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Thatβs exactly what I did in 2001. While I could have used the VWP I got a B1/B2 visa (to reduce the risk of being turned away on a whim by a border official, making the intention to marry and leave the US clear in the application) and got married in the US to an American citizen. We went to the U.K. a couple of weeks later where weβve been living since, with trips to the US every couple of years.
I donβt know if the situation has changed at all in the past 18 years, but it worked then.