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Originally Posted by ckarp73
Thank you Fatbrit for your response. The information I gave came from an immigration attorney who stated that if we were to get married here in the US then relocate to the UK within two years he would indeed be considered abandoning his US Citizenship and it would make re-entry (for him) difficult. His Visa is still current so there are no immigration issues as of yet but he will be laid off soon which is why he found employment back in the UK as jobs here in the US are scarse, esp for those needing to be sponsored. Which is also why we visited the attorney in the first place, to see what our best courses of action could be. We'd both rather live in the UK so I was just curious if it made more sense/what would be easier for us: to marry here or marry there. Sorry for any misconceptions and again I thank you for your reply.
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As he's here legally at the moment and you're planning on moving out in the short term, there would, indeed, be no point in pursuing his US permanent residency.
The marriage is a separate issue. There is no legal problem with him marrying you in the US, and he will not need to change his current immigration status because of it. The question is whether you will be better served entering the UK as a married person or a fiancée. I bow to others opinions on that since it is not an area I know so much about.