What's the difference between IR 1 visa and CR 1 visa?

The spouse of an American citizen who has been married for two years, and the unmarried children under 2 1 year old are cr2.

ir 1

The spouse of an American citizen who has been married for two years, and the unmarried children under 2 1 year old are ir2.

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 dcf in embassies and consulates in China (Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang, Chengdu and Guangzhou).

Visa (direct

Consular

For the record), 00 1 is called domestic cr 1/cr2.

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For domestic ir 1/cr2 (Chinese) /dcf (English), please refer to the Domestic cr 1/cr2/ir 1/ir2 Visa Guide.

Cr 1/ir 1/dcf is an immigrant visa. After entering the United States, you can receive a two-year conditional green card from the immigration office at home in the United States within 4-8 weeks (less than two years from the wedding date to the entry date).

Ten-year green card (lasting more than two years from the date of marriage to the date of entry).

Cr 1, if you have been married for two years before the interview or interview, the immigration officer will automatically change your situation from cr 1 to ir 1, which means that you must get a ten-year green card after entering the country and get married for two years when entering the country. Cr 1, 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 you are not persuaded,

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.

Cr 1/ir 1 cannot bring its own cr2/ir2.

You need to fill out the application form separately for your child and pay the application fee.

If the child is an American citizen and your own child, and the American fiance has lived in the United States for five years, the child can automatically become an American citizen. American citizens can apply for American passports for their children directly in the United States and go to the United States directly with you. Otherwise, the child is not an American citizen and needs to fill out the application form and application fee separately for the child. Cr 1 cannot bring it back to cr2.

Click to view the relevant regulations of the US Immigration Bureau in official website on the application for US passports by children born to American citizens overseas.

Click to view the homework of overseas-born children of American citizens applying for American passports (in Chinese).

After the foreign application of cr 1/ir 1 was accepted by the Immigration Bureau, that is, after receiving p 1,

You can apply for k3/k4,

In order to enter the United States early for reunion,

Continue to wait for cr/ir visa in the United States or apply for green card directly in the United States.

Please click to view the relevant k3/k4 visa information.

Longshuo visa office.