At Los Angeles Immigration Law Group, our Los Angeles immigration lawyer provides K-3 nonimmigrant visa services for a foreign spouse of a U.S. citizen.  The purpose of this K-3 visa is to allow a foreign spouse to legally stay in the United States with his or her U.S. citizen spouse while waiting for approval of the immigrant visa petition.  Once K-3 visa is approved, the spouse then can apply for a permanent residency, a green card. K-3 visa must be filed in the country where the marriage took place.  If your foreign spouse has children, they may be eligible for K-4 visas to stay in the U.S. together during the pendency of the green card approval.

How it works

First, we will file for you Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative with the Department of Homeland Security and USCIS in Los Angeles. After that, USCIS will send a Notice of Action (Form I-797) receipt notice. Then we will file Form I-129F, Petition for Alien Fiancé, for your foreign spouse and stepchildren.  After USCIS approves the petition, the form will be sent to the National Visa Center for processing.  Once your I-130 and I-129F petitions become approved, the National Visa Center will then allow you and your fiancé to process the IR-1 (or CR-1) immigrant visa.  Otherwise, I-129F will need to be processed by the National Visa Center. NVC will send the petition to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in your foreign spouse’s country of nationality.  The consular office will provide you with instructions on fingerprint scans, medical examination and any further administrative process. Moreover, you will be required to present evidence to the Consular Officer that either your foreign fiancé are able to finally support herself or himself or you will provide support based on the federal poverty guideline minimum income requirement.