What is the difference between a Fiancé Visa or Marriage Visa? : USA Immigration Lawyer

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Channel: U.S Immigration with Attorney Jacob Sapochnick · 2018 · Education

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What is the difference between a Fiancé Visa or Marriage Visa?

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Having trouble deciding what visa you need ? 
In this video I will give you the knowledge and power to make the right decision. 

00:00 A fiancé visa or marriage visa. What's the difference?

00:10 We'll talk about the difference between a K-1 visa, a fiancé visa, and a marriage visa.

00:29 What is it K-1 fiancé visa?  A fiancé is usually reserved for people that are engaged to U.S. citizens only. 


01:06 It's also important to understand that the fiancé visa can be sometimes quicker than a marriage visa. 

01:42 Marriage visa is reserved to green card holders that want to file an I-130 for 
their spouses or for U.S. citizens that want immigrate as sponsor. 


02:36 The main difference between a fiancé, visa and marriage visa is that first of all, for a fiancé visa, the couple/  They don't have to be married

03:22 They want to be able to test the relationship by living here together. Sometimes, those couples, it's the first time they actually live together. 

03:56 It's good to know that there is the option of doing your fiancé visa before marriage and there's an option to file for a marriage visa once you're already married

04:25 Hopefully you understood the difference between the K-1 fiancé visa and a marriage visa. If you have any other questions, post them in the comments below or email them to me, to [email protected].



Jacob Sapochnick, founder of the Sapochnick Law firm is sharing weekly Immigration Law short video updates. Among the topics we discuss: Immigration Reform, Green Cards via Marriage, Green Card through employer, E2 Investor visas, EB5 Green Cards, Fiance Visas and Marriage based Adjustment of Status. Based in San Diego we service all 50 states and clients across the Globe.

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