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“My girlfriend lives in Columbia, and she has a fiancee visa. Does she need to buy a ticket one-way or round trip?”

We actually receive that question quite often. If they do in fact have the fiancee visa, they’ll only need a one-way ticket because they are coming to migrate to the United States and then apply for a lawful permanent resident status (a green card).

On June 12, 2018, USCIS announced that as of June 11, removal of conditions applicants can use their receipt notice along with the old green card as evidence of continued status for up to 18 months past the expiration date. This was formerly 12 months. The fact they’re extending it from 12 to 18 months is further evidence that everything is taking longer in immigration, across the board.

New standards are being rolled out that are designed to basically make it harder to immigrate to the US. The process to immigrate has always included a quite extensive vetting process, but these new measures are likely going to make it even harder.

“What’s the process for getting my Indian fiancee to the United States?”

If you intend to bring your Indian fiance to the US to marry her, that would be the K1 fiance visa. To qualify, the petitioner must be a U.S. citizen, and you both must be legally free to marry – That means previous marriages, if any, have been terminated by death, divorce or annulment.

“What would you consider an international marriage broker? I met my fiancee through a dating website.”

It seems like nowadays they’re presuming every dating site is a marriage broker, unless you give them the terms of service or proof that they’re not.

Sam asks: “What are the age limits for an IR2 Visa?”

There’s no age limit to petition for a child. However, there are vastly different waiting times. Basically, if the child is under 18, they’re going to get here pretty quick, less than a year, maybe closer to nine months. However, if the child is an adult, then it can vary.

Abigail asks, “I got declined for a tourist visa. What are my chances of a spousal visa?” I would say that doesn’t affect your spousal visa at all because a lot of people get denied for tourist visas, especially if they have a spouse in the US.

“What if I married somebody different than the person who petitioned me for a K1 visa?”

This is not an entirely uncommon situation. In fact, we see this several times a year. Somebody will come here on a fiancee visa and for whatever reason, they don’t get married to that person who petitioned them. Ideally you’re supposed to get married within 90 days or leave.

We want to update our audience on what we’re seeing in relation to President Trump’s Executive Order 13769, the “Travel Ban”. We have seen our first customer officially turned away for an embassy interview by terms cited in this executive order. The customer was from Iran. The customer was approved through the USCIS months before, […]

The Visa Waiver Program is a program the US has set up that allows most citizens from certain countries to travel to the US for tourism or business up to 90 days without the need for a visa.

To travel on Visa Waiver, each traveler must have Travel Authorization through the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) prior to boarding a U.S. bound flight.