One option in situations where a U.S. citizen plans to marry a foreign national, and would like the wedding to take place in the United States, is a K-1 fiance visa. This lets the foreign-born fiance spend 90 days in the U.S., get married, and if desired apply for a U.S. green card through the U.S.-based application process known as adjustment of status.
Learn what the law requires of someone applying for a K-1 visa based on a planned marriage to a U.S. citizen.
The petitioner's role, including the basic eligibility requirements for the K-1 fiance visa.
While no K-1 visa is available to foreign spouses of U.S. permanent residents, you can plan for future eligibility.
If you, as a U.S. citizen, and your foreign-born fiancé(e) fail to meet in person within the two years prior to submitting a petition for a K-1 fiancé(e) visa, expect a denial.
Making the best use of your 90 days in the U.S. in K-1 status.
Strategies for gaining the right to work in the U.S. as soon as possible.
Be warned: The K-1 visa is for one-time use only.
Learn about "automatic visa revalidation."
A rundown of all the practical steps involved in applying for a green card as the married fiance of a U.S. citizen.
A comprehensive, detailed guide to applying for a K-1 fiance visa, marriage-based K-3 visa, marriage-based immigrant visa, or marriage-based adjustment of status in the United States.
Engaged to a U.S. citizen and hoping to come to the U.S. for the wedding? Here's how to apply for a K-1 visa and K-2 visas for your minor, unmarried children.
You need to do more than just fill in the blanks on Form I-129F for your K-1 fiancé visa petition.
In order to being the process of applying for a K-1 fiance visa (which allows a foreign citizen to enter the U.S and spend 90 days, with the purpose of marrying a U.S. citizen.
A K-1 fiancé visa holder's unmarried children might be eligible to accompany them to the United States on K-2 visas.
I just went to my K-1 fiancé visa interview at the U.S. Embassy, thinking I had all of my paperwork together and was ready, and the embassy officer denied me the visa!
If you come to the U.S. on a K-1 visa, but don't go through with the marriage, you might still be eligible for a green card based on marrying someone else.
Act quickly. Your status in the U.S. is currently unlawful, meaning that if you were, for some reason, encountered by U.S. immigration authorities, you would be placed into removal (deportation) proceedings.
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