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I am a US citizen and my fiancée is a UK resident. We want to get marrried in the US, but live in the UK. Do we really need to go through the process of getting a fiancée visa if we are moving back to the UK after the wedding? Can we legally get married if he doesn't have one?
Thank you for any help you can provide!
A fiancé (you say "he" so there's no second "e") visa is meant to allow a non-citizen to enter the U.S., marry a citizen, then adjust his status to gain permanent residency. If the person entering the U.S. doesn't intend to become a permanent resident of the U.S., that person doesn't need a visa that allows him to stay or petition to become a permanent resident.
Some states require proof of lawful presence before they'll issue a marriage license, and some have residency requirements that may be difficult to meet for a tourist, but most states are pretty accommodating of tourists who want to get married within their borders.
Thank you for the help!