Warning
The Consular Section does not endorse or have a "special relationship" with any individual or business that offers advice or assistance with the visa process. No one can guarantee that your visa will be issued. All U.S. government forms are free. Beware: many visa applicants lose money or are permanently barred from the United States as a result of misleading information and fraudulent applications provided by visa consultants.
Any document or information presented in connection with your immigrant or K visa application may be investigated by our Fraud Prevention Unit. Even if someone else filled out the forms for you, you are still responsible for the content.
Any attempt to misrepresent a material fact to a consular officer may make you permanently ineligible to obtain a visa.
Please remember not to purchase a plane ticket or make travel arrangements to go to the U.S. without having your approved visa packet in your hands.
Form I-130 (Petition for Alien Relative) contains the following warning:
The Department of Homeland Security investigates claimed relationships and verifies the validity of documents. The Department of Homeland Security seeks criminal prosecutions when family relationships are falsified to obtain visas. Penalties: You may, by law, be imprisoned for not more than five years, or fined $250,000, or both, for entering into a marriage contract for the purpose of evading any provision of the immigration laws, and you may be fined up to $10,000 or imprisoned up to five years or both, for knowingly and willfully falsifying or concealing a material fact or using any false document in submitting this petition.