If you are a U.S. citizen who wants to bring your foreign national fiancé(e) to marry in the U.S., you may petition (apply) for a fiancé(e) visa (K-1) for your fiancé(e). Both of you must be free to marry.

This means that both of you are unmarried, or that any previous marriages have ended through divorce, annulment or death. You must also have met with your fiancé(e) in person within the last two years before filing for the fiancé(e) visa. This requirement can be waived only if meeting your fiancé(e) in person would violate long-established customs or would create extreme hardship for you. You and your fiancé(e) must marry within 90 days of your fiancé(e) entering the United States.

You may also apply (on the same petition) to bring your fiancé(e)'s unmarried children, who are under age 21, to the United States.

Legal permanent residents may not file petitions for fiancé(e) visas, although they may petition for the immigration of their new spouse after the wedding.