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The K-3 Visa Process in 2021

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As the title of this video suggests, we are discussing the K-3 Visa process. This is a Non-Immigrant Spouse Visa. It is kind of a supplemental visa. It is basically an expedited Marriage Visa. 

Now under normal circumstances, the K-3 is not really in wide use because oftentimes it is subject to what is called Administrative Closure. I have had a number of clients ask me about the K-3 recently because USCIS processing has gone down; it has kind of ground to a very slow pace and National Visa Center processing has gotten a lot slower. The K-3 in many ways was designed under the Life Act to act as basically a workaround for those who are married to American citizens; foreign Nationals married to American citizens. 

So what is that process going to look like in 2021? Well for those cases that don't get administratively closed, they will probably look very similar to cases that were from 2020 going into 2021. I think it won't look substantially dissimilar. Now, the big question on most people's lips is "How is a change in the Administration from Trump to Biden going to affect things overall?" and a lot of people ask me if I think it is going to get better. My answer to that is “yes it probably will get better but it is not going to happen overnight”. These things don't stop on a dime. The American bureaucracy is sort of like a big cruise ship or something. You can't just stop; all stop and then it just stops dead in the water. It is not really the way that it works. It is going to take a little bit of time. Yes I definitely think that the incoming administration is going to have a more favorable view toward prospective immigrants but what they do with respect to turning around the administrative changes especially that have occurred in the last 4 years that is going to take a little while. It is not just going to happen instantaneously. 

So we will definitely keep you updated on this channel as to the circumstances surrounding the K-3 Visa process as the situation evolves into 2021.