90 Day Fiancé is an American documentary series on TLC that debuted January 12, 2014. The series follows couples who have 90 days to decide to marry before their 90-day K-1 visas (available uniquely to foreign fiancés of American citizens) expire. First the petitioner must meet the beneficiary inside or outside the USA and then file a I-129F petition with evidence of meeting and of a relationship. After the petition is approved, the petitioner must pass biometrics and then the process is sent to the foreign embassy of the beneficiary. The beneficiary then files for a visa, before or after passing the medical requirements and is called for an interview. The beneficiary must prove that they meet the requirements of the visa including strong evidence of meeting and a valid relationship. The foreign fiancé travels to the States to live with his or her prospective American spouse. The couples must marry within 90 days, or leave the country. The couples may face language barriers, culture shock, the stigma of being thought of as a "mail order bride" as well as skepticism of friends and family.
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Season 1 Cast
Russ & Pao
Russ Mayfield, 27, of Owasso, Oklahoma, met Paola aka Pao, 26, of Bucaramanga, Colombia, while he was in Colombia on a work assignment. She moved to America, and the two were married. They moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma. Russ is a graduate of Oklahoma State University and works as a field engineer. Pao was a fashion designer in Colombia. Since moving to America, she has started modeling and is a personal trainer.
As of the airing of "90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?", Russ and Pao are still married, but they live in different cities with Pao working as a model/personal trainer in Miami. Eventually, Russ moves to Miami, but is concerned about Pao's revealing outfits during her modeling jobs.
As of 2017, they are still together. Paola advanced to the second round of the 2017 Maxim's Finest competition, but was eventually eliminated.
Alan & Kirlyam
Alan Cox, 29, of Los Angeles, California, met Kirlyam, 21, of Goiânia, Brazil, while he was on a Mormon mission to her hometown. She moved to America to live with him, although the two were virgins at the time of their wedding. She tried modeling, but Alan was jealous of the attention that she was getting. They were married in a Mormon temple, and although Kirlyam's family was unable to attend, they watched a livestream of the event from Brazil. The couple honeymooned in Hawaii.
As of the season 2 update, Kirlyam is waiting for her green card so that she can find employment. Alan is employed by Breen Engineering as a project lead/photo simulation specialist.
As of 2017, they are still together and Kirlyam is expecting the couple's first child, a boy they have named Liam.
Louis & Aya
Louis Gattone 37, of Indianapolis, Indiana, met Aya, 33, of Ormoc City, Philippines, on an international dating website. Aya wanted Louis to move to the Philippines, but they decided to live in America because he has two young sons. They were married in a Catholic church. Louis is taking classes and is almost done with his degree. Aya is working as well and they'll be buying a house shortly. The boys live with them now and they plan on having a child or children of their own.
The couple decided not to participate in the season 2 update.
As of 2017, the couple are still together.
Mike & Aziza
Mike Eloshway, 31, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Aziza, 21, of Volgograd, Russia, met on a language learning website. Their relationship was initially platonic. Sometime after Aziza's application for a work visa was denied, their relationship turned romantic. In the Summer of 2014 she arrived to America to live with Mike. They were married although Aziza was very saddened because her family was unable to attend the wedding. Mike is employed as a technical support specialist for the Cleveland Municipal Court. Mike wants to have children right away, while Aziza does not.
As of the season 2 update, Aziza found employment at an optics lab. The couple traveled to Russia where Mike finally met Aziza's parents.
As of 2017, they are still together.
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Season 2 cast
Chelsea & Yamir
Yamir, 28, of Managua, Nicaragua, and Chelsea, 25, of Galesburg, Illinois, met while she was doing volunteer work in Nicaragua. Yamir was a member of a Nicaraguan boy band. He moved to the United States to live with Chelsea and her parents. This caused a large rift between him and his manager and bandmates. Chelsea's parents are very supportive of the relationship. Yamir sends some demo tapes to a few music producers in Chicago and receives a reply. He travels to Chicago to meet with producers. The producers say that he needs to move to Chicago to have better opportunities. Unfortunately, Chelsea is resistant to the idea because neither is employed and they can live for free with her parents in Galesburg. The two are married with Yamir's family also in attendance.
On the season 3 update, Yamir and Chelsea were still married. Yamir made his music debut in the U.S. with Chelsea playing his love interest in the music video, "Party Love". Chelsea found employment as an elementary school teacher.
Yamir and Chelsea filed for divorce in 2017 and Yamir is still living in Chicago, working on his music.
Danielle & Mohamed
Mohamed Jbali, 26, of Tunis, Tunisia, met Danielle Mullins, 41, of Norwalk, Ohio, in an online chat room. The two were engaged, and Mohammed moved to America.
She had three teenage daughters and one adult son from previous relationships. Mohammed claimed to have a job, but Danielle discovered that he lied about that. Mohamed also found out that Danielle had lied about aspects of her private life including passing a bad checks and using someone else's credit card fraudulently. Shortly after the wedding, Mohamed left Danielle. He went to Florida with a female friend, and Danielle found out about this and consulted a lawyer. She filed for an annulment which if granted would mean that the marriage never took place and Mohamed would therefore be deported back to Tunisia. Mohamed pressured her to change the filing, and she removed the annulment but refused to yet file for divorce.
As of 2017, they are officially divorced, and in October 2017 Mohamed moved to Texas. Danielle is still trying to get Mohamed deported, despite pleas from fellow cast members and fans to "let it go."
Justin & Evelin
Justin, 34, of San Jose, California, and Evelin, 29, of Santiago de Cali, Colombia, met while they were both attending a rugby match at the 2013 World Games in Colombia. Justin works as a physical education teacher at an elementary school. In Colombia, Evelin worked as a dance instructor. Since moving to America, Evelin has changed the spelling of her name to Evelyn. The couple elected not to participate in the season 3 update.
As of 2017, they are still together.
Brett & Daya
Brett Otto, 31, of Snohomish, Washington, and Daya De Arce, 29, of San Carlos City, Philippines met on an international dating website. Brett is divorced and has a 6-year-old daughter from his first marriage. His daughter lives with her mother in Montana. Brett works in tool services for Boeing, and Daya found a job in the United States. He had two roommates, but they moved out once Daya arrived. Brett and Daya were married on February 14, 2015. Brett's mother chose not to attend the wedding. The couple elected not to participate in the season 3 update, but later participated in 90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After?
As of 2017, they are still married and they have a daughter together named Isabella.
Jason & Cássia
Jason Hitch, 38, of Spring Hill, Florida, and Cássia Tavares, 23, of Curitiba, Brazil met through Facebook while Cássia was in an online relationship with Jason's friend. Once that relationship ended, Jason and Cássia began dating. Cássia came to America and moved in with Jason and his father who share a house. Jason is originally from Champaign, Illinois, and is an Army veteran. He lives very frugally. He buys items from garage sales, auctions, estate sales, etc. and sells them online for a profit. They started a mail order snack business called Gifting Fun.
As of 2017, they are separated.
Danny & Amy
Danny Frishmuth, 23, of Norristown, Pennsylvania, and Amy, 21, of Cape Town, South Africa met in Australia while the two were on a Bible study trip. They fell in love and got engaged. When Amy arrived in America, she lived with Danny's brother because she and Danny wanted to be virgins when they wed. Danny works in home construction for X-Treme Works in Malvern, Pennsylvania. Danny's father initially objected to the marriage because Danny is white and Amy is black, but he eventually accepted her into the family.
As of 2017, they are still together and are now living in Texas. They have one son, Jedidiah John Frishmuth and a daughter Anna Elise Frishmuth.
Season 3 Cast
Mark & Nikki
Mark, 58, of Baltimore, Maryland, and Nikki, 19, of Cebu, Philippines, met on an online dating site. Mark owns a piano rental business. He has four adult children from that marriage who are all older than Nikki. He and his first wife's relationship ended when the children were very young, and Mark was left to raise the children. Mark's first wife and Nikki are from Cebu, Philippines. After meeting on an online dating site, Mark went to the Philippines to meet Nikki and shortly after meeting he proposed to her with a zip tie in the shape of a ring. When Nikki came to Maryland Mark surprised her with a car and taught her how to drive. When Mark told Nikki that the car was the same make and model as the car that he put a deposit on for his first wife, Nikki was confused as she thought it was the very exact same car. Mark's daughter, Elise, felt uncomfortable with the relationship because she is a year older than Nikki. Elise shared her discomfort when Mark wanted to give Nikki clothes that she had previously discarded.
As of 2017, their relationship status is unknown.
Loren & Alexei
Alexei Brovarnik, 27, of Nazareth Illit, Israel, and Loren, 27, of New York City, met while she was on a Jewish Birthright trip to Israel. He was a medic for her group during the trip. Loren was employed as an executive assistant while in New York, but she left her job and moved to Parkland, Florida to live with her parents as she wouldn't be able to afford to support Alexei during the time that he could not legally work. She is a graduate of the University of North Florida.
Alexei and Loren got married in Israel too, surrounded by Alexei's family and friends and Loren's parents. At a meeting with Alexei's parents, Loren's parents misinformed them about Tourette's syndrome that Loren has. Later on Alexei confronts Loren and her parents why he was not informed that her illness can be genetic and affect their future children.
Alexei's mom later travels to Florida exploring avenues to move the whole family from Israel to the US.
The couple resides in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
As of 2017, they are still together.
Kyle & Noon
Kyle Huckabee, 28, of New Orleans, Louisiana, and Bajaree Boonma aka Noon, 25, of Bangkok, Thailand, met online through Facebook while he was doing research for a trip to Thailand. The two met in person while he was there on vacation. They were engaged and Noon came to America even though Kyle hadn't officially proposed. They initially lived in Kyle's bachelor apartment with his roommate, but the situation was less than ideal. Kyle started working extra shifts at his job as a bartender on Bourbon Street so that they could afford an apartment of their own. Kyle proposed during a sky-diving trip, and they moved into a new apartment.
Before he met Noon, he was estranged from his parents who are divorced. With Noon's support, he has restated the relationship with his mother. The two were married in a Buddhist temple, but unfortunately, Noon's family was unable to attend the ceremony. Kyle's mom chose not to attend.
As of 2017, they are still together.
Melanie & Devar
Devar Walters, 28, of Runaway Bay, Jamaica, and Melanie Bowers, 33, Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania, met while Melanie was on vacation at a Jamaican resort where Devar was employed as a lifeguard. Melanie is a registered nurse. She has custody of her 11-year-old son Hunter on weekends. She was married to his father for 5 years before the marriage ended in divorce when she was 26. Devar proposed to Melanie while she was still vacationing, and she accepted.
Back in Pennsylvania, Melanie's sister, Bev, is extremely concerned and does not trust Devar. The couple hits a rough patch when Devar mentions sending back most of the money he earns to his family in Jamaica; Melanie ponders out loud that she will look into a prenup.
As of 2017, they are still together and the couple now has a little girl named Avah who was delivered in November of 2017.
Fernando & Carolina
Fernando, 39, of Doral, Florida, and Carolina, 22, of Medellín, Colombia, met in Colombia while both on dates with other people. The two were engaged before he returned to America. She moved to Florida to live with him.
After his marriage ended, he invited his parents to share his house. They were able to move past this issue and were married.
A re-cap a few months later reveals the couple has happily settled in together, though Carolina admits she calls her mom several times a day and misses her cat (unfortunately Fernando is allergic to cats).
As of 2017, they are still together.
Josh & Aleksandra
Josh Strobel, 22, of Rexburg, Idaho, and Aleksandra Iarovikova, 21, of Kirov, Russia, met in Prague, Czech Republic, while Josh was on a Mormon mission and Aleksandra was attending Metropolitan University Prague. Initially an atheist, Aleksandra converted to Mormonism and Josh played a role in this. Before converting, she was also employed as a dancer at a club.
The couple kept in touch after Josh's mission and began dating. Josh visited Russia and proposed in 2015.
Josh and Aleksandra were married in August 2015, soon after Aleksandra's arrival to the US from Prague where she had to finalize her semester in June. A re-cap a few months later reveals that the couple were then expecting their first child. They had a biracial daughter named Kaya in March 2016. Aleksandra claimed that her own biological father is Black, and that is why her daughter is biracial.
Josh graduated with BS from Creighton University in 2016, but was not accepted to a medical school that year and started working for his father.
As of 2017, they are still together.
Season 4 Cast
Jorge & Anfisa
Anfisa Arkhipchenko, 20, Moscow, Russia, was contacted by Jorge Nava, 27, Riverside, California, via Facebook after he stumbled onto her photos. Though Anfisa was at first resistant to his messages (Jorge claims he "fell in love" with her just by viewing her noticeably sexy photos). Anfisa eventually agreed to meet him and Jorge ends up taking her on an expensive vacation around Europe. Shortly before Anfisa was scheduled to come to the United States, she asked Jorge for an expensive handbag, which Jorge declined to buy for her. Anfisa managed to wipe Jorge's cellphone and cancel the flights, though the two reconciled and eventually Anfisa agrees to travel to the U.S. Jorge is a convicted felon, having pleaded guilty to drug trafficking, which makes it hard for him to rent an apartment.
Anfisa is less than impressed at their living arrangements - a hotel - though why exactly Jorge does not have his own place to live has not been revealed. They live in a hotel, and later at a small rental apartment. Jorge fails to buy an engagement ring or wedding dress for Anfisa. Jorge's friends and family are concerned about Anfisa's motives.
At a restaurant, Anfisa admits that she is indeed interested in Jorge providing for her, and she also believes that he is primarily interested in her for her looks and would not want to marry her if she was ugly. At some point, Anfisa was considering going back to Russia, and Jorge considered for a while that he would not try to stop her. Later on, they get married alone in a simple courthouse ceremony, after which Jorge promises to buy the ring to Anfisa and to have a bigger ceremony later on so that her family could attend.
Later on it is shown how Jorge's sister confronting Anfisa at a restaurant about her demands. They still live in a small apartment, he still did not buy her a ring, she does not have a car. They eventually got married but had a courthouse wedding as of 2017 Anfisa and Jorge are still married.
Nicole & Azan
Nicole, 21, Bradenton, Florida, and Azan, 23, Morocco, met via an app that allows users to connect with people all over the world. After hitting it off, though somewhat against her parents wishes, Nicole decides to stay with him for five weeks, leaving her toddler-aged daughter May with her sister. Upon meeting Nicole at the airport, Azan remarks that she is "big...a little bit" but concedes that he is happy. Nicole is thrilled to be in Morocco with Azan (later calling him her "Arabian Prince"), though he has a hard time persuading her that in his culture it is not acceptable for unmarried coupled to be physically affectionate. Nicole persists in trying to hug and kiss Azan, which only causes him to become irritated. Nicole, meanwhile, feels shunned and unsure of their relationship.
Azan takes Nicole to his hometown to visit his family; she is warmly welcomed and we learn that his mother especially is thrilled with Azan's girlfriend. Unfortunately, Nicole later reveals that she cheated on Azan, something that could end the relationship should his family find out.
Azan takes Nicole to the desert and proposes, and she accepts. However, she continues to chafe at the customs of the Muslim culture. She refuses to convert to Islam and he refuses to convert to Christianity.
Their wedding is delayed indefinitely due to Nicole not being able to yet afford to fund the government sponsorship requirements for Azan's staying in the U.S, and her Mom refusing to co sponsor the effort. Nicole believes it will take two years minimum and hopes Azan will wait that long. In addition, Nicole was supposed to be following a strict diet, and Azan became irritated when he caught her hoarding mini-donuts and Little Debbie oatmeal creme pies. Their future is unsure, but as of today they are still together, but continuing to live in separate countries. In late-2017, Nicole's father agreed to sponsor Azan.
Narkyia & Olulowo
Olulowo is currently in Nigeria and used to be in Vietnam. He is trying to meet Narkyia but various obstacles keep popping up. Narkyia and her friends and family are skeptical of him and are wary of a romance scam, but he has not asked for any money and Narkyia is still willing to see where it goes.
They broke up though since Olulowo had been lying to Narkyia about still having been contacting and pursuing a relationship with a woman he had previously had a baby with in the early stages of his relationship with Narkyia. They got back together though and as of 2017 are a couple living in America.
Matt & Alla
Matt, 42, Williamstown, Kentucky, and Alla, 30, Kiev, Ukraine, met several years ago using an online dating site but lost touch after Matt married his third wife. A few years and a divorce later, Matt and Alla reconnect. Alla, also a divorcee, has a 7-year-old son named Max. The reserved Alla is easily overwhelmed by Matt's friends and family while Matt continues to deal with lingering issues caused by his previous wives (he claims his first and third wife cheated on him). Alla dreams of a wedding on the beach but Matt's family tries to persuade her to scale back her plans. When Alla opens up that she does not love Matt yet, his friends are very concerned. However, the couple marry.
As of 2017 they are still together.
Chantel & Pedro
Chantel met Pedro while on a trip to the Dominican Republic, while she was trying to learn Spanish. Chantel would frequently go back to the DR to visit him, and on one of those trips he proposed to her. Because Chantel was worried that her family would think that Pedro was only going after a green card to enter the U.S, Chantel told her parents that he was in America on a student visa. Eventually Chantel and Pedro marry in the US. However, Chantel and Pedro are planning to get married in the Dominican Republic as well, but Pedro doesn't think her family will want to go. They go to the Dominican Republic, but then have some explosive fights and arguments between the family members, as it seems that Pedro's family is using the fact that he is living in the US now and can send them money. Chantel's family is upset because of the obvious improvement of Pedro's family living, while Chantel and Pedro in the US have very modest living. Pedro's family offers Chantel's family chicken feet that is taken as a sign of disrespect, especially considering that they themselves don't eat chicken feet. The marriage did eventually take place. The couple currently resides in Georgia.
Season 5 Cast
Elizabeth & Andrei
Evelyn & David
Molly & Luis
David & Annie
Josh & Aika
Nicole & Azan
Episodes
Series overview
Season 1 (2014)
Season 2 (2014)
Season 3 (2015)
Season 4 (2016)
Season 5 (2017)
Spin-offs
90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?
90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? is an American documentary series (Docu-Series) on TLC and a spin-off of 90 Day Fiancé. The series follows six couples from previous seasons and documents the ups and downs of their relationships post-marriage.
Season 1
Returning couples included Season 1's Russ & Paola; Season 2's Danielle & Mohamed and Brett & Daya; and Season 3's Melanie & Devar, Loren & Alexei, and Kyle & Noon. TLC announced the spin-off series in August 2016. The series debuted on September 11, 2016 following the premiere of season 4 of 90 Day Fiancé. The first season ended in November 2016 with a two-part "Tell All" special.
Episodes
Season 2
90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? was renewed for a second season in November 2016. The second season debuted on June 25, 2017, and features 90 Day Fiancé Season 1's Russ & Paola, Season 2's Danielle & Mohamed, Season 3's Loren & Alexei, and Season 4's Jorge & Anfisa and Chantel & Pedro.
90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days
In November 2016, TLC announced a second spin-off series titled 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days. The premise follows six couples - Paul and Karine, Darcey and Jesse, Larry and Jenny, Cortney and Antonio, Sean and Abby, and Patrick and Myriam - as they start a relationship before the K-1 Visa process begins. It premiered on August 6, 2017.
Episodes
90 Day Fiancé: What Now?
In March 2017, TLC also announced an original digital spin-off series with the title of 90 Day Fiancé: What Now? for TLCgo. The show provides updates on season 1's Kirlyam & Alan, season 3's Aleksandra & Josh and Melanie & Devar, and season 4's Alla & Matt and Narkyia & Olulowo. TLC uploaded all seven episodes online on July 30, 2017. The network combined the segments into TV episodes that aired on September 17 and September 24, 2017 following 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days.
References
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