Do American citizens apply for their fiance to get married in the United States in China, or wait until they get married in the United States? About how long? How much is the lawyer's fee and applicat

Do American citizens apply for their fiance to get married in the United States in China, or wait until they get married in the United States? About how long? How much is the lawyer's fee and application fee? The quickest way is to submit an application for CR 1 in Guangzhou. Now it usually takes only three months, but it requires citizens to stay in China for six consecutive months and have a residence permit (they can apply for an L visa after marriage), otherwise they can only apply to the US Immigration Service in the United States.

In this case, K 1 will be faster than CR 1, but if you want to change your identity after K 1, you have to pay more than direct CR 1. If the lawyer's fee is not clear, you can consult a local immigration lawyer, but this application process is not responsible and you can do it yourself.

K 1 fiance (wife) of an American citizen, and K2 for unmarried children under 2 1.

The application fee is 340 USD I- 129F (K 1 comes with K2, K 1+K2 only needs to pay an application fee).

China applicants must marry their fiancé within 90 days after entering the United States with a K/KLOC-0 visa, or they must leave the United States before the 90th day, otherwise they are illegal residents. K 1 visas cannot be converted into other types of visas, such as student visas and work visas. If you don't marry an American citizen who applied for a K/KLOC-0 visa within 90 days, you can't change your identity even if you marry another American citizen. You must go back to China and start applying for CR 1 again.

K 1 After marriage, American citizens (LG) can apply for transfer of identity for China applicants and their children, fill in the I-485 form, and apply for a work card and an entry permit to the United States at the same time (both of which are free). A * * * is $985 +85 per person (the price is often adjusted, so the information on the I-485 form shall prevail). Now, let's apply for work permit together. At present, it usually takes about 3-4 months from application to getting a two-year green card. Within 90 days before the two-year conditional green card expires, American citizens must submit an application for canceling the conditional green card for you. Generally, it takes about 4 months to change it into a ten-year green card. You can get a green card for ten years after approval.

American citizens must apply for a green card for China applicants within one year after entering China. If it exceeds one year, their marriage will be invalid and they must return to China. (Unless there is a justifiable reason)

If China applicants have children, they can fill in the information of their children in the application form of K 1 (I- 129F), which means that they have applied for a K2 visa for their children, that is, K 1 has its own K2. If you don't fill in your children, you don't apply for them. K2 doesn't need to pay the application fee (if you don't fill in the child information at the time of application, but want to apply for a child in the future, you can fill in the P3 form and send it back to ML together with the P3 form of K 1).

Brief introduction of foreign CR 1/CR2/IR 1/IR2 visa:

Cr 1 the spouse of an American citizen who has been married for two years, and 2 1 the unmarried children under the age of 0 are CR2.

IR 1 The spouse of an American citizen who has been married for two years, and the unmarried children under 2 1 are IR2.

The application fee is $355 /I- 130.

American citizens living in the United States can only submit CR/IR applications to the immigration service centers in their residential areas, 00 1 called foreign CR 1/CR2/IR 1/IR2.

If American citizens work or study in China and hold a residence permit in China, they can apply for a DCF visa in embassies and consulates in China, USA (direct consular filing). This is the fastest. If he is not a sensitive major or occupation in party member, he is not seriously injured and does not need to wait for an answer. The whole process took less than three months.

CR 1/IR 1/DCF is an immigrant visa. After entering the United States, you can receive a two-year conditional green card (less than two years from the wedding date to the entry date)/a ten-year green card (more than two years from the wedding date to the entry date) from the immigration office in the United States.

CR 1 Before or during the interview, if you have been married for two years, the immigration officer will automatically change your situation from CR 1 to IR 1, which means that you must obtain a green card for ten years after entering the country. CR 1 Married for two years at the time of employment. The immigration officer of the Immigration Department may not issue a ten-year green card, but a two-year conditional green card. At this time, you need to get it from the immigration officer in time. If the immigration officer is not persuaded, a two-year conditional green card will still be issued. After entering the country, you can apply to the Immigration Bureau to renew your green card for ten years.

Children:

American citizens can apply for a CR2/IR2 visa for your children (stepchildren of American citizens) separately at the same time, but you cannot apply for a visa under the following circumstances. After becoming an American citizen, you can only apply for an F 1/F3 visa for your children, spouse and children. You LG can't apply for any visa for your child:

A. When you marry an American citizen, your child is over 18 years old.

B the child is over 2 1 year old at the time of application.

Both K 1 and CR 1 need at least 9- 12 months, and K 1 will be a little faster than CR 1, but now CR is electronic and faster than before. There is not much difference in speed between the two. Personally, if your relationship is stable, you can consider applying for Cr65438 after getting married in China.

Please keep asking questions.