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The new K and V visa categories

The new categories of nonimmigrant visas created by the LIFE Act may be issued to certain spouses of Lawful Permanent Residents, their dependent children (V1, V2, V3) and to spouses of U.S. citizens who were married overseas and the dependent children of the alien spouse (K3, K4). Those issued any of these visas may enter the United States as nonimmigrants to complete the process of immigration in the United States.