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Fiance Visas

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WITH EXPERTISE IN CONSULATE VISA PROCESSING

Fiance Visas: You may petition for your fiance to come to the United States to marry. The requirements are the following:

(1) A fiancee/fiance of United States citizen
(2) Seeks to enter U.S. solely to conclude a valid marriage with petitioner.
(3) Plans to marry within 90 days after entry.
(4) Minor children of fiances can accompany them (K-2).

You will be required to provide proof that:
(1) There is a bona fide intention to marry within 90 days of fiancé's entry
(2) No legal impediments to marriage;
(3) You have previously met in person within two years of filing petition. BCIS may waive the in person requirement, where there is extreme hardship or long established custom in your country that does not allow.

Where the wedding is to take place in the United States, the couple can consider the K-1 fiance nonimmigrant visa as an option to bring the foreign national into the country, if he or she is not here already. The K-1 has the advantage of relatively quick processing (depending on particular procedures at each consulate at the visa issuing stage), allowing the foreign national to enter the United States legally and obtain employment authorization.

Where the wedding is to take place outside the United States, the couple can consider the K-3 nonimmigrant visa as an option to immigrant visa processing to bring the spouse into the country. The K-3 also has the advantage of quicker processing (depending on particular procedures at each consulate at the visa issuing stage) than immigrant visa processing.

Areas Of Practice

  • US Immigration for Business and Family
  • US Citizenship
  • Business Formation
  • International Adoptions
  • Temporary Business Visas
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