By admin, on July 10th, 2010%
Please submit the following documents to this office as soon as possible. Where feasible, kindly provide ORIGINAL documents and one copy. The originals will be returned to you promptly and will NOT be submitted to INS. Submit as many items below as possible:
Copy of sponsor/petitioner’s U.S. passport (all pages) or certified copy of . . . → Read More: K-1 Visa Checklist
By admin, on July 10th, 2010%
K-1 for Nonimmigrant Fiancée or Fiancé:
_ U.S. birth certificates or USC passport, or naturalization certificate of the USC
_ Birth certificate of foreign-born fiancée or fiancé
_ Birth certificates of the children of the parties
_ Divorce decrees and death certificates of prior spouses of the parties
_ Correspondence between the parties (including . . . → Read More: K1 Fiancee or Fiance Visa Checklist
By admin, on June 28th, 2010%
A class action lawsuit that was filed in Oregon charging the United States State Department and the Department of Homeland Security with arbitrarily and unlawfully returning US petitioner’s K1 visas at the U.S. Consulate in various countries. Plaintiffs are deprived of due process of law and petition approval denied withheld contrary to constitutional right contrary . . . → Read More: Class Action Lawsuit Started Against State Department For Arbitrarily Sending Back K1 Visa
By admin, on August 15th, 2009%
Q: My girlfriend and I live overseas and we want to take a trip to the US for a few days to visit family and friends. My girlfriend is Asian and I’m a United States citizen living and working abroad for years now. The . . . → Read More: Marrying Your Fiance While on Vacation in the USA
By admin, on August 6th, 2009%
A K-1 Fiance visa is a non-immigrant visa issued to prospective husbands or wives to the U.S. with the intention of marrying them within the statutory time period of 90 days from entry. A non-immigrant is a foreign national seeking to temporarily enter the United States for a specific purpose. A fiancé(e) may not obtain . . . → Read More: K1 Visa / Fiance Visa Definition
By admin, on August 6th, 2009%
This section has a list of guides created to help navigate the us visa application process. Its a fairly new section and we will be adding more guides as we grow. If you have any guides or advice, please join our forum and add it to the relevant discussion.
Family Visa Guides
K1 Visa . . . → Read More: US Visa Guides
By admin, on November 18th, 2008%
Q: My girlfriend and I live overseas and we want to take a trip to the US for a few days to visit family and friends. My girlfriend is Asian and I’m a United States citizen living and working abroad for years now. The problem is we want to make it “legal” while we’re in the U.S. and then return to our current residence, but we don’t want to make the U.S. our permanent place of abode, at least not yet. Should we travel to the U.S. on a Fiance Visa or a Tourist Visa?
Continue reading Going to the US and Marry My Girlfriend While We’re There
By admin, on October 22nd, 2008%
The U.S. Embassy, Consular section in Manila reports the second highest number of visa fraud cases, following only the American Consulate in the Dominican Republic. The Philippine government for some time now has outlawed “mail order marriages”. In addition, the US I-129F Fiancée Visa Petition carries with it two requirements which prevent a “mail order marriage”:
*The couple must have met in person within two years of the visa petition. Photographs of the couple together in front of recognized locations preferably with date stamp are extremely vital.
*The lady fiancée must marry the gentleman within 90 days or return home.
The I-129F Petition for Fiancée Visa is intended for American citizens who legitimately show a genuine relationship and intention to marry with a foreign lady. Penalties under Section §1325(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1997 (as amended) for fraud conviction are severe: 5 years imprisonment or $250,000 fine or both.
Continue reading Fiance Visa K1: Visa Fraud
By admin, on October 8th, 2008%
A K-1 Fiance visa is a non-immigrant visa issued to prospective husbands or wives to the U.S. with the intention of marrying them within the statutory time period of 90 days from entry. A non-immigrant is a foreign national seeking to temporarily enter the United States for a specific purpose. A fiancé(e) may not obtain an extension of the 90-day original non-immigrant admission.
By admin, on October 3rd, 2008%
The requirements for a Fiance Visa to the UK are very similar to the rules for married couples.
Continue reading What is Required For a UK Fiancee Visa