Barrera Legal Group can help with Applying for a Green Card through a Fiancee Visa

Barrera Legal Group can help with the Application Process

First Step-Barrera Legal Group can help with filing an Fiancee Visa Immigrant Petition with USCIS .

The first step in this process is to have the qualifying petitioner United States Citizen submit the initial fiancee visa petition known as the I-129F petition with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service also known as USCIS. This petition will include documents establishing the the petitioner's United States Citizenship, evidence that the couple intend to marry within 90 days of the beneficiary fiancee's admission into the United States under K-1 nonimmigrant status and evidence that the couple met in person within two years of filing the form I-129F. 

Second Step-Barrera Legal Group can help with Applying for the Fiancee Visa K-1 nonimmigrant Visa.

 Upon processing and approval of the initial Fiancee Visa immigration petition, I-129F with USCIS, USCIS notifies the Department of State of the approval. 

 The case is then taken by a Department of State sub-office, known as the National Visa Center or the NVC.   The NVC will then create a case for the noncitizen beneficiary where the noncitizen can proceed to apply for   the immigrant visa using the NVC’s system known as the Consular Electronic Application Center (CEAC). 

 The applicant will then be able to fill in the online application known as the DS-160.

 Barrera Legal Group can help with the Fiancee Visa Consular Interview

 After the application is submitted online, the fiancee beneficiary will pay the processing fee for each   applicant and be allowed to schedule an appointment with the United States Consulate in the country   the  fiancee resides. At the fiancee visa interview, the fiancee beneficiary will be expected to bring the following documents:

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• A copy of the DS-160 confirmation page.

• A passport that is valid for at least six months beyond the intended period of stay in the United States. 

• Birth Certificate.

• If either the petitioner or beneficiary have been previously married, the divorce or death certificates for any previous spouse. 

• Police Certificates for the fiancee beneficiary or any child 16 years of age or older from the country of residence of the beneficiary and all countries where the beneficiary or child had lived for six months or more since the age of 16. 

• Medical Exam - Before the interview the noncitizen beneficiary and any child applicant are required to schedule a medical appointment with an authorized physician in the country where the interview will take place. This exam must be with an embassy-approved doctor, also referred to as the Panel Physician.

• Evidence of Financial Support by the petitioner, by providing the form I-134 demonstrating the petitioner's income. 

• Two passport type photographs

• Evidence of relationship

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Final step-Barrera Legal Group can help file the green card application.

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Once the marriage is completed within 90 days of the fiancee's admission to the United States, the married couple can now apply for the green card with USCIS by filing Form I-485. The application will be accompanied by another medical examination, another application for financial support known as an I-864, an application for travel authorization using Form I-131 that is issued while the I-485 is pending, and an application for work authorization using Form I-765 that is also issued while the I-485 is pending.

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After the applications are submitted, the couple will receive a receipt as proof of filing and payment of the I-485 fee and then the beneficiary's fingerprinting will be scheduled. After the beneficiary's fingerprints are taken, an immigration officer will take some time to review the I-485 application and conduct a background check. The officer will decide if the application is complete and if an interview is needed. If the officer decides there are no problems with the application, the officer will approve the application and issue the green card to the beneficiary.

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After the applications are submitted, the couple will receive a receipt as proof of filing and payment of the I-485 fee and then the beneficiary's fingerprinting will be scheduled. After the beneficiary's fingerprints are taken, an immigration officer will take some time to review the I-485 application and conduct a background check. The officer will decide if the application is complete and if an interview is needed. If the officer decides there are no problems with the application, the officer will approve the application and issue the green card to the beneficiary.

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We discuss the adjustment of status process in more detail here. 

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We have discussed the removal of conditions process here. 

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