But despite potentially prohibitive costs and some initial apprehension about privacy, for many immigrants, the prospect of a speedier application approval trumps all other considerations. The experience of a recent DNA test customer provides an ideal example of DNA immigration testing in action. In July 2005 Edilberto and Brenda Bollozos were shocked by news from the American Embassy in Manila that their sons’ visa applications had been denied. The notice recommended DNA testing as a means of officially gathering the necessary evidence.

The couple decided to use a DNA testing company. “We just called the 800 number, answered a few questions and set up an appointment,” recalls Mr. Bollozos. Within a few days, a DNA collection specialist was in their home, guiding them through the specimen gathering and documentation process. “They were very friendly and helpful, and the whole process was actually extremely easy.”

Meanwhile, the company coordinated the collection of the boys’ genetic specimens with the American embassy in the Philippines. The couple was told to expect a few weeks for test results to be gathered and processed by the US government. It was on a morning in late July that the official word arrived from the U.S. embassy in Manila: the visas had been granted.

“We were so happy,” Eddie explained. “We couldn’t wait for the boys to come over, so we bought tickets and flew to the Philippines to meet them.” There, the Bollozos family spent more than a month together, before the four of them departed for the United States, and the boys’ new Hayward, California home.

While the stringency of DNA testing guidelines can be superficially intimidating to potential applicants like the Bollozos family, visa seekers are quickly attracted to the U.S. policy that requires expedited processing of blood relationship cases involving DNA paternity testing or other relationship testing, effectively simplifying and shortening the pathway to attaining a visa.

Naturally, the details of the process and its scientific roots are the last thing on the mind of individuals like Eddie Bollozos. His enthusiasm for the incalculable aid DNA testing provided to help unite his family is impossible to deny. “It’s wonderful,” Bollozos says. “My sons are finally able to share my love of this land.”

David Nicholson owns and runs DNA Worldwide one of the leading online DNA testing sompanies in the UK. He has been working within the insurance industry for over 5 years and has thousands of satisfied customers worldwide. DNA Worldwide provides DNA Testing services.

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• Can get K2 visas issued for his/her children

• Can apply for a work permit

• Smaller waiting period than other marriage based, immigration visa petitions.

Before the fiancée (beneficiary) can apply for a K1 visa to the USA, the US citizen (petitioner) to whom he/she is engaged must place a petition (USCIS Form I-129F) on his/her behalf, with the USCIS (United State Citizenship and Immigration Service). The petitioner must possess proof of US citizenship and submit it to the USCIS when asked to. The approved petition is forwarded to the American Consular Office, where the foreign fiancée would get the necessary instructions and forms to apply for a K1 visa.

A K1 visa necessitates that the applicant and the petitioner should be legally free to marry, both under the laws of the US as well as under the laws of the foreign country. They should have met each other in person within the two years preceding the filing of the alien fiancée petition. However, this condition may be waived in certain special circumstances. Once the fiancée has entered the US, he/she must marry the prospective spouse within 90 days.

At the time of applying for a fiancée visa, the fiancée should submit documents such as a valid passport, birth certificate, proof of legitimacy of relationship with petitioner, proof that petitioner will support the fiancée, and medical certificate. A fiancée found eligible will be issued a visa that is valid for a single entry during a six month period.

K1 visas will not be issued to fiancées who

• Are not eligible to be US citizens

• Have committed grave criminal acts

• Are drug addicts

• Have a communicable disease

• Have some serious mental or physical disorder

• Have used illegal means to immigrate to the US

Once married, the beneficiary has to put in an application to the USCIS to establish a record of entry for conditional permanent residence status, and this status can be removed after two years with a further application to the USCIS.

Reva Cruz is an assistant. John Roth & Associates specializes in the practice areas of US immigration law and family and marriage