If you are a citizen of the United States, you may file an application with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service for your fiancé/e as long as:
- You plan to marry your fiancé/e within a period of 90 days from his/her entry into the US;
- Both may legally marry, and have met in person at least once within a period of two years prior to filing the application.
You may request a waiver from the requirement of meeting your fiancé/e for one of two reasons:
- Meeting in person prior to marriage would violate strict and firmly established cultural norms, or;
- It is proved that the meeting would cause serious hardship to the petitioning citizen.