| The US finance visa (or KI visa) is a visa solution | | | | * The petitioner should satisfy a minimum income |
| meant for use by those US citizens wishing to marry | | | | requirement. |
| their foreign finances in the United States. When | | | | * The petitioner should possess documents to prove |
| compared to immigration visa petitions that are | | | | his/her US citizenship and submit them to the USCIS |
| marriage-based, the waiting period for the K1 finance | | | | when asked for. Those born in the US can submit a |
| visa is shorter. | | | | copy of the front and reverse side of their birth |
| The primary requirement to obtain a US finance visa is | | | | certificate as proof. Naturalized US citizens can submit |
| that the petitioner should be a US citizen. Other | | | | a copy of their Certificate of Naturalization. |
| requirements include: | | | | In addition to proof of US citizenship, the petitioner is |
| * The petitioner should have met the foreign finance in | | | | normally required to submit other supporting |
| person within the two years preceding the filing of the | | | | documents like valid passports, financial statements, |
| petition with the USCIS (US Citizenship and Immigration | | | | proof of support, and one color photograph of himself |
| Services). However, this requirement may be waived | | | | herself and the foreign finance along with the USCIS |
| by the Attorney General. | | | | Form I-129F, the Petition for Alien Finance. |
| * Both the petitioner and his/her finance should be | | | | The foreign finances can bring their children, if any, |
| legally free to marry. | | | | along with them to the US and get K-2 visas issued |
| * The petitioner and foreign finance must get married | | | | for them. For this, the children should be unmarried, |
| within 90 days of the latter arriving in the US. This | | | | under 21 and their names should be listed on Form |
| period is not extendable. | | | | I-129F. Once married in the US, the foreign national can |
| * The foreign finance must not possess a criminal | | | | become a United States Citizen by applying for Green |
| record and must have never violated laws of US | | | | Card through Marriage. |
| immigration. | | | | |