Fiance' / Fiancee' Visas
K1 visa - Fiancé/e of an American Citizen
In order to be issued a K1 visa, your American citizen fiancé/e must file a petition for you with the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (formerly INS). This is done using form I-129F. Form I-129F can be downloaded from the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services website.
After the Embassy or Consulate has received the approved visa petition according you status as a fiancé/e you will receive a letter from the Embassy or Consulate instructing you to appear for your visa interview. When you come for your interview, please bring the documents listed below with you.
Please bring the following documents to your visa interview:
- A passport valid for at least six months from the date of the interview.
- A completed Form DS-230 (part I only) Biographic Data form.
- Two nonimmigrant visa photos (two inches/50 X 50 mm square, showing full face, against a light background)
- A copy of your official birth certificate issued by the Registrar of Births
- Police Certificate: Each visa applicant over the age of 16 must present Indian police certificates as follows: one certificate from the applicant's local police station and one certificate from the applicant's regional passport office.. Applicants are also required to submit police certificates from the police authorities in each country other than India and the U.S. in which he or she has resided for at least six months after the age of 16. A police certificate must also be obtained from the police authorities of any place where the applicant has been arrested for any reason, regardless of how long he or she lived there. Police certificates from certain countries are considered unobtainable.
- Evidence of Support: You must show evidence that you will not become a public charge in the U.S. A completed I-134 Affidavit of Support form along with supporting documents from your sponsor is helpful in proving that your sponsor has sufficient financial resources.
- Evidence of relationship: You will be asked for evidence that you have met your fiancé(e), and for proof of a valid engagement. Bring letters, e-mails, phone bills, photographs, and other evidence of your relationship.
- Proof of the legal termination of any previous marriage: death certificate of spouse, or decree of divorce or annulment
- Court and prison records: If you have been convicted of a crime or other offense, obtain a certified court record covering each offense.
- Statement concerning your intent to enter into a valid marriage with your fiancé/e within 90 days of your admission into the U.S. Complete. Do not sign this statement until instructed to do so by the Consular Officer.
- A medical examination from one of our panel physicians.
- A demand draft for the Visa Application fee. The demand drafts should be made out to "American Consulate General, Chennai" and drawn on a nationalized or foreign bank with a branch in Chennai.
- Please pay courier charges Rs.394/- per applicant, by cash at VFS office..