Guidance / Assistance Needed

[US Worker 0]

Hi, I am on a H1B visa in US and my Fiancé is in Pakistan. Is there is any visa that my Fiancé come here and we get married over here in US (that will help us to change the Fiancé status to H4 without waiting for couple of months that i go there and marry her then apply for the H4)

OR do i invite call her on B2 visa (visitor visa) and when she is here i will marry her. What are the options and pros and cons.

Any guidance / Assistance will be appreciated. Thanks

[Boiler 45,787]

Can she get a B2, does she have one.

[US Worker 0]

No she does not have. I am just collecting process so that if possible then i can start the process.

[Boiler 45,787]

A quick trip home would be my vote.

[US Worker 0]

Hmm ok. Thank you very much for your reply. But is there is any option that's she comes here for some sort of visa and then marrying her here!

[sn530 27]

USworker, from past experiances of friends I would suggest getting married and going through the motions of applying for a Spouce visa for H1.

[US Worker 0]

sn530: U mean getting married over here and then apply H1 for wife. Is that u are saying?

So this means that its possible Fiancé can come over here on B2 visa, correct me if i am wrong.

[Noah Lot 391]

sn530: U mean getting married over here and then apply H1 for wife. Is that u are saying?

So this means that its possible Fiancé can come over here on B2 visa, correct me if i am wrong.

but not for the purpose of getting married and staying......

[jaycali 415]

sn530: U mean getting married over here and then apply H1 for wife. Is that u are saying?So this means that its possible Fiancé can come over here on B2 visa, correct me if i am wrong.

Yes. It's fully legal to get married in the US on a B-2.

However, it's illegal to do so with the intention of staying after the wedding.

[Harsh_77 718]

There is no fiancée visa for H1…. It is very simple and in fact it is very fast as well.

You have to go back to Pak get married and she files for H4, just like B1/2 and the visa is issued within weeks.

H4 does not have to go thru long wait… this might be the easiest, fastest and cleanest way to go.

[US Worker 0]

Thanks everyone for replying

Noah Lot: Hmm, that's i agree, it shouldn't be told.

jaejayC: Yes that its illegal to stay because duration of the B2 is limited (Is that u are saying). But can u tell me hows its illegal as when we get married, can apply the H4 visa as soon as possible (if the process completed within B2 visa duration) then everything on the right path.

Harsh_77: Thanks, Hmm right.