Immigration resource news magazine for United states of america» K-4 Child of K-3 Spouse of US Citizen https://immigrationresource.net Immigration Magazine Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:34:11 +0000 en hourly 1 K-4 Visa Holder (Child of K-3 Visa Spouse of US Citizen) Can Only Apply to Adjust to Green Card Status Based on Original K Visa Petitioner https://immigrationresource.net/k-4-visa-holder-child-of-k-3-visa-spouse-of-us-citizen-can-only-apply-to-adjust-to-green-card-status-based-on-original-k-visa-petitioner/ https://immigrationresource.net/k-4-visa-holder-child-of-k-3-visa-spouse-of-us-citizen-can-only-apply-to-adjust-to-green-card-status-based-on-original-k-visa-petitioner/#comments Sun, 05 Aug 2012 11:00:50 +0000 Tiyalaw https://immigrationresource.net/?p=1745

K-4 Visa Holder (Child of K-3 Visa Spouse of US Citizen) Can Only Apply to Adjust to Green Card Status Based on Original K Visa Petitioner

In Matter of Valenzuela, 25 I&N Dec. 867 (BIA 2012), BIA holds that a K-4 visa holder cannot adjust status to U.S. permanent residence status based on her own subsequent marriage to a U.S. citizen, and could only adjust status based on the I-130 filed by the K visa petitioner (parent’s original petitioner for K-3 Spouse of US citizen).

K-4 visa is a derivative visa of parent’s K-3 visa (as the spouse of a United States citizen).  The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) is the highest administrative body for interpreting and applying immigration laws.

July 29, 2012: By Aik Wan Kok Fillali, Lawyer USA Immigration Services, at Tiya; Tel: 703-772-8224 & koka at tiyalaw dot com; Direct dial from abroad: 001-703-772-8224

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