The K-1 Fiance Visa is the perfect Visa to bring a couple together in the United States. However, every country is different in terms of process, supporting document requirements, and processing time since everything depends on the US Consulate in that specific country. Here, we will specifically focus on Brazil and the Brazilian Fiance.
The Requirements are as follows:
The K1 Fiance Visa Process is basically the following three (3) Steps:
Unfortunately, the processing time fluctuates, and an exact time cannot be stated. Frequently, our office hears that someone “read online” or “heard from a friend that did it years ago” that the process only took a few weeks or a couple of months. True, it may have been quicker in the past. However, you can break down the following filings:
Since two filings belong to USCIS, below is a helpful article on finding up-to-date processing time with USCIS:
Fees can easily change. However, please refer to the following items to find the most up-to-date information from the different Agencies:
The US Consulate in Brazil will require the following items:
The is actually a super common question. Not all US Consulates offer the same services. Additionally, not all US Consulates have Immigrant Divisions. Since the K-1 Visa is an “Immigrant” or “Green Card” process, it would require an “Immigrant Visa.” Currently, only Rio de Janeiro is the ONLY US Consulate that provides the K-1 Fiance Visa.
As a common follow-up question: how is the K-1 Visa an immigrant visa, when the DS-160 is the Non-immigrant Visa Application? In short, the K-1 is between the immigrant and nonimmigrant categories since they are transitioning to marriage to a US Citizen, and for the fact that the third step of the K-1 Fiance Visa Process would be the actual “green card application.”
Here is a link to the Consulate: https://br.usembassy.gov/visas/fiancee/the-interview-2/
Here is a link provided by the US Department of State: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/RDJ-Rio-de-Janeiro.html
The above link is the 08/14/2019 edition, definitely check to make sure you have the most up-to-date version since it does update every one to two years. Since the Consulates have been moving away from PDF instructions, it is very possible they will just update the above link with new editions.
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