Requirements for US Fiance Visas
The US fiance visa (or KI visa) is a visa solution meant for use by those US citizens wishing to marry their foreign fiances in the United States. When compared to immigration visa petitions that are marriage-based, the waiting period for the K1 fiance visa is shorter.
The primary requirement to obtain a US fiance visa is that the petitioner should be a US citizen. Other requirements include:
aThe petitioner should have met the foreign fiance in person within the two years preceding the filing of the petition with the USCIS (US Citizenship and Immigration Services). However, this requirement may be waived by the Attorney General.
aBoth the petitioner and his/her fiance should be legally free to marry.
aThe petitioner and foreign fiance must get married within 90 days of the latter arriving in the US. This period is not extendable.
aThe foreign fiance must not possess a criminal record and must have never violated laws of US immigration.
aThe petitioner should satisfy a minimum income requirement.
aThe petitioner should possess documents to prove his/her US citizenship and submit them to the USCIS when asked for. Those born in the US can submit a copy of the front and reverse side of their birth certificate as proof. Naturalized US citizens can submit a copy of their Certificate of Naturalization.
In addition to proof of US citizenship, the petitioner is normally required to submit other supporting documents like valid passports, financial statements, proof of support, and one color photograph of himself/herself and the foreign fiance along with the USCIS Form I-129F, the Petition for Alien Fiance.
The foreign fiances can bring their children, if any, along with them to the US and get K-2 visas issued for them. For this, the children should be unmarried, under 21 and their names should be listed on Form I-129F. Once married in the US, the foreign national can become a United States Citizen by applying for Green Card through Marriage.
