Getting married on a tourist visa is fine, but you have to go back to your home country.
Coming to the US on a non-immigrant visa (like a tourist visa) with the intention of staying is considered visa fraud and it can seriously affect your ability to travel and stay in the US.
The only situation in which it is OK to get married on a non-immigrant visa and file for AOS is when you came with the sincere intention of going back to your country and changed your mind WHILE in the US (if you come as a tourist, meet someone, fall in love, get married and decide to stay or if you decide to propose / get married while you are in the US for instance). Which is very difficult to prove and is not your case anyway.
When you enter the US next month and you are asked the purpose of your trip by the custom border officer, do not lie to them. Don't tell them that you are only staying for a few weeks when you actually want to stay.
The best way to go about it is either to get married, go back home and apply for an immigrant visa from there or to apply for a K-1 fiancé which allows you to get married in the US and file for AOS after the wedding.
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Getting married on a tourist visa is fine, but you have to go back to your home country.
Coming to the US on a non-immigrant visa (like a tourist visa) with the intention of staying is considered visa fraud and it can seriously affect your ability to travel and stay in the US.
The only situation in which it is OK to get married on a non-immigrant visa and file for AOS is when you came with the sincere intention of going back to your country and changed your mind WHILE in the US (if you come as a tourist, meet someone, fall in love, get married and decide to stay or if you decide to propose / get married while you are in the US for instance). Which is very difficult to prove and is not your case anyway.
When you enter the US next month and you are asked the purpose of your trip by the custom border officer, do not lie to them. Don't tell them that you are only staying for a few weeks when you actually want to stay.
The best way to go about it is either to get married, go back home and apply for an immigrant visa from there or to apply for a K-1 fiancé which allows you to get married in the US and file for AOS after the wedding.