THE FIANCE(E) VISA K-1

The K-1 nonimmigrant visa category permits the fiance(e) of a United States Citizen petitioner to enter the United States for a 90-day period to marry the petitioner and apply permanent residence.

This is the best visa for a U.S. Citizen considering marriage to a foreigner. The fiance(e) visa is a temporary visa that permits a fiance(e) to travel to the United States and getting married, the fiance(e) can apply for the green card.

1. A fiance(e) visa holder can only adjust status based on the marriage to the fiance(e) petitioner.

2. A fiance(e) visa holder whose bona fide marriage to the fiance(e) visa petitioner is more than 2 years old at the time of the adjustment application is adjudicated is not subject to the provisions for conditional resident status under the section 216 of the Act. 

3. A fiance(e) visa holder satisfies the visa eligibility and visa availability requirements of section 245(a) of the Act on the date he or she is admitted to the United States as a K-1 nonimmigrant, provided that the fiance(e) enters into a bona fide marriage with the fiance(e) petitioner within 90 days.
Matter of SESAY, 25 I&N Dec. (BIA 2011).

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