K3-Visa for British Wife to Come to the United States

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Hello all,

My wife and I have filled out 'Form I-130 Petition for Alien Relative' and the 'Supplemental Form I-130a' for her K-3 visa and I am starting my new job soon so I can save money for her filing fee.

I am just a tad bit confused by what the USCIS website says for steps to take to file this process, specifically on this webpage: https://www.uscis.gov/family/family-...mmigrant-visas. It says this right at the beginning "If you are a U.S. citizen and you filed a Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative for your foreign spouse who is abroad, you can also file a Form I-129F, Petition for Alien Fiancé(e)". Now the fee for filing Form I-130 is $535 and it is the same for Form I-129F, however, it also says that if you are filing for your spouse to get a K-3 visa, then you don't have to pay the other $535 for Form I-129F. Also, can I file these forms together or should I file them separately? I want to get my wife a K-3 visa to shorten the time we are apart and even get her work authorisation before we apply for a CR-1.

What is the best way to go about all of this?

I just wanted to verify with someone that this is true as I don't want to just send a check for $535 when I may have to pay $1,070, you know? I'm new to this USA immigration application stuff.

Thank you in advance for your advice.

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Hello all,

My wife and I have filled out 'Form I-130 Petition for Alien Relative' and the 'Supplemental Form I-130a' for her K-3 visa and I am starting my new job soon so I can save money for her filing fee.

I am just a tad bit confused by what the USCIS website says for steps to take to file this process, specifically on this webpage: https://www.uscis.gov/family/family-...mmigrant-visas. It says this right at the beginning "If you are a U.S. citizen and you filed a Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative for your foreign spouse who is abroad, you can also file a Form I-129F, Petition for Alien Fiancé(e)". Now the fee for filing Form I-130 is $535 and it is the same for Form I-129F, however, it also says that if you are filing for your spouse to get a K-3 visa, then you don't have to pay the other $535 for Form I-129F. Also, can I file these forms together or should I file them separately? I want to get my wife a K-3 visa to shorten the time we are apart and even get her work authorisation before we apply for a CR-1.

What is the best way to go about all of this?

I just wanted to verify with someone that this is true as I don't want to just send a check for $535 when I may have to pay $1,070, you know? I'm new to this USA immigration application stuff.

Thank you in advance for your advice.

To file for K-3 you would file I-130 and I-129F together ($535 for I-130 and the I-129F is free). But K-3 is obsolete; nobody gets K-3s anymore even if they apply for it. It does not shorten the time. Almost certainly she will get an immigrant visa directly.