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What is a Fiancee Visa
If your fiancé(e) is not a citizen of the United States and you plan to get married in the United States, then you must file a petition with INS on behalf of your fiancé(e). After the petition is approved, your fiancé(e) must obtain a visa issued at a U.S. Embassy or consulate abroad. The marriage must take place within 90 days of your fiancé(e) entering the United States. If the marriage does not take place within 90 days or your fiancé(e) marries someone other than you (the U.S. citizen filing INS Form I-129F - Petition for Alien Fiancé), your fiancé(e) will be required to leave the United States. Until the marriage takes place, your fiancé(e) is considered a nonimmigrant. A nonimmigrant is a foreign national seeking to temporarily enter the United States for a specific purpose. A fiancé(e) may not obtain an extension of the 90-day original nonimmigrant admission.
I129F PetitionThe fiance(e) petition (Form I-129-F) and two G-325-A biographic information forms. You must fill out completely both the petition and biographic information forms. Your fiance(e) will be required to present the supporting financial documents at the time of his/her visa interview.
We will also need all of the following documents:
photocopies of any death certificates of a previous spouse that you or your fiance(e) may have and photocopies of any divorce decrees terminating a previous marriage that you and your fiance(e) may have, with translations;
two passport-size photographs of both yourself and your fiance(e), attached to the bottom of the G-325 biographic forms;
a photograph of the two of you together to prove you have met;
proof you have a genuine bone fide relatonship
INS will notify you and forward the petition to the embassy for your fiancé(e)’s country of residence.
Notifying Your Fiance(e) :
Upon receipt of the approved I-129F petition , the local American embassy will send a letter and information sheet to the Beneficiary outlining
the steps to be taken to apply for an Alien Fiancé(e) visa, called a "K" visa. The embassy will generate a computer name check. The mandatory name check procedure takes several days. After
the name check clears, the embassy can schedule the applicant for an interview.
Scheduling: Visa Interview and Medical Examinations
Before the interview, the Beneficiary must complete a medical examination at an Embassy-approved medical facility. Forms and information about this is included in the information packet.
The visa application fee is $455 per person; there is no issuance fee. If the Beneficiary's interview is successful, the "K" visa will be issued on the afternoon of the day of the interview. The "K" visa is valid for a single entry during a 6-month period.
Interview at US Embassy or Consulate
The Beneficiary must provide:1. A valid International Passport with a photocopy of the first page.
2. An original birth certificate with photocopy and translation into English.
3. Applicants are required to submit police certificate in all names as well as all dates of birth that they have used. Police certificate must contain references to each place in which the applicant lives or has lived for more than six months since reaching the age of 16, regardless of where he/she is officially registered. This includes localities where applicants have lived during university studies. If the applicant was on his military service, he should bring the certificate from the local draft board. If an applicant has lived abroad for more than one year a police certificate must also be submitted from the country in which he/she lived. Military records will be accepted only from local authorities and not from military commissions.
4. If applicable, evidence of termination of any prior marriage: original, photocopy and translation into English.
5. An accompanying child requires a valid passport (or may be included in the parent's passport), a birth certificate and a medical examination. If a child is 16 years of age or over, police certificates are required.
6. Two photos of passport size black and white full face for visa.
7. Two photos of passport size for medical exam.
8. There is an application fee of $131 (per person, payable at the Embassy on the day of interview.
9. Documents confirming relationship: photos of Petitioner and Beneficiary together, letters to each other, phone bills, emails....
10. Results of Medical Examination in sealed envelope.
11. Employment letter with Sponsors salary information and/or a copy of tax returns (Form 1040) for the last year.
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The Conditional Permanent Resident Card can be converted just before the two year anniversary of issuance to
unconditional status by making another application and attending a second interview. Otherwise, the
Conditional Permanent Resident Card will expire, and the applicant will be subject to exclusion from the
United States. Again, the interviewer will be looking to see if this is a legitimate marriage, however, if
the couple has split up and a history of spousal abuse can be documented to the USCIS, the fiancee alone
can apply for the unconditional status. In other words, the power of the Petitioner to coerce and intimidate
the fiancee is reduced and the fiancee will be excused by the USCIS if it can be shown the separation or
divorce was the fault of the Petitioner. This ties back in with not granting K1/K2 petitions to US citizens
that have a history of violence or sex crimes. The foreign spouse may apply for US citizenship three years
after the issuance of the Conditional Permanent Resident Card if married the whole time to the US Citizen,
or otherwise five years after the issuance of the Conditional Permanent Resident Card.
Expert Tip # 8
Send copies of all supporting documents you attached to the I-129F, and I-134 to your Fiancee. She should review these and be intimately conversant with their contents. She should bring all of these documents to her interview at the consulate. For some documents she may be required to present originals, or certified copies of originals, make sure she gets these well in advance of her interview. A check list of what documents to send is included in Fiancee Visa Secrets eBook
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