K-1 Visa's Meeting Requirement Waiver: Beneficiary's Long Established Cultural Practice

Normally, the K-1 visa requires the K-1 applicants to meet within the two years immediately prior to the filing of the K-1 fiance visa. However, the immigration agency allows for two exceptions to this requirement. One exception is based upon the extreme hardship that would be felt by the K-1 petitioner. The second exception is …

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K-1 Fiance Visa Waiver: Extreme Hardship

The K-1 visa allows for a foreign national fiance(e) of a U.S. citizen to come to the United States and marry. Once married, the couple can apply for the foreign national’s adjustment of status, work authorization and advanced parole. Applying for these benefits will enable the foreign national to become a green card holder (lawful …

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Recent K-1 Fiancee Visa Case Shows Need for Counsel When Seeking Waiver of Meeting Requirement

The USCIS recently made public a K-1 visa opinion from an applicant who sought to obtain a waiver to the K-1’s meeting requirement. Due to a lack of evidence demonstrating that a K-1 waiver was appropriate, the applicant was denied and his Pakistani fiancee could not enter the United States to marry him. K-1 visa …

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The K-1 Visa's Two Year Meeting Requirement

A U.S. citizen must file a K-1 visa petition for a foreign national fiance(e) if the couple plans to marry and remain in the United States. In fact, the K-1 visa only allows the foreign national fiance(e) to do just that: enter the United States and marry. Once in the United States, the foreign national …

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