k1 visa

If you are a United States citizen who want your foreign fiance to
travel to the United States for the purpose of marrying you and living
with you, then you must file for a K1 visa. This dual intent visa is
issued to a foreign fiance to enter into United States. The visa is
processed by the Immigrant Visa section of United States Embassies and
Consulates worldwide.

There are certain conditions that must be satisfied in order to apply
for a K1 visa. A US citizen must file for this visa for his/her
foreign fiancé. The visa must be applied by filing a form I-129F with
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). In order
to apply for the visa, both the fiancées must be eligible for marriage
with respect to age. Moreover, they must not be already married to
each other or to someone else. The partners are not eligible to apply
for this dual intent visa is they are of the same sex.

The specific requirements that a foreign fiance of a US citizen must
fulfill so as to get his/her K1 visa application in order for the
issue to be issued are as follows:
• The person to whom the visa is to be issued must pass a medical
fitness test, and must pass the interview conducted by a Consular
Officer.
• The person to whom the visa is to be issued must have a passport
that is valid for travel to the United States. The validity date of
the passport must be more than six months beyond the person’s plan of
stay in the United States.
• The person to whom the visa is to be issued must have a birth
certificate. The US citizen and his/her foreign fiancé to whom the
visa is to be issued must provide the divorce certificate if the
applicant has been legally divorced from previous spouse. The person
must have death certificate in case his/her previous spouse has
expired.
• The person to whom the visa is to be issued must submit a medical
fitness certificate, and financial support evidence.
• The US citizen and his/her foreign fiance to whom the visa is to be
issued must have a minimum income requirement.
• The US citizen and his/her foreign fiancé to whom the visa is to be
issued must provide two Nonimmigrant Visa Applications, one
Nonimmigrant Fiance Visa Application, and two nonimmigrant visa photos
of specific size.
• The US citizen and his/her foreign fiancé to whom the visa is to be
issued must provide fiancé relationship evidence.

When applying for a K1 visa, you will be charged Alien Fiancé(e)
Petition filing fee, Nonimmigrant visa application processing fee,
medical fitness testing fee, fingerprinting fee, translation &
photocopying fee, and other Alien Fiancé(e) visa application
processing fee, etc. Once the applicant and his/her fiancé fulfills
all the requirements and if they passes the medical fitness test, the
visa will be issued after all the required procedures are completed.

A foreign fiance who is issued with this visa must marry the US
citizen who filed for the fiancé visa within a period of 90 days. In
case he/she fails to marry the US citizen within 90 days, he/she must
leave the US. Once the visa holder leaves the US after entering the US
once, the visa expires. That is, the visa permits to enter the US only
once, and you cannot re-enter US using the same visa.

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details about it by browsing related websites. After knowing essential
details, you may make an inquiry with the required department.

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