Fiancee Visa

The K-1 fiancée visa or K-1 visa was created to allow American Citizens with foreign fiancee’s or fiance’s the opportunity to spend time together in America to evaluate their relationship in order to determine (within a 90 day period) if they would like to continue their relationship into marriage.

The current processing time for a k-1 fiancee visa or k-1 visa is 3-6 months

If, after having time together in America, the couple chooses to continue their relationship, they will marry and then file for the foreign spousespermanent residence status or green card allowing the foreign spouse tolegally remain in the USA.

Should the couple decide not to continue their relationship, then the foreign fiancee is required to leave the USA within the 90 day period and return to his or her home country.

Many American Citizens assume that a tourist visa would be available for their foreign fiancee to travel to the USA. This is incorrect. When the foreign fiancee appears at the US Embassy for a tourist visa interview, the counselor officer will deny the visa. The foreign fiancée will be categorized as an impending immigrant, as the officer will assume he or she will elect to stay in the USA with the American Citizen fiancee. Impending immigrants can not be issued a tourist visa.

If a counselor officer at the US Embassy mistakenly issues a tourist visa to the fiancee of an American Citizen, he or she will be turned around by the immigration officer at the port of entry upon arrival in the USA.

If it is determined at any time that a foreign citizen has made false statements to a immigration officer or in a application form to obtain a visa (tourist) they could be permanently barred from entering the USA. This is common with tourist visa applications.