Visa Category
IR1/CR1 Visas: Spouses
U.S. citizens may apply for IR1 immigrant visas on behalf of their foreign national spouses by filing a Form I-130 Immigrant Petition with their local USCIS office.
Beneficiaries, otherwise entitled to IR1 visa classification will be granted “conditional status” (in the form of a CR1 visa) at the time of visa issuance, if the basis for immigration is a marriage to a petitioner that was entered into less than two years prior to the beneficiary’s admission to the United States.