I-129F, Petition for Alien Fiancé(e)
Use this form to petition to bring your:
- Fiancé(e) (K-1) and their children (K-2) to the U.S. so you may marry your fiancé(e); or
- Spouse (K-3) and their children (K-4) to the U.S. to await the approval of a Form I-130 filed on behalf of your spouse and their children and availability of an immigrant visa.
How to Report Suspected Marriage Fraud
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has an online tip form to report suspected benefit/marriage fraud or other violations.
Help for Immigration Crime Victims
Different types of support are available through ICE’s Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) Office.
What This Form Can Help You Do
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File Form I-129F at the USCIS Dallas lockbox.
U.S. Postal Service (USPS):
USCIS
Attn: I-129F
P.O. Box 660151
Dallas, TX 75266-0151
FedEx, UPS, and DHL deliveries:
USCIS
Attn: I-129F (Box 660151)
2501 South State Highway 121 Business
Suite 400
Lewisville, TX 75067-8003
We cannot adjudicate this form at USCIS international offices.
However, there is no filing fee for a K-3 spouse (as designated in 8 CFR 214.1(a)(2)) who is filing Form I-129F as the spouse of a U.S. citizen.
You may pay the fee with a money order, personal check, cashier’s check or pay by credit card using Form G-1450, Authorization for Credit Card Transactions. If you pay by check, you must make your check payable to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
When you send a payment, you agree to pay for a government service. Filing and biometric service fees are final and non-refundable, regardless of any action we take on your application, petition, or request, or if you withdraw your request. Use our Fee Calculator to help determine your fee.
Pay each filing fee separately. We are transitioning to electronically processing immigration benefit requests, which requires us to use multiple systems to process your package. Because of this, you must pay each filing fee separately for any form you submit. We may reject your entire package if you submit a single, combined payment for multiple forms.
Please do not submit this checklist with your Form I-129F. It is an optional tool to use as you prepare your form, but does not replace statutory, regulatory, and form instruction requirements. We recommend that you review these requirements before completing and submitting your form. Do not send original documents unless specifically requested in the form instructions or applicable regulations.
If you submit any documents (copies or original documents, if requested) in a foreign language, you must include a full English translation along with a certification from the translator verifying that the translation is complete and accurate, and that they are competent to translate from the foreign language to English.
Did you provide the following?
- Evidence of your U.S. citizenship:
- A copy of your birth certificate, issued by a civil registrar, vital statistics office, or other civil authority showing you were born in the United States;
- A copy of your naturalization or citizenship certificate issued by USCIS or the former Immigration and Naturalization Service;
- A copy of Form FS-240, Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA), issued by a U.S. Embassy or U.S. Consulate;
- A copy of your unexpired U.S. passport; or
- An original statement from a U.S. consular officer verifying you are a U.S. citizen with a valid passport;
- Evidence you or your fiancé legally terminated any previous marriages (if applicable):
- Final Divorce decree;
- Annulment order; or
- Death certificate for their prior spouse;
- One color passport-style photograph of yourself and one for your fiancé taken within 30 days of you filing this petition;
- Evidence of legal name change (if applicable); and
- Evidence to support an International Marriage Broker Regulation Act waiver (if applicable).
If you are petitioning to classify your fiancé(e) as a K-1 nonimmigrant, did you provide the following?
- Evidence you and your fiancé(e) intend to marry within 90 days of their admission into the United States as a K-1 nonimmigrant; and
- Evidence you met your fiancé(e) in-person within two years of you filing your Form I-129F. If you haven’t met within two years, submit evidence that meeting in-person would violate strict and long-established customs of your fiancé(e)’s foreign culture or social practice or would be an extreme hardship on the petitioner.
If you are petitioning to classify your spouse as a K-3 nonimmigrant, did you provide the following?
- A copy of the Form I-797C, Notice of Action, showing you have filed Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, on behalf of your spouse; and
- A marriage certificate.
Filing Tips: Go to our Tips for Filing Forms by Mail page for information on how to help ensure we will accept your application.
Complete all sections of the form. We will reject the form if these fields are missing:
- Part 1. Information About You
- Classification Sought for Your Beneficiary
- Family Name
- Your Mailing Address
- Date of Birth
- Part 2. Information About Your Beneficiary
- Classification Sought for Beneficiary
- Family Name
- Date of Birth
Don’t forget to sign your form. We will reject any unsigned form.
To receive an email or text message when we accept your form, complete Form G-1145, E-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance, and clip it to the front of the petition.
Do not include:
- Anything that contains electronic chips and batteries (such as musical greeting cards) or any non-paper materials such as CD-ROMS, DVDs, toys, action figures, or thumb drives. We will not accept these types of materials. However, we will accept photographs or copies of these items;
- Any biological or genetic samples as DNA evidence. For information on DNA testing and submitting DNA samples, please visit the Department of State’s webpage; or
- Graphic photos of childbirth or intimate relations as evidence of a relationship or marital bona fides.
- How Do I Help My Fiance(é) Become a Permanent Resident? (PDF, 679.12 KB)
- Fiancé(e) Visas
- Optional Checklist for Form I-129F, Petition for Alien Fiancé(e)
- Department of State Link: Nonimmigrant Visa for a Fiancé(e) (K-1)
- K-3 Nonimmigrant Visas
- Department of State Link: Nonimmigrant Visa for a Spouse (K-3)