How do I bring my fiancee to the U.S.?
Fiancée Visas
If you are an American citizen or a foreign national who is engaged to an American citizen and residing in your home country, it is possible for the American citizen to file a fiancée visa for the foreign national fiancée to be able to enter the United States and marry the United States citizen. What is required is that the American citizen has met the foreign national within the two years prior to filing the fiancée visa application.
Once the foreign national fiancée has entered the United States, the United States citizen and the foreign national must marry within 90 days of the foreign national fiancée’s arrival. As such, the visa holder will not be eligible for a work permit. If the foreign national has dependants such as a child, a derivative visa is available which will allow the dependant to accompany the foreign national fiancée.
Non-Immigrant Visas for Foreign National Spouses
If you are an American citizen and are married to a foreign national who still resides in his or her home country, and have filed a family immigrant visa petition for that person, a temporary visa is available that will allow the foreign national to come to the United States and wait for the immigrant visa to become available. This temporary visa will allow the foreign national to work. Also, a derivative visa is available for dependants who will accompany the foreign spouse.