Before the issuance of an immigrant or K visa, every applicant, regardless of age, must undergo a medical examination which must be performed by an authorized panel physician. In preparing for the interview, applicants will need to schedule and complete a medical examination. Medical Examination and Vaccination Requirements Original documents and translations will be returned.
Applicants should take to the visa interview all original civil documents, such as birth and marriage certificates as well as legible photocopies of the documents and translations. Documents in foreign languages, other than the language of the country in which the application takes place, should be translated. Note: The consular officer may ask for additional information, such as wedding photographs and other proof that the marriage to your U.S. Evidence of relationship with your U.S.See the required photo format explained in Photograph Requirements Evidence of financial support ( Form I-134, Affidavit of Support may be requested).Medical examination (vaccinations are optional, see below).(Police certificates are also required for accompanying children age 16 or older.) Police certificates from your present country of residence and all countries where you have lived for 6 months or more since age 16.Divorce or death certificate(s) of any previous spouse(s).Marriage certificate for the marriage to the U.S.Civil documents - the original(s) (or certified copies) and photocopies of the following:.A passport valid for travel to the United States and with a validity date at least six months beyond your intended period of stay in the United States (unless country-specific agreements provide exemptions).You (and any eligible children applying for K-4 visas) must: (1) complete Form DS-160 and (2) print the DS-160 confirmation page to bring to your intervew.
Completed Form DS-160, Online Nonimmigrant Visa Application.You, the foreign-citizen spouse, (and eligible children applying for K-4 visas) will be required to bring the following forms and documents to the visa interview: Separate applications must be submitted for each K visa applicant, and each K visa applicant must pay the visa application fee. Some visa applications require further administrative processing, which takes additional time after the visa applicant’s interview by a Consular Officer.Įligible children of K-3 visa applicants may apply for K-4 visas. During your interview, ink-free, digital fingerprint scans will be taken. Embassy or Consulate where you, the foreign-citizen spouse, will apply will provide you with specific instructions, including, where to go for the required medical examination. does not have an Embassy or Consulate, the petition would be sent to Turkey. For example, if the marriage took place in Iran where the U.S. Embassy or Consulate that normally processes visas for citizens of that country.
Embassy, or the Embassy or Consulate does not issue visas, the NVC will send the petition to the U.S. If the marriage took place in a country that does not have a U.S. Embassy or Consulate that issues visas in the foreign-citizen spouse’s country of nationality. If the marriage took place in the United States, the NVC will send the petition to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in the country where the marriage took place. NVC will then send the I-129F petition to the U.S. If the NVC receives the approved I-129F petition before it receives the I-130 petition, the NVC will process the I-129F petition. Both K-3 and the K-4 visas allow their recipients to stay in the United States while immigrant visa petitions are pending approval by USCIS. Learn more in the Applying for a Visa section below.Įligible children of K-3 visa applicants receive K-4 visas. must apply for the K-3 visa in the country where the marriage took place. immigration law, a foreign citizen who marries a U.S. citizen spouse and pending approval, a K-3 applicant must meet some of the requirements of an immigrant visa. citizen applying for a nonimmigrant K-3 visa must have a immigrant visa petition filed on his or her behalf by his or her U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) upon approval of the petition. K-3 visa recipients subsequently apply to adjust status to a permanent resident (LPR) with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. citizen spouses by having the option to obtain a nonimmigrant K-3 visa overseas and enter the United States to await approval of the immigrant visa petition. This visa category is intended to shorten the physical separation between the foreign-citizen and U.S. The K-3 nonimmigrant visa is for the foreign-citizen spouse of a United States (U.S.) citizen.