K-1 Visa (Fiancé Visa) Marriage Visa Application Process

For many applicants, the process does not go smoothly. According to statistics, close to 30% of applications are delayed due to incomplete or incorrect information.

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These are important guidelines you must be aware of for the K1 visa so as not to violate the terms and be forced to have your fiance leave the United States.

They are as follows:

• K1 Fiance Visa Petition must be filed by the U.S. citizen with USCIS (US Immigration) on behalf of his/her fiance.
• After the petition is approved, the fiance must obtain a visa issued at a U.S. Embassy or consulate abroad.
• The marriage must take place within ninety days of entry into the United States or your fiance must leave the country.
• The K1 visa cannot be renewed
• Your unmarried children under the age of 21 are eligible to accompany you on your K1 visa. They will apply for the K-2 Visa.
• After using the K1 visa to come to the United States and get married, your foreign spouse has the choice of either returning to their home country or staying and applying for a U.S. Green Card by starting the Adjustment of Status Process.

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The main eligibility criteria for getting a K1 Fiance visa are:

• One person is a U.S. citizen (not a permanent resident or green card holder)
• Both members of the couple are legally able to marry (single and of legal age)
• Your fiance must have a genuine intention of marrying you, the U.S. citizen petitioner, after arriving in the U.S.
• The two of you must have met and seen each other in person within the past two years.
• You must meet the minimum income requirements or have a sponsor

This visa is not for use by couples who are simply considering marriage. You will have to show that you have made actual wedding plans for your 90-day stay. For example having the place, date, and type of ceremony or proceedings organized – even if it’s only in front of a judge.

Once you marry – if the 90-day validity period of the K1 visa has not yet expired – you may file for a Green Card without leaving the United States. This is called Adjustment of Status.

Since you have already gotten a K1 visa, you are exempt from the normal first step in this process (the I-130 visa petition). You will, however, be subject to the two-year conditional residency placed on green cards obtained through marriage to a U.S. citizen.

For some couples, the requirement that they have already met is difficult or violates their religious principles. If you practice a religion in which marriages are customarily arranged by families and premarital meetings are prohibited, you can ask that a meeting requirement be waived.

You’ll have to show that both parties will be following all the customs of marriage and weddings that are part of the religion. It is also possible to get a waiver of the personal meeting requirement if such a meeting would cause an extreme hardship to the U.S. citizen member of the couple.

Only the most extreme situations involving medical problems are likely to be regarded as a good enough reason for the waiver to be granted. Economic problems alone are not usually acceptable.

There are several USCIS forms and supporting documents that need to be completed to make up the complete K1 Fiance Application. They are as follows:

1. Form I-129F – Petition for Alien
2. Form G-325A – Biographics
3. Supporting documents
4. Passport photographs
5. Pay USCIS Document Fees ($340 + additional form fees)

Getting the K1 visa is a four-step process and the fifth step is for your Green Card:

1. Mail the K1 visa petition on USCIS Form I-129F with filing fee to a USCIS regional service center in the United States.
2. After the petition is approved, your application is sent to the National Visa Center (NVC). They will then forward your application to the U.S. Embassy in your fiance(e)’s country.
3. The U.S. Embassy will then contact your fiance(e) to complete additional forms and provide supporting documents as well as pay an additional visa fee. Your fiance(e) will bring these to the interview at the U.S. Embassy in their home country.
4. If approved, your foreign fiance(e) obtains their K1 visa and uses this visa to enter the United States.
5. You then get married in the U.S. within 90 days of arrival and begin the Adjustment of Status process for your fiance(e)’s Green card.

The K1 Fiance Visa processing time is 4-7 months in most cases . If you are part of the 30% who makes a mistake or submits an incomplete application your processing time can be longer than 10 months.

Unfortunately, you will not know if your application is incomplete until the government informs you. You can avoid these types of costly mistakes by using the Visa Streamline System.

The total USCIS filing fees can vary. Here is a basic guideline of what you can expect to pay.

• Filing an Alien Fiance Petition – $535 USD (paid by US Citizen at time of initial filing)
• Consulate application processing fee – $240 USD (varies with each embassy, paid by foreign fiance)
• Medical examination (required for each K visa applicant; costs vary with each embassy)
• Other costs may include translation and photocopying charges, fees for getting the documents required for the visa application (such as passport, police certificates, birth certificates, etc.), and travel expenses to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate for an interview. Costs vary from country to country and case to case.

USCIS has increased these marriage visa application fees as of December 23, 2016. Please ensure you take this into account when mailing your application to avoid delays.

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Many people spend months trying to figure out how to apply. They post questions to forums, search the internet for endless documents to read … on and on. If they make a mistake, USCIS (US immigration) asks for more information, causing delays.

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