| The primary requirement to obtain a US fiance visa is | | | | The foreign fiance must not possess a criminal |
| that the petitioner should be a US citizen. The | | | | record and must have never violated laws of US |
| petitioner and foreign fiance must get married within | | | | immigration. |
| 90 days of the latter arriving in the US. The foreign | | | | The petitioner should satisfy a minimum income |
| fiance must not possess a criminal record and must | | | | requirement. |
| have never violated laws of US immigration. | | | | The petitioner should possess documents to |
| The US fiance visa (or KI visa) is a visa solution | | | | prove his/her US citizenship and submit them to the |
| meant for use by those US citizens wishing to marry | | | | USCIS when asked for. Those born in the US can |
| their foreign fiances in the United States. When | | | | submit a copy of the front and reverse side of their |
| compared to immigration visa petitions that are | | | | birth certificate as proof. Naturalized US citizens can |
| marriage-based, the waiting period for the K1 fiance | | | | submit a copy of their Certificate of Naturalization. |
| visa is shorter. The primary requirement to obtain a | | | | In addition to proof of US citizenship, the petitioner is |
| US fiance visa is that the petitioner should be a US | | | | normally required to submit other supporting |
| citizen. Other requirements include: | | | | documents like valid passports, financial statements, |
| The petitioner should have met the foreign | | | | proof of support, and one color photograph of |
| fiance in person within the two years preceding the | | | | himself/herself and the foreign fiance along with the |
| filing of the petition with the USCIS (US Citizenship | | | | USCIS Form I-129F, the Petition for Alien Fiance. |
| and Immigration Services). However, this | | | | The foreign fiances can bring their children, if any, |
| requirement may be waived by the Attorney | | | | along with them to the US and get K-2 visas issued |
| General. | | | | for them. For this, the children should be unmarried, |
| Both the petitioner and his/her fiance should be | | | | under 21 and their names should be listed on Form |
| legally free to marry. | | | | I-129F. Once married in the US, the foreign national |
| The petitioner and foreign fiance must get | | | | can become a United States Citizen by applying for |
| married within 90 days of the latter arriving in the US. | | | | Green Card through Marriage. |
| This period is not extendable. | | | | |