I-129FPetition for Alien Fiancé(e)
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Form I-129F is the petition a U.S. citizen files for a foreign fiancé(e) to come to the United States on a K-1 visa to marry, or for a foreign spouse to enter on a K-3 visa while an I-130 is pending. The fiancé(e)'s unmarried children under 21 can come as K-2 (or K-4) nonimmigrants without a separate petition. The instructions set out the core facts USCIS looks for in a fiancé(e) case: both of you legally free to marry, an intent to marry within 90 days of admission, and an in-person meeting within the two years before filing, unless an exception described in the instructions applies. There are also International Marriage Broker Regulation Act (IMBRA) questions about prior petitions and criminal history. USCIS does not list I-129F for online filing.
How to file Form I-129F
Mail a paper petition
I-129F is not on USCIS's list of forms that can be filed online, so it is mailed with the fee and evidence to the address on its USCIS page.
Open on uscis.govAfter approval
The approved petition goes to the Department of State; the fiancé(e) applies for the K visa at a U.S. embassy or consulate. A K-3 spouse applies in the country where the marriage took place.
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Print, sign in ink, scan, send
USCIS does not accept signatures made by software, so the dependable path is paper first, then a clean PDF under the online limit. Every step below runs in your browser.
- PrintThe official I-129F PDF from uscis.gov, every page from the same edition.
- Sign by handIn the signature box, in ink. USCIS: “USCIS does not accept signatures created by a typewriter, word processor, stamp, auto-pen, or similar device.”
- Scan to PDFPhone camera pages, deskewed and cleaned, in this tab.
- MergeForm and evidence in the order the instructions ask for.
- Under 12 MBCompressed to the USCIS online upload limit, with a preview first.
Sources: USCIS Policy Manual, Vol. 1, Part B, Ch. 2 (signatures) · uscis.gov/file-online/tips-for-filing-forms-online (12 MB) · checked 2026-10-05
Line help for Form I-129F
Plain-language notes written from the official instructions, with the place each one comes from. Informational, not legal advice.
Your identity, A-Number and SSN if any, whether this is for a fiancé(e) (K-1) or spouse (K-3), addresses and employment for five years, parents, prior marriages, and how you became a citizen.
Form I-129F (01/20/25), Part 1The fiancé(e) or spouse's identity, addresses, employment, parents, prior marriages, children, and the in-person meeting questions (Items 53–54).
Form I-129F Instructions (01/20/25), Part 2; Items 53–54Criminal-history and IMBRA questions about you, and whether you used an international marriage broker. Answer each truthfully and attach what the instructions ask for.
Form I-129F Instructions (01/20/25), Part 3; IMBRAYour ethnicity, race, height, weight, eye and hair color.
Form I-129F (01/20/25), Part 4Your contact details and handwritten signature.
Form I-129F (01/20/25), Part 5Only if someone helped; Part 8 for extra answers.
Form I-129F (01/20/25), Parts 6–8Marry within 90 days of admission.
A K-1 petition rests on both of you being free to marry and intending to marry within 90 days after the fiancé(e) is admitted.
“Are legally free to marry and intend to marry within 90 days of your fiancé(e)’s admission to the United States”
Form I-129F Instructions (01/20/25), Who May FileWithin the last two years.
Items 53–54 ask whether you met in person during the two years before filing, and the instructions describe the two narrow exceptions and the evidence for them.
“Have met each other in person within the two years immediately before you filed this petition”
Form I-129F Instructions (01/20/25), Who May File; Items 53–54No separate petition needed.
The fiancé(e)'s or spouse's unmarried children under 21 may come as K-2 or K-4 nonimmigrants. List them on the petition.
“You do not need to file a separate petition to classify the child as a K nonimmigrant.”
Form I-129F Instructions (01/20/25), PurposeRevision history
We check the USCIS form page and its edition statement every day, and USCIS’s sitemap for preview files of new editions. This list starts when our crawler first saw the form.
| Edition | Status | Fields |
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| Edition 01/20/25 | Current | baseline |
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Sources
- USCIS Form I-129F page · checked 2026-10-05
- Form I-129F Instructions (Edition 01/20/25) · checked 2026-10-05
- USCIS page for Form I-129F · crawled 2026-11-02
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