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When a foreign national comes into the United States on a K-1 fiancĂ© visa, the foreign national expects to marry the K-1 visa petitioner within 90 days of entering. Once married, the foreign national expects to adjust status to become a lawful permanent resident through the K-1 visa marriage. Unfortunately, life does not always happen … Continue reading “K-1 Fiance Visa Adjustment of Status Options” The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently published statistics on how many foreign nationals entered the United States in 2010 on the K-1 fiancee visa and the K-3 marriage visa. In 2010, 30,445 k-1 fiance visa holders and K-3 spousal visa holders entered the United States . Both of theses are significant increases from the … Continue reading “How Many K-1 Visa and K-3 Visa Holders Entered the United States in 2010?” Generally speaking, the following is the process for obtaining a marriage visa if the foreign national spouse is living outside of the United States and the American spouse is living in the United States. If you would like to discuss the process of your specific Marriage visa case, please contact the firm.
… Continue reading “Marriage Visa Process If Outside Of United States” As the K1K3 visa insight blog recently noted, beginning August 15th, most overseas marriage visa petitions must now go through the USCIS and cannot be filed locally. In response to the change, the USCIS received many complaints about how the process will be slowed down because of the change. In a tacit agreement with the … Continue reading “USCIS To Review Change Of Overseas Filing of Marriage Visa, Expedited Processing Possible?” Last month the U.S. sentenced a (once) rising Mexican actress to 30 days of prison for committing Immigration Marriage Fraud. The sentence highlights the real consequences that face those individuals who seek to gain entrance into the United States through a sham marriage. Facing five years of prison for their crimes, the couple both took … Continue reading “The Consequences of Marriage Fraud in K-1 Visas and Spousal Visas” Many couples believe that a foreign national fiance (or fiancee) can simply enter the United States on a tourist visa, get married and then stay in the United States without leaving the United States and without facing any consequence. This idea is very appealing to couples as they do not want to wait for six … Continue reading “Should You Marry on a Tourist Visa?” The K-1 process is long and often tests the will of many couples who simply want to marry each other. An unfortunate result of the delay is that many couples who have filed a K-1 visa decide to get married before the K-1 visa is approved These couples, who just want to get married, wrongly … Continue reading “K-1 Visa Does Not Convert To K-3 Visa” |