Pakistan K1 Fiancee Visa Processing Times

Embassy of the United States in Islamabad, Pakistan

The processing time, from the day our law office files your I-129F Petition with the USCIS, to the day the K1 Visa is issued by the US Embassy in Islamabad, Islamabad is approximately:

5-9 Months

All Pakistani Nationals residing in Pakistan must have their K1 Visa applications processed at the US Embassy located in Islamabad, Pakistan. The application can only be adjudicated after the approved I-129F Petition is forwarded to the post by the National Visa Center in the United States.

If you are a Pakistani National residing in a country other than Pakistan, you may be eligible to process your k1 visa application in that foreign country. Contact our law firm today to find out if you or your fiancee meet the eligibility requirements.

We can’t thank you enough for your services…we are going to recommend you to my cousin…you should be hearing from her soon…also looking forward to Mahmood getting his work permit so he may start working here!…cheers… Mary, New Orleans, Lousiana
Mahmood, Lahore, Pakistan

About Mary, New Orleans, Lousiana
Mahmood, Lahore, Pakistan

Embassy Address:

American Embassy
Consular Section
Diplomatic Enclave, Ramna 5
Islamabad, Pakistan

Time it takes for an interview appointment after petition is received by embassy:

0-1 Months

Time for issuance of k1 visa after the interview

1-2 weeks

Our Pakistan Overseas Support Staff Speak Fluent English and
Urdu and have been through the k1 visa process too!

Below, please find more useful information about some of the required documents the K1 Visa Applicant will need prior to going for the interview. Please note that this list is not comprehensive and there are many other items and evidence that must be brought to the interview. Prior to interview, our office and/or your Overseas Support Staff will instruct you on all items and give you a mock interview for preparation.

The information about the documents below was excerpted from the Department of State Website section on Visas

Birth Certificates

Available. Reporting of births is voluntary, and records are not uniformly kept, particularly in rural areas. Almost all records of vital statistics of the Karachi Municipality were burned in 1948. Where a record of birth exists, a certificate to that effect may be obtained from the Registrar of Births and Deaths or the Director of Health Services in the municipality or, in rural areas, from the union council, district council or district health officer. Caution should be used, however, in accepting such certificates, since they frequently do not match the original ledgers. Births also may be registered late. In lieu of a birth certificate, Pakistanis often use school records attested by the headmaster or principal of the school or matriculation certificates, both of which identify the father and the date of birth.

Divorce Certificates

Available from municipality or union council or (in Azad Kashmir) District Mufti. In Pakistan (apart from Azad Kashmir), divorce is subject to arbitration, while in Azad Kashmir the “bare talaq” (uncontestable verbal pronouncement of divorce by the husband) is still permitted. Some foreign embassies and Pakistani legal authorities question the validity of the bare talaq if the wife resides outside Azad Kashmir and contests such a divorce under the laws prevailing in other areas of Pakistan (Muslim Family Laws Ordinance). Where a divorce has been granted by a civil court, as in the case of Christians, copies of the orders may be obtained from the court. As with other documents, care must be exercised. Immigrants to the U.S. have been known to obtain their status through bigamous marriage in the U.S. in which fraudulent divorce documents were presented.

A divorce in Pakistan is not effective and neither party may remarry until 90 days after the divorce has been announced to the arbitration council.

After 90 days, if no reconciliation has taken place, either party may request a certificate from the arbitration council which states that the divorce law is effective and either party may remarry (1961, Muslim Family Laws Ordinance, Section 7). The ordinances state that this applies to “all Muslim citizens of Pakistan wherever they may be.

Death Certificates

Available. Records of deaths are inconsistent, but, where the death is recorded, a certificate can be obtained from the Registrar of Births and Deaths of the municipality or union council. Cantonment boards in urban areas are also authorized to issue death certificates. As with birth certificates, caution should be used in accepting such documents as authentic. A commonly used substitute is an affidavit signed and witnessed by a “respectable and reliable person,” by a police officer not below the rank of Superintendent of Police or a district health officer.

Identity Card

Pakistan issues identity cards to citizens at age 18. These are required of adults in order to vote or to obtain driver’s licenses and passports. In rural areas it is not uncommon for identity cards to be issued to women without photographs. Identity cards issued since 1993 are blue for males, pink for females and may not include a birth date.

Police Records

Police records (also known as Character Certificates) are available at no cost from District Coordinating Offices, and take up to three months to obtain. There is no central police register in Pakistan, and applicants should therefore provide certificates from every jurisdiction in which they have lived for the requisite period of time. Police certificates are available by mail. Applicants currently outside Pakistan should contact the nearest Pakistani Embassy or Consulate for instructions.
Non-Pakistani citizens may have difficulty obtaining police records even if they are/were residents of Pakistan. Police records are unavailable to non-Pakistani citizens if they are/were not officially resident in Pakistan while present here (e.g., Afghan citizens staying in refugee camps.)

Prison Records

Not available to individuals. Prison records will be issued only in response to an official request, made through the Ministry of Interior, to the Inspector General of Prisons in the district where the prison is located.

Military Records

Unavailable.

Passport and Other Travel Documents

The Government of Pakistan issues three types of travel documents in the form of passports. Travel documents are not available for refugees or stateless persons.
Diplomatic Passports (red cover): Issued to ambassadors, career diplomats, head of state and government and federal ministers.
Official Passports (blue cover): Issued to members of the National Assembly and their immediate family members, high-ranking civil service personnel and military personnel traveling on official business.
Ordinary Passports (green cover): Issued to any qualifying citizen of Pakistan for private travel. Normally issued valid for five years for travel to all countries of the world except Israel. Older passports will be valid for all countries except Israel, India and/or South Africa.

Pakistani names are subject to a variety of combinations with no established surname rule. Individuals may change their names by simply announcing name changes in the newspaper. For older persons and those born in rural areas, frequently only the year of birth is available. It is not unheard-of for birth dates to be changed. The essential element of identity is generally the name of the father and, in the case of married woman, the name of the husband though adherence to standards of proof of identification for these passport entries can be lax.

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