K-1 or Fiancee Visas
Moroccan K-1 Fiancee Visa Support
Consulate General of the United States of America
8 Boulevard Moulay Youssef
Casablanca
Morocco
The Packet the US embassy in Morocco sends applicants contains the following:
Appointment letter with interview date.
1. The DS-156 (2copies)
2. DS-156K for K1 visa (not used for K3)
3. DS-157
4. DS-230 Part I
5. Medical Exam instructions/list of doctors
6. An instruction sheet explaining that the applicant needs the following for the interview:
- passport (valid at least 6 mos. beyond visa issuance)
- birth certificate
- police certificate
- court record certificate/Segel Adli (obtained from town/city of birth)
- two color photographs (full face, 2 inches square or 5x5 cm)
- any marriage/death/divorce decrees
- if not married, a certificate of singlehood/Shahadat Al3ozoba
- medical exam results (the doctor's office sends this directly to the
consulate)
- evidence of relationship (pictures, letters, e-mails, call history, chat history, etc.)
- certified translations of any docs not in English
- an instruction sheet that asks for the signature of the applicant (although they don't take it when you/your fiance(e) go to the interview)
The instructions also say to bring $131 (or about 1,123.00Dh) as an application fee for the non-immigrant visa application.
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What is a Fiancee Visa
If your fiancé(e) is not a citizen of the United States and you plan to get married in the United States, then you must file a petition with INS on behalf of your fiancé(e). After the petition is approved, your fiancé(e) must obtain a visa issued at a U.S. Embassy or consulate abroad. The marriage must take place within 90 days of your fiancé(e) entering the United States. If the marriage does not take place within 90 days or your fiancé(e) marries someone other than you (the U.S. citizen filing INS Form I-129F - Petition for Alien Fiancé), your fiancé(e) will be required to leave the United States. Until the marriage takes place, your fiancé(e) is considered a nonimmigrant. A nonimmigrant is a foreign national seeking to temporarily enter the United States for a specific purpose. A fiancé(e) may not obtain an extension of the 90-day original nonimmigrant admission.
I129F PetitionThe fiance(e) petition (Form I-129-F) and two G-325-A biographic information forms. You must fill out completely both the petition and biographic information forms. Your fiance(e) will be required to present the supporting financial documents at the time of his/her visa interview.
We will also need all of the following documents:
photocopies of any death certificates of a previous spouse that you or your fiance(e) may have and photocopies of any divorce decrees terminating a previous marriage that you and your fiance(e) may have, with translations;
two passport-size photographs of both yourself and your fiance(e), attached to the bottom of the G-325 biographic forms;
a photograph of the two of you together to prove you have met;
proof you have a genuine bone fide relatonship
INS will notify you and forward the petition to the embassy for your fiancé(e)’s country of residence.
Notifying Your Fiance(e) :
Upon receipt of the approved I-129F petition , the local
American embassy will send a letter and information sheet to the Beneficiary outlining the steps to be taken to apply for an Alien Fiancé(e) visa, called a "K" visa. The embassy will generate a computer name
check. The mandatory name check procedure takes several days. After the name check clears, the embassy can schedule the applicant for an
interview.
Scheduling: Visa Interview and Medical Examinations
Before the interview, the Beneficiary must complete a medical
examination at an Embassy-approved medical facility. Forms and information about this is included in the information packet.
Spousal Marriage Visa
I help you to successfully apply for a Spousal Visa K-3 or CR-1, see Fiancee Visa Services
If your spouse is not a citizen of the United States and you plan to
bring her to live in the United States, then you must file a petition with INS on behalf of your spouse. After the I-130 petition is approved, your spouse must obtain a visa issued at a U.S. Embassy or
consulate abroad. She can obtain either a K3 or CR-1 visa.
For a K-3 In practice, the US Citizen submits the standard petition for an Alien relative, Then waits for USCIS to acknowledge that a case has been opened for his spouse. Then he prepares and submits the identical documents he would for a Fiancee Visa, asking USCIS to modify the petion for an Alien relative to that of a K3 spousal visa.
Recently however the delays to obtain a CR-1 visa have been reduced, and there is not a large gap between the times needed for a K-3 or CR-1. So either visa is almost equally available.
The time needed to obtain a Spousal visa is longer than that of a Fiancee Visa sometimes 3 to 12 months. So whenever possible we recommend our clients plan to marry in the USA and use the faster Fiancee Visa process.
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The visa application fee is $455 per person; there is no issuance fee. If the Beneficiary's interview is successful, the "K" visa will be issued on the afternoon of the day of the interview. The "K" visa is valid for a single entry during a 6-month period.
Interview at US Embassy in Casablanca Morocco
The Beneficiary must provide:1. A valid International Passport with a photocopy of the first page.
2. An original birth certificate with photocopy and translation into English.
3. Applicants are required to submit police certificate in all names as well as all dates of birth that they have used. Police certificate must contain references to each place in which the applicant lives or has lived for more than six months since reaching the age of 16, regardless of where he/she is officially registered. This includes localities where applicants have lived during university studies. If the applicant was on his military service, he should bring the certificate from the local draft board. If an applicant has lived abroad for more than one year a police certificate must also be submitted from the country in which he/she lived. Military records will be accepted only from local authorities and not from military commissions.
4. If applicable, evidence of termination of any prior marriage: original, photocopy and translation into English.
5. An accompanying child requires a valid passport (or may be included in the parent's passport), a birth certificate and a medical examination. If a child is 16 years of age or over, police certificates are required.
6. Two photos of passport size black and white full face for visa.
7. Two photos of passport size for medical exam.
8. There is an application fee of $131 (per person, payable at the Embassy on the day of interview.
9. Documents confirming relationship: photos of Petitioner and Beneficiary together, letters to each other, phone bills, emails....
10. Results of Medical Examination in sealed envelope.
11. Employment letter with Sponsors salary information and/or a copy of tax returns (Form 1040) for the last year.
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Below is a short youtube video that describes how to get your Fiancee Visa
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After marriage, your spouse must file Form I-485 Application to Register Permanent Residence or to Adjust
Status with the USCIS office that serves the area where you live in the United States. You must fill out
the Affidavit of Support, Form I-864, with the USCIS for your spouse's application to become a lawful
permanent resident (LPR). See Permanent Resident at the Department of Homeland Security's, USCIS internet
site.
Expert Tip # 2
Don’t try to get a waiver to avoid the requirement to meet your Fiancee in person. Unless it is incontrovertible that you are not physically able to meet her, attempting to avoid the meeting reflects poorly on whether the relationship is truly sincere. The Fiancee Visa eligibility rules require that you have met your Fiancee in person within the two years prior to your filing your application. The regulations provide a loophole allowing a waiver to the physical meeting. This waiver has been written to allow couples with special circumstances to skip the meeting, specifically if the meeting will cause “unusual hardship” or violates strict cultural or religious practices. If your religion arranges marriages and the bride and the groom are not allowed to see each other till the wedding day, or if you are in an iron lung, then by all means apply for the waiver. However, hating to fly or not wanting to pay for a plane ticket or having a busy work schedule will not result in the waiver being granted. Remember, USCIS needs to be convinced of the seriousness and sincerity of your relationship in order to approve the visa application. One expects a sincere suitor eagerly anticipating spending his future life together with his Fiancee to not miss any opportunity to meet and be with her as early and as often as possible.
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