/2006
07/19/2006 02/05/2006 04/03/2006
08/28/2006 02/23/2006 02/23/2006
09/08/2006 02/05/2006 03/08/2006
09/19/2006 02/05/2006 03/20/2006
10/12/2006 02/05/2006 04/11/2006
10/30/2006 02/05/2006 05/02/2006
11/17/2006 03/12/2006 05/13/2006
12/05/2006 03/12/2006 06/01/2006
12/18/2006 03/12/2006 06/15/2006
01/17/2007 03/12/2006 07/17/2006
02/20/2007 03/12/2006 08/21/2006
03/15/2007 03/12/2006 09/13/2006
04/18/2007 03/12/2006 10/14/2006
05/18/2007 03/12/2006 11/13/2006
06/18/2007 11/02/2006 12/14/2006
07/16/2007 12/17/2006 01/13/2007
08/16/2007 01/31/2007 02/13/2007
Hope this helps out.