So, everybody's asking me, are K1 visas, fiancé visas impacted by Trump's 60-day ban on immigration?
Watch this video, and I explain to you who is impacted and whether K1 visas are subject
to the ban. See you on the other side. So, one of the most frequent questions and comments
I'm getting the past few weeks is about K1 visas, fiancé visas. Are they subject to
Trump's 60-day ban on immigration? Will my fiancee can still come? What's really going
to happen? So in this video, I'm going to give you some of my interpretation of this
rule and give you some options if you're going through the fiancé visa process or thinking
about doing it. But before that, if you’re here for the first time, make sure you subscribe
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I am Jacob Saapochnick and I'm an immigration attorney located in beautiful sunny San Diego.
We represent clients in all 50 states. We're a full-service immigration law firm dedicated
to the needs of our clients. Let's jump right in. So, since that ban on immigration started,
a few weeks ago, we had tons of emails and calls and texts, asking different questions.
Most common questions are who is impacted and whether people are actually impacted.
And one of those most common categories was the K1 visa, the fiancé visa. Let’s kind
of explain, first of all, what that proclamation specifically said about who is excluded, right?
So, let me read Section 1, specifically, that talks about that. So, Section 1 specifically
says Suspension And Limitation On Entry. The entry into the United States of aliens as
immigrants is hereby suspended and limited subject to Section 2 of this proclamation.
This is specifically referring to immigrants. And then, we talked about in previous videos
about the different classes of immigrants, specifically those that are not married to
US citizen, parents of US citizens, children over 21 of green card holders, and quite a
few other categories under employment-based immigration and again, a specific video about
who is impacted, we have created and there's a link right here to that video and also in
the description of this video, we can go ahead and look at exactly who is excluded. But for
the purposes of K1 fiancé visas, fiancé visas are non-immigrant visas, and therefore
they're not subject to this ban. So, when you get a fiancé visa, and first of all,
when somebody is thinking about applying for a fiancé visa right now or any other visa,
even an immigrant visa that is currently under this particular ban, you can still apply right
now because the applications are starting with the USCIS. You just file a form, an I-130
for an immigrant petition, and I-129F for fiancé visa. You can start this process even
if some of these categories are being excluded by the ban. But specifically for the K1 visas,
you, guys, are not subject because this is not an immigrant visa. This is a non-immigrant
visa, and therefore, the filing of the petition is not stopped. If you're thinking about getting
a fiancé visa, you can still file it now. And even if you are in the process of waiting
for your interview, the only thing that is impacted right now is that… because the
embassies are closed, whether you’re on fiancé visa or any other visa, you're not
able to get your appointment but as soon as they reopen the embassies outside of this
ban, you can go ahead and schedule your interview and try to get your appointment. So, as soon
as embassies are going to reopen because of COVID-19, not because of the ban, you, as
a fiancé holder, if you had a visa interview rescheduled in April or March, your interviews
are going to be automatically rescheduled again and you can follow up with the embassy
as soon as they reopen. What you really have to do right now is follow the schedule of
when the embassies are going to reopen. And again, I'll do a video on that as soon as
we know. And if you want to get more information, you can join our private Facebook group where
we update our members every single day on new developments as they come. So, we'll definitely
post a video here but also announce it in the Facebook group. But as of now, because
embassies are closed, that's why fiancé visa holders were waiting for those interviews
were not able to go. It doesn't mean that they are barred for 60-days to come to the
US because they are not immigrant visas and most fiancé visas, in fact, the only way
you can get a fiancé visa is if a US citizen is going to file there for you. So, think
about it. The exclusion specifically is not for spouses of US citizens. If you're a spouse
of a US citizen, and you're overseas trying to get an interview appointment, you can still
come. The 60 days is not for you. It's only for spouses of US residents. So, think about
it. If you're a fiancée visa, first of all, it's a non-immigrant visa. And second of all,
when you marry that US citizen because only US citizens can file for a fiancé. When you
marry the US citizen, then you're still going to be excluded from that ban because, now,
you're married to a US citizen. So, those two things tell me that fiancé visas are
not subject to the 60-day ban. And that should do it because there's so much confusion out
there and the web is full of questions, and concerns, and comments. And there you have
it. This video will explain to you that K1 visas are not subject to the ban, and you
can safely file for K1 visas, attend interviews whenever embassies are going to open and continue
to process and come here with a K1 fiancé visa whenever you need to do that. Right?
So, hopefully, that answered your question. If you have any questions about this, make
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