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Through direct consular filling, you can get the CR-1 visa in about 5 months time (that is if your wife has permission to reside in the uk and has been living here for about a year).misty_minou wrote:Hi All
I am british and my wife is american, at the moment we are residing in the UK. But we are looking at emigrating to the USA in the next year or so!
We have realised that we will need to get either the K1 or K3 visas.
Does anyone have any ideas how long these things take? Also if anyone has any idea of a rough cost for the entire emigration process (a big ask I know) or is willing to have a chat about the whole process as we are going round in circles it would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Mark (and a very homesick) Lindsay
I just had a close friend go through the CR-1 and amazingly the whole thing was just shy of 4 months! Very fast from what I've seen others post!ElenaW wrote:Through direct consular filling, you can get the CR-1 visa in about 5 months time (that is if your wife has permission to reside in the uk and has been living here for about a year).misty_minou wrote:Hi All
I am british and my wife is american, at the moment we are residing in the UK. But we are looking at emigrating to the USA in the next year or so!
We have realised that we will need to get either the K1 or K3 visas.
Does anyone have any ideas how long these things take? Also if anyone has any idea of a rough cost for the entire emigration process (a big ask I know) or is willing to have a chat about the whole process as we are going round in circles it would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Mark (and a very homesick) Lindsay
k1 does not apply to you as that is for a fiancee. K3 is a non immigrant visa so I would suggest you apply for the CR-1 or IR-1(if you've been married for more than 2 years).
Timeline for Cr-1 or IR-1 filed through direct consular filing:
4-5 months
Timeline for same visas or K3 filed from within the united states:
8-10 months
Friends have spent about $2,000 on the process.