The K-1 Fiancé Visa Process from I-129F to Entry
The K-1 fiancé visa process runs through USCIS, the National Visa Center and a consulate in fixed order. Here is each stage and where cases stall.
The K-1 fiancé visa process runs through USCIS, the National Visa Center and a consulate in fixed order. Here is each stage and where cases stall.
A K-1 visa ends at the wedding; the green card comes from Form I-485. Here is the K-1 adjustment package, work and travel while pending, and the K-1-only rules.
Marry here on a K-1 or marry abroad and enter on a CR-1? It turns on where you can marry, work and travel after arrival, cost and the fiancé's history.
A K-1 admission lasts 90 days and cannot be extended. Here is what a late wedding, a broken engagement or an overstay means for status and the green card.
The K-1 visa requirements are short to list and easy to fail: a citizen petitioner, freedom to marry, an in-person meeting, intent to marry and IMBRA.