Fiance Visa Immigration - Learn About the K1 Visa Process and Requirements
Learn how to go about the K1 Fiance Visa process without the fees and hassles from an expensive immigration attorney. This is the only website designed to help you do it yourself, made by former K1 Fiance Visa applicants, which will show you everything you need to know about the requirements, forms, and processing time it will take for your visa. You will understand the entire process easier by following the appropriate steps that we have provided (and experienced ourselves) to get your fiance to the United States.
Getting a Driver License on a K1 Fiance Visa
I would have to admit that through our fiance visa journey, the biggest obstacle, which has created most of our headaches, has been dealing with the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
You would think that something as simple, and as necessary for making a new life, would not be so hard to get if you are doing everything legally and the right way.
Be sure to go to the DMV as soon as you can to apply for your fiance(e)’s driving permit and state identification. I am not sure if all states run the same way, but according to what we were told was that the state of California requires that your form I-94 be valid for at least 60 more days in order to apply for a driver license, driving permit, or California identification.
Your form I-94 is valid for only 90 days from the time you enter the United States to give you time to marry.
It is difficult to find a bank who will help you open an account if you do not have a state issued identification, as well as many other businesses/organizations that require it.
The DMV does not make your life any easier, as we all probably already know. We have made countless trips to the DMV only to leave frustrated and empty-handed.
The best thing that you can do for yourselves is to know, in advance, that this will most likely be one of your frustrations. Keep in mind that after you receive your conditional permanent resident card, or your work permit card, everything will get much easier.
Bring a lot of patience with you when you go to the Department of Motor Vehicles.
Fiancé(e) Visa: Examples of Evidence that you Should Save to Show to USCIS
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services WILL ask you for evidence to prove that you have a true bonafide relationship.
If you are beginning to even think about getting married to a foreigner, start collecting any evidence of your relationship.
When Josue and I had to show our evidence, which was several times in the process, we had an abundant amount of proof to show that we were, indeed, truly a couple. Be sure to never throw away any piece of evidence that you have compiled since USCIS will ask you for these several times throughout the process.
Also, when you are asked to submit these evidences via mail, be sure to send copies (unless otherwise specifically stated in the instructions). If you send in the originals they will be kept in your file and will not be returned.
Save any little thing that you can. Some examples of evidence that you should save are:
- phone cards
- emails to each other
- phone bills that show that you have called one another
- letters that you have sent to one another
- airplane tickets/airline baggage claims that show that you have traveled to see your fiancé in person
- receipts with dates from when you were together (especially if your names both appear on them)
- letters from friends talking about your relationship
- wedding announcements
- newspapers with the dates that you were visiting your fiancé in his/her country
- birthday cards or pictures of gifts that you have sent to each other
- brochures of places that you have gone together
- photos – take TONS of photos of both of you together, with family and friends, in the house, out in the city, on vacation together, etc.
Also, try to keep evidence in both countries since you may be asked to show them in both places.
We were asked, on several occasions, to submit our evidences. I had to send in the proofs along with my petition for Josue – Form I-129F. Josue also needed the evidence with him when he went in for his interview at the United States embassy in his country. We also needed to show the proof at our appointments at USCIS here in the states for Josue’s change of status to conditional permanent resident, permanent resident, etc.
Save EVERYTHING you can! Accumulate all you can, even too much may not be enough!
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