Immigrant Visas: The Basics

 You may qualify to immigrate to the United States if you are:

• A spouse or immediate relative of an American citizen or legal permanent resident
• The fiancé of an American citizen
• A prospective employee of a United States company
• Selected through the Diversity Visa (DV) lottery program

All prospective immigrants except for Diversity Visa candidates must have a petition filed on their behalf.  The “petitioner” is the person or company who files the petition, and the “beneficiary” is the prospective immigrant.  Filing the petition is the first step in the immigrant visa process.

Almost all immigrant visa petitions must be filed in the United States.  Visit www.uscis.gov for more information.

Public Inquiries

For inquiries concerning filing a petition, preparing for an immigrant visa interview, or submitting a waiver request for visa ineligibility please contact our office by email at: RiyadhIV@state.gov. Inquiries concerning ongoing cases should include the case number in the subject line. In order to serve all clients better, as of December 1, 2011 we will no longer be accepting telephone inquiries.

In your email, please make sure to include the following:

• Case number;
• Full name and date of birth of the beneficiary; and
• previous email string (if you are following up on previous email correspondence).