TRUSA NY Immigration

If you are in the US on a K-3 spouse visa, you may bring your child to the states on a K-4 visa.

Your child can qualify for the K-4 visa if s/he:

• Is under 21
• Is unmarried
• Is the child of a K-3 visa holder
• Is seeking to immigrate to the US

If your child is granted a K-4 visa, he or she may live in the US while waiting approval of the immigrant visa petition, apply for a work permit, travel outside of the US and come back and study in the US.

On a K-4 visa , your child may not change to any other non-immigrant status, or enter the US if s/he has been barred for previous violation of US immigration laws.

The K-4 visa is valid for two years with multiple entries, or until the age of 21, whichever is shorter. You may apply for extension of stay using Form I-539, Application to Extend or Change Nonimmigrant Status, 120 days prior to the expiration of your authorized stay. Extension will be granted in two year intervals. Extensions for K-4 status must be filed concurrently with your K-3 parents' status extension application. In addition, your U.S. citizen parent filing for extension of your K-4 status should file Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, on your behalf.

The following documents are required for the K4 visa:

• Two copies of the DS-156 application form
• Two passport-sized, frontal view color photographs with a white background of the principal K-3 and K-4 visa applicant
• Local police certificates of the principal K-3 and K-4 visa applicant
• Birth certificates of the principal K-3 and K-4 visa applicant
• Local marriage certificate of the principal K-3 applicant
• Divorce or Death certificates of the principal K-3 applicant
• Medical report from one of the Embassy's panel physicians
• Separate valid passports of the principal K-3 and K-4 visa applicant