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Family & partner visas

Spouse, fiancé(e), immediate-relative and family-preference routes to join relatives in the US.

20 US resources in this topic

Visa routes

  • Family-preference immigrant visas (F1–F4)Visa route

    Capped, waitlisted green-card routes for more distant relatives of US citizens and green-card holders, from adult children to siblings.

  • Immediate relative immigrant visas (IR)Visa route

    Permanent green-card immigrant visas for the closest relatives of a US citizen — spouses, unmarried children under 21, and parents — with no annual numerical limit.

  • K-1 fiancé(e) visaVisa route

    Lets the foreign fiancé(e) of a US citizen enter the United States to marry within 90 days and then apply for a green card.

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