Fiance(e) Visa or K-1 Visa

If you are an American citizen, and you want to marry and live with your foreign fiancé(e) in the U.S., you must petition him/her by filing an I-129F by mail with the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).  You cannot file an I-129F at a U.S. embassy or consulate abroad.  Please see details at http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_1315.html. 

It generally takes USCIS 3-6 months to adjudicate an I-129F, after which USCIS sends it to the National Visa Center (NVC) to start processing for a fiancé (K-1) visa.  Once we receive the petition from NVC, we will notify the beneficiary via email on what to do to have a K-1 interview here, which is the final step.  The following documents are required:

·      A passport valid for travel to the U.S. valid for at least six months beyond the applicant's intended stay in the U.S. (unless country-specific agreements provide exemptions);

·      Birth certificate;

·      Divorce or death certificate terminating any previous marriage of beneficiary and petitioner;

·      Police certificate from all places lived since age 16, see country-specific drop down instructions at http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/reciprocity/reciprocity_3272.html;

·      Medical examination;

·      Affidavit of Support (I-134) with evidence of income or assets available in the U.S.;

·      Two Nonimmigrant Visa Applications, (DS-156) found at http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/forms/forms_1342.html;

·      One Nonimmigrant Fiancé(e) Visa Application, DS-156K, found at http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/forms/forms_1342.html;

·      Evidence of a fiancé relationship;

·      Two passport style photographs (see photo requirements);

·      USD$131 payable in cash, dollar or rupiah equivalent, at the time of the interview.

A K-1 visa is valid for a single entry to the U.S. within six months.  The parties must marry within 3 three months of entry and then report that marriage to USCIS by filing an Adjustment of Status (I-485).  Without an approved I-485 the beneficiary will be out of status in the U.S. and subject to deportation.