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To become married, you can simply register before the civil registrar in your municipality or go through a religious ceremony. Regardless of which, you should have photographs taken of the occasion. When you later file for your wife's paperwork, an immigration officer will likely wish to see the pictures. If you have a religious ceremony, you should have the official certificate of marriage from the state before filing for your wife. Finally you should ascertain whether she is subject to a two-year foreign residence requirement because of her acceptance of a J-1 visa. That can be ascertained by examining both her visa and her form DS – 2019. If subject, the visa will say "subject to section 212(e) or the DS – 2019 will have checkmarks in the lower left section as to whether she is subject by way of a skills list or governmental financing. Being subject to a two-year foreign residence requirement means that your wife would not be eligible to file for final immigration either in the U. S. or overseas at an American consulate or embassy until she has either been overseas for 2 years or has obtained a waiver of the foreign residence requirement. We note that Peru has an extensive skills list (a listing of those skills that a country designates as wanted back). If she is subject, the first step would probably be to approach Peru’s consulate or Embassy in the U.S. to request a no objection statement to staying in the U.S.  

If they last entered with a visa and have not been working, they can apply for adjustment of status at the same time you file the I-130 petition. If they entered without inspection they will need to apply for an immigrant visa in their home country after the I-130 is approved. In that case, they should consult an immigration attorney because they may be subject to re-entry bars.

Depends on how you'd like him to come to the US. As your fiance (to stay permanently) it generally takes 8-12 months. A tourist visa for a visit can generally be obtained fairly quickly if the individual is eligible.