My fiance lives in England. I live in the US. We want to get married but we don't know if we need a visa.?

We're not sure because we called different places like Customs and Border protection and they said we need a fiance/e visa. But then we called the place that issues marriage licenses and they said that we don't need a visa and that we can get married here in the US just as long as my fiance has his birth certificate. Both of our moms know and talked to people who came here from a different country, got married legally without a visa and are living here legally. So my fiance and I are confused now and are just thinking to do it without a visa because we'll be able to get a marriage license without it and that'll make our wedding legal. Any help please! Thanks.

Answer:
You don't need a visa to get married, but he needs one to be in the country legally. Assuming your fiance is a citizen of the UK, he can legally come to the US for tourism or business without a visa, but getting married isn't tourism or business, so he would need a fiance visa. See the two sites below for the procedures.
I'm sure that you can get married in the U. S., but getting U. S. citizenship for your fiance is a different matter.

I'd advise you to speak to an immigration lawyer!
Get married on a cruise boat half way between the U.S. and the U.K.
The Custom Border is right, you need to get her a fiancee visa. That visa will allow her to come here to US but once she is here, you two have to get married in 90 days.

The reason some people here married without fiancee visa is because they already here from student visa or work visa. Even if they overstay their visa, by marrying US Citizen, the overstay is forgiven.

You can get her tourist visa and once she is here, you can marry her but I wouldn't recommend it. You two might have a hard time during green card interview because tourist visa is not a dual intent.

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