K3/K4 Visas for Spouses of American Citizens and Their Children

The K-3 and K-4 Visas allow the Spouse and Spouse's children (unmarried children under 21) enter the United States to await the approval of the I-130 petition by USCIS or the availability of an immigrant visa.

K-3 visa is a two-year validity multiple-entry visa. K-4 visa is a multiple-entry visa valid for two years and its validity must be limited to the day before the K-4 applicant reaches his/her twenty-first birthday.

Only spouses of U. S. citizens may be issued K-3 visas and only minor unmarried children under 21 years of age of a qualified K-3 applicant are eligible for K-4 visas.

The spouse of a U.S. citizen is eligible to apply for K-3 visa if he/she is the beneficiary of the I-130 immigrant visa petition filed in the United States by the U.S. citizen petitioner. In addition, the spouse must also be the beneficiary of the I-129F petition that has already been approved by BCIS and forwarded to the Embassy. No petition is required to be filed on behalf of the derivative child(ren). The children, however, are to be listed on the I-129F petition for the spouse. The I-129F must be approved by BCIS office in the United States.

To qualify for K-3 visa processing, the applicant must demonstrate that his/her marriage to a U.S. citizen is valid.

Documents required for K-3/K-4 processing are similar to those needed for K-1 fiancee visa processing. The only difference is that the marriage certificate must be submitted to demonstrate that the applicant’s marriage to the U. S. petitioner is still valid.

K-1 Fiancee visa vs. K-3 Spousal visa

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As you all know I was engaged in Nizhny Novgorod on our trip. When I returned I hired an attorney to do all the paperwork her name is Ms. Jones. Today I recieved the approval of that Visa from the INS, it now goes to the National Visa Center for processing which will take approx. 2 weeks, from there Marina will have her interview in Moscow and then come here.

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Thanks, Ron

Hi Maria,
We did it, Elena got the visa right away, she did not sleep at all the nite before. Thank you for your help and I will contact you when Elena gets here to go over pre nuptual interpretation and thank you personally for your help. Your still invited to the wedding, I know you would have fun , also it would be good p.r. for AFA....smile...thanks again,

Dennis and Elena

Dear Maria:
I wish once again to thank you for help and support for me and to inform that yesterday, on August, 17th, I had successful interview in the American embassy and I have received the visa. My passport with the visa and a yellow envelope with my documents I shall receive on Friday express service. Anyway so to me have told in embassy. Also I am very grateful to the worker of branch of your agency Foreign Affair - Yulya. Yulya has met me in Kiev, has checked up my documents on correctness of filling and has helped with rent of an apartment. I wish to note professionalism and quality of work of agency. Once again, thanks you very much for the help me and Dan.
Successful day for you.

Sincerely,
Singayevskaya Elena

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