AIM - 26 Fiancé Visa or Marriage Visa What is the difference

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What's the difference between a fiancé visa and a marriage visa? 00:00 A fiancé visa or marriage visa. What's the difference? 00:10 We'll talk about the difference between a K-1 visa, a fiancé visa, and a marriage visa. 00:29 What is it K-1 fiancé visa? A fiancé is usually reserved for people that are engaged to U.S. citizens only. 01:06 It's also important to understand that the fiancé visa can be sometimes quicker than a marriage visa. 01:42 Marriage visa is reserved to green card holders that want to file an I-130 for their spouses or for U.S. citizens that want immigrate as sponsor. 02:36 The main difference between a fiancé, visa and marriage visa is that first of all, for a fiancé visa, the couple/ They don't have to be married 03:22 They want to be able to test the relationship by living here together. Sometimes, those couples, it's the first time they actually live together. 03:56 It's good to know that there is the option of doing your fiancé visa before marriage and there's an option to file for a marriage visa once you're already married 04:25 Hopefully you understood the difference between the K-1 fiancé visa and a marriage visa. If you have any other questions, post them in the comments below or email them to me, to [e-mail].