Fiance Visa or Work Visa?

[flesh1mp 3]

For some backstory, I currently live in Japan teaching English and I met my girlfriend when I was on vacation in Hong Kong about two years ago. She was a home care provider there and we really hit it off. Since then, she has moved back to the Philippines to work in a hospital as a nurse so she can get more experience. I've gone to visit her a few times in her home during my periods of time off that I get, but we've had to do long distance for the majority of our relationship.

 

I'm going to be moving back to the states and I will be proposing to her in a couple months. We're currently trying to figure out the best route to get her to the US so she will be able to continue working as a nurse when she comes over. We don't know if it would be better for her to come over on a fiance visa, get married, then have her get her paperwork through to take the NCLEX and become certified in the states, or if she should get certified first then come over on a work visa and get married after she has a job in a hospital.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Transborderwife 4,666]

K1.  Nurses are not in demand anymore for work visas unless specialized ones (or: nicu or cardiac nurses)

[unknownuser 13]

K1 is the best way to go. Specially with Trump, work visa will be difficult to get