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Starlamarieboim   0

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My Indonesian fiancé and I live in Indonesia, but I’m wondering if we can get married when we go visit my family in June.  He will be on a tourist visa since we plan to return to Indonesia. 

 

Some years down the road, we may choose to move back to America.  Would there be any issues obtaining a partner visa if we did get married on a tourist visa?

 

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If you plan to return to Indonesia after the wedding, there’s no issue with your plan.

 

It’s when people come here with the intent to marry on a visitor visa, lie to the immigration officers at the airport and then not return home that 

people run into problems. That is consider fraud. 

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Yes'

 

It would be a spousal visa.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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Starlamarieboim   0

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2 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Yes'

 

It would be a spousal visa.

Well since we aren’t married Yet, our options are fiancé visa or tourist visa since we want to get married in California before returning to Indonesia. The spousal visa would be obtained once we are married and if we decide to move back to the states.  

 

My question was: can we get married on a tourist visa if we are in California on a holiday?

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Just now, Starlamarieboim said:

Well since we aren’t married Yet, our options are fiancé visa or tourist visa since we want to get married in California before returning to Indonesia. The spousal visa would be obtained once we are married and if we decide to move back to the states.  

 

My question was: can we get married on a tourist visa if we are in California on a holiday?

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12 minutes ago, Starlamarieboim said:

Well since we aren’t married Yet, our options are fiancé visa or tourist visa since we want to get married in California before returning to Indonesia. The spousal visa would be obtained once we are married and if we decide to move back to the states.  

 

My question was: can we get married on a tourist visa if we are in California on a holiday?

K1 would to immigrate.

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So he will be using his B.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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5 hours ago, Starlamarieboim said:

My Indonesian fiancé and I live in Indonesia, but I’m wondering if we can get married when we go visit my family in June.  He will be on a tourist visa since we plan to return to Indonesia.

Yes, you can; its 100% legal

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Yes you can, I went over to visit my (then) boyfriend 2 years ago on a visitors visa, while there he proposed to me and we decided, why wait? So we got married that week at the NYC County Clerks office and I returned to my country a few days later. We filed for f2a a few months later and are currently waiting to hear from NVC :) 

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12 hours ago, Starlamarieboim said:

Well since we aren’t married Yet, our options are fiancé visa or tourist visa since we want to get married in California before returning to Indonesia. The spousal visa would be obtained once we are married and if we decide to move back to the states.  

 

My question was: can we get married on a tourist visa if we are in California on a holiday?

Exactly. Yes, you can get married here on the US on holiday. You do not need a K1 to get married if you’re planning to return after the visit. Congratulations!  

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