The Marriage Visa Application Pack is a free information guide that helps you bring your foreign wife or husband to the US on either a K3 visa and later on the CR1 or IR1 permanent residents visa. Marriages between US citizens and those of another country are commonplace in the United States. The US government prides itself in its ethnic diversity.
The best way to get your spouse to the USA to live with you legally once the marriage has taken place is for him / her to file for aNonimmigrant visa for spouse (K-3). This visa can only be issued from the country where the wedding took place. If you apply for this visa your spouse must apply for the immigrant visa when they arrive in the US. This will not give your spouse permanent resident status but it will allow them to come over to the USA after the wedding. To gain permanent residence you must act as your spouse’s sponsor and file for an Immigrant visa for a Spouse of a U.S. Citizen (IR1 or CR1). This is an immigrant Petition for an Alien Relative.
