K-1 fiancé petition · Form I-129F
For an eligible engaged couple pursuing the K-1 visa route.
Your immigration journey, made clearer.
Effortless Visa helps couples prepare for the immigration process in plain English, starting with the filing they need today and keeping important information organized for the stages that follow.
Six filing projects are available now: the K-1 petition, spouse family petition, K-1 adjustment of status, spouse-based adjustment of status, removal of conditions, and naturalization.
See one answer become a filing task.
- Plain-language question: Have you met your fiancé(e) in person during the last two years?
- Answer saved: Yes - the answer is added to your encrypted case.
- Evidence guidance: Add travel records and photos that support the in-person meeting.
- Packet review: This section is ready for your final review.
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Plain-language question
Have you met your fiancé(e) in person during the last two years?
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Find the filing that likely comes first.
Make a few selections inside the pathway finder. It will point to the likely starting route without changing the rest of the page or pretending a short quiz can decide legal eligibility.
Interactive pathway finderStep 1
Start on the right path, then keep later filings organized.
Form I-129F and Form I-130 are alternative starting petitions, not consecutive steps. Later filings depend on your route and facts; Effortless Visa preserves relevant information and asks you to review what changed before reusing it.
Spouse petition · Form I-130 + I-130A
For an eligible married couple beginning the family-petition route.
Green-card process
Guided Form I-485 adjustment of status after K-1 entry and marriage.
Spouse-based green-card process
Guided Form I-485 adjustment for a screened immediate-relative spouse of a U.S. citizen.
Removing conditions
Guided Form I-751 for marriage-based conditional residence.
U.S. citizenship
Guided Form N-400 naturalization preparation.
The exact steps depend on your immigration path and circumstances. Not every stage applies to every user.
The forms are separate. Your journey is not.
A simple, guided process from start to finish.
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Guided questionnaires
Plain-English questions and field-specific help for Form I-129F, I-130, I-485, I-765, I-751, and N-400.
Field-specific helpForm I-129F
Official form
Part 2, Item 53. Have you and your fiancé(e) met in person during the two years immediately before filing this petition?
Plain language
Did you meet face to face during the required two-year period? If not, we'll explain the narrow waiver paths and flag the case for review.
Every official field, asked in plain language.
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Save and return
Keep your answers and documents organized, then continue where you stopped.
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Helpful warnings
Review prompts and complexity flags when your answers need attention.
Filing review88%
Helpful warnings
1 answer needs your attention before packet generation.
Print and file
Identity and relationship evidence organized.
Available now: six distinct guided filing projects
Start free and pay only when you are ready to generate the filing output. Each filing-stage project is the same flat $79.
No. Six guided filing projects are available today, including separate K-1 and spouse-based Form I-485 workflows.
$79
I-129F
K-1 fiancé petition
Start the K-1 fiancé visa process before the beneficiary enters the United States on a K-1 visa.
K-1 fiancé visa petition for a U.S. citizen petitioner and foreign-citizen fiancé(e)
Start Form I-129F$79
I-130
Spouse family petition
Prepare a routine spouse petition with the included Form I-130A and encrypted evidence organization.
Routine spouse petition filed by a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident
Start Form I-130$79
I-485
K-1 adjustment of status
Prepare adjustment of status after K-1/K-2 admission and the qualifying marriage in the United States.
Adjustment of status after K-1/K-2 admission and the qualifying U.S. marriage
Start Form I-485$79
I-485
Spouse-based adjustment of status
Prepare a routine family-based adjustment filing as the spouse of a living U.S. citizen, with Form I-130 filed together, pending, or approved.
Principal immediate-relative spouse of a U.S. citizen who was inspected and admitted or paroled into the United States
Start spouse Form I-485$79
I-751
Removal of conditions
Prepare a routine joint petition during the 90 days before marriage-based conditional residence expires.
Routine joint petition for marriage-based conditional permanent residents
Start Form I-751$79
N-400
Naturalization
Prepare for naturalization after permanent residence, including the routine five-year or three-year spouse pathway.
Routine five-year or qualifying three-year spouse naturalization pathway
Start Form N-400Next in the family-immigration suite.
These are the next workflows on our product roadmap. They cannot be started or purchased yet; each stays unavailable until its current rules, encrypted questionnaire, filing output, and live QA are complete.
Travel document · Form I-131
Guided advance-parole preparation for eligible people in a supported adjustment project. This stays unavailable until the current USCIS instructions can be verified against the current form edition.
Consular processing · DS-260
Guided NVC and CEAC preparation after an approved family petition. DS-260 remains a government online application, not a downloadable filing PDF.
Child citizenship · Forms N-600 and N-600K
A safety-first router and guided preparation for documenting or pursuing qualifying child citizenship paths.
No release date is promised. Forms I-864, I-864A, I-864EZ, and I-693 coordination are included where applicable in released adjustment projects.
Prepare your filing project for $79.
Start free and pay only when you are ready to generate the filing output. Each filing-stage project is the same flat $79.
$79
One-time payment per filing-stage project - no subscription.
Guided questionnaire, preparation for implemented forms filed together at that stage, evidence organization, and an organized output. A materially later filing stage is a new project. Government filing fees are separate.
The $79 is a one-time payment for one filing-stage project. Forms prepared together or close together for that stage are included in the same project. A later filing stage is a new $79 project. Government fees and optional services are separate.
Choose your filingOther guided filing services$149–$1,349
Immigration attorney$2,000–$7,000
Government fees, medical examinations, translations, document costs, optional services, and future immigration stages are separate.
Approval refund guarantee
If an eligible filing prepared through Effortless Visa is denied by USCIS, we will refund the $79 Effortless Visa preparation fee for that filing. Government fees, optional services, and third-party costs are not refundable. Terms apply.
Effortless Visa is self-help immigration form-preparation software. We are not a law firm, do not provide legal advice or representation, and are not affiliated with USCIS or any U.S. government agency. Complicated cases may require help from a licensed immigration attorney.
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