Immigrant Visas
Effective January 1, 2008, the application fee for a U.S. nonimmigrant visa will increase from $100 to $131.
Fiancée or K1(K2) Visa Procedures
The fiancée or K-1 visa allows the prospective spouse of a U.S. citizen to travel to the United States to marry the American citizen petitioner within 90 days of entry and stay in the U.S. as a legal resident (“green card” holder). The minor children (under 21) of the prospective spouse can also travel to the United States with a K-2 visa.
The fiancée visa cannot be used for someone who already is the spouse of an American citizen. A person planning to marry an American citizen in the U.S. who does not intend to immediately immigrate to the U.S. (i.e. the person would leave the U.S. after the wedding ceremony) does not necessarily need a fiancée visa.
Steps to obtain a fiancée or K1(K2) visa
Terminology Used in Fiancée or K1(K2) Visa Procedures
- Appointment and Instruction Package
- Information sent by the Embassy to your fiancée, which sets an appointment date, specifies the documents that must be obtained and presented at the visa interview and explains how to obtain the required medical examination
- Beneficiary
- The alien fiancée named in the petition
- USCIS
- United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (formerly the Immigration and Naturalization Service)
- Fiancée
- The term fiancée will be used to include both male and female prospective spouses
- K-1 Visa
- The visa category for the fiancée of a U.S. citizen
- K-2 Visa
- The visa category for the minor children of a K-1 visa holder
- NVC
- National Visa Center, Portsmouth, N.H.
- Petition
- Form I-129(F) “Petition for Alien Fiancé(e)"
- Petitioner
- The U. S. citizen who files a petition with a USCIS office in the United States on behalf of a fiancée, asking that he or she be admitted to the United States for the purpose of marriage
Additional information
FAQs about Fiancée Visa Procedures
Additional information about fiancée petitions and K-1/K-2 visa issuance procedures can also be found on the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) website.