Before Coming to US
My fiancé
My fiancée
How to apply
Where to applyArriving
in US
Enter the Customs
Work permit
After Arrival
Getting married?
How soon?
What after?
What about my child?
Asking extension?
Our Help
Prepare your petition
File your petition
Consular Service
What
is K visa?
What
are the requirements for K visa?
What
is next?
Apply
for green card if you are already the spouse of a US citizen
What can we help you?
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How to bring my
fiancée to
the United States?
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| 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 USCIS 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 USCIS
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. |
If your fiancé(e) intends to
live and work permanently in the United States, your fiancé(e) should apply to become a
permanent resident after your marriage. (If your fiancé(e) does not intend to become a
permanent resident after your marriage, your fiancé(e)/new spouse must leave the country
within the 90-day original nonimmigrant admission.)
Please note, your fiancé(e) will initially receive conditional
permanent residence status for two years. Conditional permanent residency is granted when
the marriage creating the relationship is less than two years old at the time of
adjustment to permanent residence status.
Please note: Your
fiancé(e) may enter the United
States only one time with a fiancé(e) visa. If your fiancé(e) leaves the country before
you are married, your fiancé(e) may not be allowed back into the United States without a
new visa. Please note: Your fiancé(e) may enter the United
States only one time with a fiancé(e) visa. If your fiancé(e) leaves the country before
you are married, your fiancé(e) may not be allowed back into the United States without a
new visa.
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Who can File Immigration Petition?
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U.S. citizens who will be getting married to a foreign national in the United
States may petition for a fiancé(e) classification (K-1) for their
fiancé(e). You and
your fiancé(e) must be free to marry. This means that both of you are unmarried, or that
any previous marriages have ended through divorce, annulment or death. You must also have
met with your fiancé(e) in person within the last two years before filing for the
fiancé(e) visa. This requirement can be waived only if meeting your
fiancé(e) in person
would violate long-established customs, or if meeting your fiancé(e) would create extreme
hardship for you. You and your fiancé(e) must marry within 90 days of your
fiancé(e)
entering the United States.
You may also apply to bring your fiancé(e)'s unmarried children, who are under age 21, to
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How
do I apply?
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| We suggest you let us
to take care of it for you. If you want to do it by yourself,
please read below carefully
Only a U.S.
citizen may file Ithis petition (Petition for Alien Fiancé(e))
on behalf of a fiancé(e). The U.S. citizen filing the petition must
provide the following items to the BCIS:
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 | Evidence of your U.S.
citizenship - your original U.S. birth certificate, your U.S.
passport, your Certificate of Naturalization, or your
Certificate of Citizenship.
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| One color photo of you and one
of your fiancé(e) taken within 30 days of filing.
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| A copy of any divorce decrees,
death certificates, or annulment decrees if either you or your
fiancé(e) have been previously married.
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| Proof showing you and your
fiancé(e) have met before, such as pictures taken together,
telephone bills, internaitonal airtickets, affidavits. You
need to provide proof of permission to marry if you or your
fiancé(e) are subject to any age restrictions. (For instance,
in some U.S. states, you must receive special permission to
marry if you are under the age of 16.) |
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How to Remove the Conditions on your
Green Card?
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If the marriage is less than two years old when
the foreign-born spouse receives residency, both spouses must submit a joint petition, the
"Petition to Remove the Conditions on Residence."
The joint petition has two purposes: to petition for the removal of the condition
and/or to apply for a waiver of the requirement to file the joint petition.
Conditional residence is given for two years, if the parties were married for less than
two years on the day of adjustment or admission to lawful residence. INA 216 (a) (1) and
(g). The statute requires that the parties to the marriage submit a joint petition to
remove the conditional basis of the status, within the last 90 days of the status. Failure
to do so results in the loss of the status, at the end of the two-year period.
To retain our service to file your joint
petion, please contact us at the number and
address shown above. At the same time, gather all documents establishing that
the marriage was entered into in "good faith" and not the purpose of evading the
immigration laws. This evidence can include birth certificates of the children born to the
marriage, financial record showing joint ownership of assets, and affidavits of "at
least two people." |
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