Ethiopia K-1 or Fiancee Visas
Ethiopia Fiance Visa preparation
Your Ethiopian Fiancee will be requested to bring the following documents to
the consulate interview.
Passport
Birth Certificate
Marriage Certificate (for K3) / Divorce Certificates
Police Certificate
Medical Exam Envelope
I-134 plus 3 recent years tax transcripts
Evidence of Relationship
2 Passport photos required for police certificate (can be b/w)
K3 filing / interview may be done on a walk-in basis if the petitioner appears at the Consulate in person and pleads his/her case. Otherwise, the Consulate will schedule the interview within 6-10 weeks of receiving the file from the NVC.
Upon receiving packet 3, the applicant should complete all documents requested on the checklist and obtain both the medical and police certificate. Medical takes appr. 3 days total to complete. Police Certificate takes 2 weeks but can be expedited upon request.
The problem in terms of total processing time appears to be that the Consulate will take time to actually send out packet 3 (word is that this may take 1-2 months easily). If the USC petitioner is in Addis, the petitioner can pick-up packet 3 at the Consulate by showing the NVC letter. This speeds things up dramatically.
A complete and accurate filing along with good relationship evidence is the key to a speedy processing of the visa. Also, for all couples that are mixed, the Ethiopian K3 visa applicant will very likely have to go through the interview in English unless it can be established that the petitioning USC spouse speaks Amharic.
The US embassy in Addis Ababa Ethiopia
PO Box 1014
Entoto Street
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Telephone:
251-11-1242424
Fax:
251-11-1242435
Below is a short youtube video that describes how to get your Fiancee Visa
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So you have finally found the woman that you plan to spend the rest of your life with. Now comes the fun part….
paperwork. To bring your lady home, you need to get her a visa that must be applied for through the I.N.S. Now
before you get nervous (as I did the first time I read about visa info) let me assure you that it is really not
that difficult. I say this because I found another resource that may aid you in making the immigration process
easier. The best method of accomplishing this is to get your lady a K-1 or fianceee visa. This is, by far, the
fastest method of bringing your lady home. The entire process will take about 3-6 months. That is very fast
considering that the average regular immigration visa can take years. The key to this process is to make sure
that you fill out the forms completely and correctly. When you have all of the supporting documents, it should
take approximately one evening for the forms to be completed and sent to the INS.
Expert Tip # 8
Send copies of all supporting documents you attached to the I-129F, and I-134 to your Fiancee. She should review these and be intimately conversant with their contents. She should bring all of these documents to her interview at the consulate. For some documents she may be required to present originals, or certified copies of originals, make sure she gets these well in advance of her interview. A check list of what documents to send is included in Fiancee Visa Secrets eBook
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