FAMILY Visa and Immigration
How do I help a relative become a US permanent resident? Stephen K. Tills will assist families reunite, if a member of the family already resides in the United States.
Tills was quoted in the Miami newspaper with his past success with Refugees and Asylees
in Florida. You may wish to petition for family members to receive immigration benefits or obtain a Visa for your fiance.
K-1 Fiance Visa
The immigration laws provide a nonimmigrant visa classification ("K-1") for persons coming to the
United States to marry American citizens and reside in the US. A person who is already married
to a U.S. citizen may apply for permanent residence through marriage, but may not apply for a fiance(e)
visa.
PETITION
To establish K-1 visa classification for an alien fiance(e), an American citizen
must file a petition, Form I-129F, Petition for Relative or Fiance(e), with
the Regional Service Center of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).
VISA INELIGIBILITY/WAIVER
Applicants who have a communicable disease, or have a dangerous physical or
mental disorder; are drug addicts; have committed serious criminal acts, including
crimes involving moral turpitude, drug trafficking, and prostitution; are likely
to become a public charge; have used fraud or other illegal means to enter the
United States; or are ineligible for citizenship, will be refused a visa. The
two-year foreign residency requirement for former exchange visitors is also
applicable.
New Visa/Immigration Laws
Stephen Tills : Pro-active Immigration and Visa Strategist
Stephen K. Tills Attorney at LAW. PO Box 635,6413 West Quaker Road, Orchard Park, New York. 14127-2354
Tel: 716.662.5080 Fax: 716.662.8475 email: Tills@adelphia.net
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APPLYING FOR A FIANCE VISA
The beneficiary of an approved petition receives forms and instructions to apply for a "K" visa. Since a fiance(e) visa applicant is an intending immigrant, he or she must meet most of the same documentary requirements of an immigrant visa applicant.
U.S. PORT OF ENTRY
At the port of entry, the alien fiance(e) will receive a stamp in his or her passport giving temporary
permission to work pending marriage to the U.S. citizen. The marriage must take place within 90 days of
admission into the United States.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:Family Members
The unmarried, minor children of a K-1 beneficiary derive "K-2" nonimmigrant visa status from the parent so
long as the children are named in the petition. A separate petition is not required if the children
accompany within one year from the date of issuance of the K-1 visa.
Employment
The alien fiance(e) must first apply for change of status to receive legal permanent residency with USCIS in order apply for employment.
