Fiance Visa

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If you planning to meet your fiance more than once, then there is no
need to take the G-325A with you until you are ready to submit the
application. It is better to prepare your documents closer to the time
of submittal. Many of the visa documents within the K1 packet are dated
and will expire if you take too long to send them in.

Meeting and marrying someone from a foreign country can be a wonderful
life changing experience, and definitely different from what most people
have or will ever experience. Our world is much more intimate today due
to the internet and cheap international flights. More and more people
are finding wives in South East Asian countries. The fiancée visa, or K1
visa,
is a way to get your fiancée into America so that you can be married in
the USA. It also allows her to do things like, meet your family. It
also allows her to see if she will like the US, very important if you
plan to live in the US full time, it's better to find out now before you
get married.
The K1 Visa allows entry for your fiancé into the United States for a
period of 90 days, during which time either the two are married, or the
fiancée is required to depart the United States, before the visa
expires! Unlike marrying abroad, this allows the couple to live together
in the United States, and the fiancée to experience what day today life
will really be like before the marriage.
The USA K1 Fiancée
Visa application process is fairly simple, however
the slightest mistake can cause you long delays, and possibly even
result in your finance deigned a K1 Visa ever. If you are caught
misrepresenting on the application, it can result in them never getting a
visa, which can also affect visa application to other countries! There
are also new statutes as part of the Homeland Security Act, that pertain
to K 1 Visas, that you need to be aware of , especially if you were
introduced online, or if you have brought in a fiancée in the past.
The fiancée
visa process is not difficult, yet it is important that all
the paperwork and supporting documents are carefully completed and
compiled. Any mistakes on your part may result in your K1 visa
application being denied, and being kicked out of the process, and
starting all over again. The time it takes to process a fiancée visa
will vary depending on what district you reside in, taking anywhere from
a month or two, to several months for you to obtain approval. In order
to be eligible for the K1 fiancée visa process, you must be able to
prove that you are a US citizen, that the two of you are ready, willing
and legally able to marry, and that you have met face to face at some
point within the last two years. If you are unsure, a very good idea is
to talk to an immigration lawyer or specialist familiar with the rules
and processes for the embassy that you will process through. Your
highest chance of approval will be on the first attempt, re submittals
will more times than not get much higher scrutiny because there was
something wrong the first time.
The proof of the meeting can consist of photos together, passport
stamps, hotel vouchers, phone log records from the petitioner, hotel to
the fiancée phone. If the petitioner can prove a severe hardship, such
as a severe medical condition preventing travel, it is possible to have
the personal meeting condition waived. The petitioner must also meet
certain income requirements, normally 125 percent of the current poverty
level. The fiancée must also meet certain standards, such as no
previous immigration law violations, and lack of a criminal record.
This was created for general reference only. It is not intended as legal
advice and should not be acted on as such. There are many factors taken
into consideration when processing a K1 or fiancée visa, legal
assistance from an attorney or a consultation with an immigration
consultant experienced and competent in the immigration process is
advised.
Fred Tittle has lived in holiday vacation resorts his entire life, from
the famous Lake Geneva Playboy Club , Aspen Colorado where he was a rock
jock for KSPN FM, Hawaii Scuba Diving in Waikiki on Oahu and now as a
owner of EcoSea Dive in Sihanoukville Cambodia where he teaches PADI and
SSI Scuba Diving and runs adventure tours,


An I-601 waiver petition, if it obtains approval, allows a foreign
national to be issued a visa regardless of the fact that a legal grounds
of excludability (inadmissibility) exists in a given case. That being
said, obtaining a waiver can be difficult as the petitioner must show
that failure to grant the waiver would result in "extreme hardship" to a
United States Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident. Proving such
hardship often requires the assistance of experienced legal
professionals trained to understand the discrete legal and factual
issues present in a situation which calls for an I-601 waiver.