The Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA") provides a nonimmigrant visa classification, "K-1", for aliens coming to the United States to marry U.S. citizens and
reside in the U.S.
resident status (under the LIFE Act and Amendments of 2000).
An approved I-129F is not the end of the road for your K-1 fiancé(e). Rather, an approved I-129F is a path to permanent residence, which is conditional. That is, as
a fiance(e), permanent residence status will be conditional because it is based on a marriage that is less than 2 years old on the day that s/he was given permanent
residence. Thus, after your K-1 fiancé(e) has been admitted to the United States as a Fiance(e) and you have married within the 90-day time limit, s/he becomes
eligible to adjust status to permanent resident status.
If you need help bringing your fiancé(e) to the U.S. or removing the conditions of his/her permanent residency, we can help.
reside in the U.S.
- Requirements
- A U.S. citizen must file an I-129F petition with USCIS for the issuance of a K-1 fiancé(e) visa to the alien fiancé(e).
- Both the U.S. citizen exercising this option and the fiancé(e) must remain unmarried until the arrival of the fiancé(e) in the U.S.
- The alien fiancé(e) and U.S. citizen must have met personally at least once in the two years before the petition was filed.
- The marriage between the U.S. citizen petitioner and the fiancé(e) must take place within three months of the fiancé(e)'s arrival if the alien fiancé(e) is to
remain in status.
resident status (under the LIFE Act and Amendments of 2000).
An approved I-129F is not the end of the road for your K-1 fiancé(e). Rather, an approved I-129F is a path to permanent residence, which is conditional. That is, as
a fiance(e), permanent residence status will be conditional because it is based on a marriage that is less than 2 years old on the day that s/he was given permanent
residence. Thus, after your K-1 fiancé(e) has been admitted to the United States as a Fiance(e) and you have married within the 90-day time limit, s/he becomes
eligible to adjust status to permanent resident status.
If you need help bringing your fiancé(e) to the U.S. or removing the conditions of his/her permanent residency, we can help.
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