In most cases, yes, the K-1 visa process gets your foreign loved one to the USA faster than any visa process that allows immigrant intent. However, faster does not necessarily mean better or best. Many of our clients simply choose the process left available to them after depleting their available vacation time traveling to spend time with the foreign fiancé or fiancée for the first time.
In this situation, they dont have a spouse, so the only process available to them now, is the K-1 process, followed by marriage in the USA within 90 days, then adjusting status, and finally, removal of conditions.
In simple terms, living happily ever after in the USA, requires three separate immigration processes.
- Getting the visa
- Adjusting Status to Conditional Resident
- Removing Conditions on the Resident Status
We affectionately call these processes, “Get Them Here”, “Keep Them Here”, and “Keep Them Here Permanently.