Marriage to a US Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident
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How Valentini Law Offices Can Benefit You: We understand that being together with your significant other is very important so we work very hard to get your K-3 spousal visa approved as fast as possible. By routinely dealing with a delicate task of proving that the relationship is bona fide and staying tuned to the latest USCIS regulatory updates, we can reunite you with that special person in the United States within months. As a special benefit to our K-3 visa clients and their spouses, we speak Spanish, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, German, French, Italian and Farsi.
K3 Spousal Visa
The K-3 is a non-immigrant visa designed for alien spouses of US citizens and alien spouse's children so that they can enter the US and adjust their non-immigrant status to immigrant status while in the US. The alien spouses' children enter the US on K-4 visas. K-3 visas are usually issued at the consulate of alien spouse’s country of nationality.
To apply for K-3 visa, an alien spouse and US citizen have to be legally married either in the US, in the alien spouse’s country of nationality or in the third country. To initiate the proceedings, US citizen spouse files two petitions with the USCIS. After USCIS adjudication, the petitions are sent to the local consular office in the home country of the alien spouse. The local consular office then interviews the alien spouse.
After an alien spouse arrives in the US, the alien spouse becomes eligible to apply for lawful permanent resident status. One year and nine months after the alien spouse becomes a conditional lawful permanent resident, alien spouse can apply for removal of the condition and receive lawful permanent resident status (green card) for 10 years.