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IMMIGRATION BENEFITS: Improvements Needed to Fully Implement the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act

Note: USCIS may waive the requirement for the petitioner and beneficiary to have met in person during the previous 2 years, if the petitioner provides evidence that meeting in person would result in extreme hardship to the petitioner or would violate strict, long-standing established customs of the beneficiary's culture or social practice. See 8 U.S.C. § 1184(d)(1).

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IMMIGRATION BENEFITS: Improvements Needed to Fully Implement the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act

Note: Numbers shown represent the total number of K visa applications—K-1 (fiancé[e]), K-2 (minor children of K-1 fiancé[e]s), K-3 (spouses), and K-4 (minor children of K-3 spouses)—submitted, issued, and refused from fiscal years 2008 through 2013. The number of K visa applications submitted for a particular fiscal year does not equal the number of K visas issued or refused in that fiscal year because, for example, the visa adjudication process can span different years.

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IMMIGRATION BENEFITS: Improvements Needed to Fully Implement the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act

Note: The number of I-129F petitions submitted for a particular year does not equal the number of I-129F petitions approved or denied in that year because, for example, the adjudication process can span different years.