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Marrying a person from different country is a very different feeling which changes one's life drastically because not only married life is different from the day of single hood but also, the change in the land, people and culture accompany it.

The world has become a global village owing to the benefits of internet and economic flights for any place on the world map. As a result, people are finding their life partners in a completely different continent as well.

K1 visa allows a foreigner to come and visit US to meet his fiance's family, experience the culture of the place and decide if the place would be suitable to his/her taste. Such a stay helps avoid ruined marriages.

K1 visa allows you fiancée to stay in the US for 90 days during which your fiancee can decide whether it wants to spend the rest of its life in the place and get married to you to see the visa make way for a green card or else leave the country before the visa expires.  This way the fiancée can experience what its life would be like after marriage in US.

 
Although the application procedure for a K1 visa is always simple, but the smallest of mistakes might defer the issue of the same and sometimes lead to its rejection completely. Any misrepresentation of information on the application not only results in denial but also, affects application for visa to other countries. A few guidelines of Homeland Security Act should also be referred to in case you met online or if you had brought another fiancée to US before the present one.

The procedure of application is not complicated but the paperwork should be carefully attended to. The processing time of a K1  visa application is also dependent on the district of the applicant's fiancée and the duration might be anywhere from two to a few months. Your eligibility for the visa depends on the citizenship of the applicant's fiancée and the willingness of both of you for getting married. Another important clause is that you must have met atleast once in person in the last two years to apply for the visa. If in any doubt, refer to a specialist or an immigration lawyer who will brief you about the rules and the procedures. Once rejected applications have very low chances of being accepted in the near future on resubmission, so one's best bet is the first attempt at applying for the visa.

To prove that the couple has met in the last two years, photographs, passport stamps, records or vouchers from hotels or telephone log records can be presented. The meeting condition can be done away with in cases of strenuous or severe hardship for example medical conditions.

The fiancée is required to have no records of crime or immigration law violations whereas the petitioned just needs to present bank statement proving his income requirement to be above atleast 125% of the nation's then, poverty level. Its advisable to consult a legal advisor for specific details regarding application since one bad application can kill all your chances of approval. This document is for an informal insight into the procedures and should not be considered a legal alibi.