What is a K1 Visa/Fiancee Visa?
The K1 fiancee visa will allow you to legally marry your fiancee in the United States. The K1 visa allows your fiancee into the United States for a period of 90 days, for the purpose of getting married to a United States citizen, if she does not marry within that 90 day period; your fiancee is required to leave the United States before her visa expires.
The fiancee visa, (also known as K1 fiance visas, or K1 visa), is the best way to get your fiancee into the United States so that you can be married in the United States. It also allows her to do things like meet your family and also allows her to see if she will like it here in the United States.
The K1 fiancee visa application process is complex; the slightest mistake can cause you long delays, and possibly result in your fiancée being denied a K1 fiancee Visa. If you are caught misrepresenting facts on your application, it can result in you never getting a fiancee visa. There are also new statutes as part of the Homeland Security Act, which pertains to K 1 fiancee visas; you need to be aware of these, especially if you were introduced online.
Requirements to apply for a K1 fiancee visa:
- The person that is petitioning the K1 Visa must be a United States citizen. Anyone that is not a permanent citizen or anyone that has a green card is not eligible to do this.
- Show that the two of you are ready, willing and legally able to marry. This means that both partners must be unmarried, or that any ended marriages have been finalized with divorce, annulment or death.
- That the two of you have met face to face at some point within the past two years.
- Your fiancee must also be able to pass a medical exam at a clinic that is approved by the United States government. Your fiancee must not have any type of communicable disease or serious mental illness.
- Your fiancee must not have a criminal record of any kind.
The child of a fiancee may receive a derivative K-2 visa from his/her parent’s fiancee petition. You, the American citizen petitioner, must make sure that you name the child in the I-129F fiancee visa petition. After the marriage of the child’s parent and the American citizen, the child will need a separate form I-485 application to register permanent residence or to Adjust Status. The child may travel with your fiancee or travel later within one year from the date of issuance of the K-1 visa to their parent. A separate petition is not required if the children accompany or follow your fiancee within one year from the date of issuance of her K1 visa. If it is long than one year from the date of visa issuance, a separate visa petition is required.
It is wise to hire an expert to assist you with preparing and processing your fiancée visa application, so that you make sure that it gets done right the first time!
Filed by admin at October 18th, 2007 under General