{"id":728,"date":"2012-08-25T13:54:07","date_gmt":"2012-08-25T19:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=728"},"modified":"2016-10-20T18:12:59","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T00:12:59","slug":"which-visa-is-faster-k1-visa-or-k3-visa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=728","title":{"rendered":"Which Visa is Faster: K1 Visa or K3 Visa"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am planning on marrying a girl from the philippines.\u00a0I was wondering if its quicker her to get her here in America if I marry her here or if I marry here there in the philippines?\u00a0Also what form do I need to fill out?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In our experience the K1 visa is quicker by a couple of months.\u00a0Some of our K1 visas have been approved and issued in as little as 3 months whereas K3 visas typically take 6-9 months.\u00a0Getting married does not make your case any stronger or more likely to be approved so there\u2019s no real benefit to sponsoring her as your wife.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am planning on marrying a girl from the philippines.\u00a0I was wondering if its quicker her to get her here in America if I marry her here or if I marry here there in the philippines?\u00a0Also what form do I need to fill out? In our experience the K1 visa is quicker by a couple … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,36],"tags":[184,187],"class_list":["post-728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-k-1-visa","category-k-3-visa","tag-k-1-visa","tag-k-3-visa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t