Fiancé(e)s of US Citizens (K-1 Visas)

A fiancé(e) of a United States citizen may qualify for a K-1 visa provided he or she intends to travel to the United States to get married and to live permanently in the United States after the marriage. The marriage must take place within 90 days of the fiancé(e) entering the United States on the K-1 visa.

Applicants for the K-1 visa may not enter the United States until the visa has been approved. K-3/K-4 visas were introduced to address this problem as applicants of some countries were prevented from entering the Untied States for significant periods of time because of long processing times.

Spouses and Children of US Citizens (K-3/K-4 Visas)

These visas were designed to reunite families that have been, or could be, separated due to the long period of delay in the processing of their immigrant visa applications. The visa allows the holder to travel to the United States to await the approval of their immigrant visa petition. Spouses of U.S. citizens and their children under the age of 21 for whom an immigrant visa petition has been filed with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, but the immigrant visa is not yet immediately available to them, are eligible for this visa. The child of a U.S. citizen will only qualify for a K-4 visa if he/she is not a U.S. citizen and his/her parent qualifies for a K-3 visa.