I'am 19 and a U.S Citizen im getting married to a man in Colombia. Can i still get him the K-3 visa?

Javed I

Hi - Hope the given info will resolve your problem

Children of United States Citizens

The law permits unlimited immigrant USA visas to persons who qualify as children of US citizens. A child for these purposes is an unmarried person under 21 years of age.

USA immigration laws make provisions for the inclusion of step children as long as the marriage between the natural parent and stepparent occurred prior to the stepchild's eighteenth birthday. Similarly, adopted children qualify under this category if the adoption occurred before the child's sixteenth birthday and the child has resided with the adoptive parents for a minimum of two years.

Orphaned children may also apply for USA green cards if orphaned prior to reaching the age of sixteen and have either been adopted by U.S parents, a single parent who is at least twenty one years of age or if the U.S parents or single parent have demonstrated their qualifications for the adoption of the child under the state law where they intend to reside.

Family Based Permanent USA Visas
This area of USA visas is divided into preference and non-preference categories.

Non-preference immigrant Visa

This encompasses the alien spouse, unmarried children under 21 years of age and parents of United States citizens. They are known as the immediate relatives of United States citizens.

The spouse of a US citizen

Alien spouses of US citizens may apply for green cards following the approval of a petition filed by the US citizen for permanent residence for the benefit of the alien. There is no numerical limit on the amount of visas issued per year for this family visa as is the case for preference USA visas.

The foremost prerequisite to qualify under this visa category is the subsistence of a valid marriage between the US citizen and alien spouse and proof of US citizenship from the American spouse. USA immigration laws provide that conditional permanent residence, thus, provisional green cards, will be issued to aliens who have been married for less than two years at the date of issuance of permanent residence. The condition on permanent residence may be removed upon the anniversary of the granting of permanent residence with a joint petition from the alien and US spouse within ninety days of the two year period requesting the removal of the condition.

Widows and widowers of U.S citizens may also apply for immigrant visas under this category as long as there was a valid marriage between the alien and deceased US citizen for a minimum duration of two years. It is also required that the couple were not legally separated at the time of the U.S citizen's death.

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