Why Does the K-3 Visa Require a K-1 Application Form?
A question upon the lips of many people who research the K-3 marriage visa is: why do we use a different application form? The K3 visa was initially designed as a way of getting spouses of American citizens to the United States in as fast a manner as possible. Back when the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service was referred to as the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), the classic I-130 application for an IR-1 or CR-1 Immigrant Spouse visa took as long as three years to adjudicate. This situation resulted in a massive backlog of petitions and is likely a reason underlying INS’s reshuffle. When filing for a marriage visa, the first phase is filing an I-130 petition. Should the couple decide to apply for a faster visa, then they can submit an application to USCIS. This phase can only occur after the initial petition has been received by the proper Immigration office. In some ways the K3 visa (supplemental marriage visa) is similar to the V visa, which was designed t
