- Hi everyone.
This is Immigration Attorney Moumita Rahman.
And I'm here to help you navigate
this complex world of immigration.
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And for those of you who haven't seen me before,
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I am based out of New York City,
but I am helping immigrants and serving families
all over the US, and also all over the world
for many, many different types of immigration needs,
including green cards, fiancee visas, business visas,
and removal defense.
So without further delay,
the thing that I want to talk to you about today is
whether they're recent presidential proclamations
suspending certain immigrant visas into the US
whether it affects fiancee or K-1visas.
Now, if you don't know
what this presidential proclamation is,
I encourage you to watch my latest videos,
where I discuss the proclamations in depth.
To summarize this proclamation
does suspend the issuance of immigrant visas
for certain categories of persons.
And a very frequently asked question that I've been getting
is whether this proclamation affects
the issuance of Fiance or K-1visas.
Now, this is a great question.
So this proclamation really suspends
the issuance of immigrant visas.
An immigrant visa
is a visa that allows you to come to the US
to live here and settle down permanently.
It does not include non-immigrant visa categories.
So for example,
a non-immigrant visa would be something like
a B-1visa, a B-2visa,
L-1, O-1, H-1B,
and also guess what?
K-1.
The K-1visa is very unique.
So even though it is considered a non-immigrant visa,
sometimes people may think that it's an immigrant visa,
because you only get it in order to marry a US citizen
once he comes to the US.
But this is actually incorrect.
A K-1visa technically is a non-immigrant visa,
because all that it is allowing a person to do
is to come to the US
for the sole purpose of getting married
to the person who sponsored them for that visa.
This is not a visa that entitles you to a green card,
but rather once you satisfy
that process of marrying your sponsor,
then you can apply for a green card.
So technically this is not an immigrant visa.
But of course,
these days, we don't know what is what with this government
and with all the rules that are coming out,
and people are very worried
about whether this proclamation means that
Fiance visas or K-1visas are also being suspended.
Now, like I said,
this visa is a non-immigrant visa.
So the presidential proclamation
should not be suspending the issuance of K-1visas.
However, the bad news is that I wanted to share is that
some consulates are treating K-1visas
as though it is an immigrant visa,
and they have decided to not issue them.
Now, this is not across the board.
The majority of consulates
will go ahead and continue to issue K-1visas
underneath this proclamation.
So most people should not be affected.
But if your case is affected
and you were going for your K-1visa interview,
or you're in that process,
and now you've been told that it's suspended,
that the conflict will not issue your visa
because of the presidential proclamation,
please don't delay.
Make sure you speak with an attorney.
Contact my office.
My telephone number is 212.248.7907.
This is an opportunity
where the government should be held accountable
and they should not be allowed to refuse people a K-1visa
because of this proclamation.
This proclamation is very, very clear
that it applies only to immigrant visas.
So that's it.
That is my video for this week.
If you have any questions,
please make sure to leave a comment.
Let me know if you're in the K-1 process
and what's going on.
Let me know what country you're in.
And also just say hi.
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Thank you so much for watching me.
My name is Moumita Rahman.
And I hope to see you next week.
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