Can my UK fiance marry me in the US under the Visa Waiver Program?

Hi

I moved to the USA to marry my American fiance in 2007 and I had to show my fiance visa in my passport in order to marry. Maybe it's different in each state but here in the south, the waiver programme did not allow marriage.

You MOVED to the US to settle there once you were married which is WHY you had to get a Fiance visa for the US. It has nothing to do with which state because the state does not control Immigration to the US the Federal Government does.

If you had no intention of actually living in the US after you had gotten married then you would not have needed a Fiancee visa for the US, you could have entered, gotten married and returned to your home country on the VWP.

The OP wants to get married in the US, apply for a UK spouse visa and then settle in the UK. There is no need for the UK partner to get a US visa in order to marry and then return to the UK...they can enter the US on the VWP marry and then return to the UK no later than the 90 days allowed by the Immigration Officer when arriving on the VWP.

Thanks, WebyJ. You're awesome!

Anyone had a chance to look at this link?

http://vladivostok.usconsulate.gov/vwp.html [nofollow]

It's the US Consulate site for russia and the VWP rules there state that it IS alright to get married on the VWP as long as you're leaving the US before your VWP expires.

I'm assuming that the rules wouldn't be any different for any other country to which the VWP applies. Am I right in assuming this?

Thanks, WebyJ. You're awesome!

Anyone had a chance to look at this link?

http://vladivostok.usconsulate.gov/vwp.html

It's the US Consulate site for Russia and the VWP rules there state that it IS alright to get married on the VWP as long as you're leaving the US before your VWP expires.

I'm assuming that the rules wouldn't be any different for any other country to which the VWP applies. Am I right in assuming this?

Yes....VWP program rules apply to all VWP eligible countries. Just don't forget to do your ESTA registration a minimum of 72 hours before you travel.

There is a similar weblink for the US embassy in London on this forum somewhere (i'll try and find it for you) I know this as i printed it out and took it with me when i went to marry my US fiance last September (just incase!)

I got asked  a few questions at immigration, essentially they just wanted to make sure i was leaving again!

Here ya go:

http://www.usembassy.org.uk/cons_new/visa/us/marriage-us.html

Hope that puts your mind at rest!

Great link, thanks for posting it!

Here ya go:

http://www.usembassy.org.uk/cons_new/visa/us/marriage-us.html [nofollow]

Hope that puts your mind at rest!

Yay!! This is the most definite answer I've seen on this subject! Thank you so so so much! We've been up and down and up and down these sites and I didn't see that. They sure make it hard to find, don't they?

Thank you everyone!