The show and its many spinoffs follow international couples pursuing the K-1 visa, which lets Americans bring their foreign partners to the States provided they get married within a 90-day window. (The exception is The Other Way, which follows Americans moving overseas to be with their foreign partners.) It's the perfect breeding ground for culture clashes, fights (both verbal and physical!), and naive people potentially getting scammed for a green card.

As the show's subjects expose their (and their families') lives for the sake of amazing reality TV, viewers might wonder how much the 90 Day Fianc cast gets paid-or if they make money at all for being on the show.

Do 90 Day Fianc couples get paid?

The couples on 90 Day Fianc do get paid, but it's not much. A source told Radar Online that cast members on the show get paid about $1,000 to $1,500 per episode, and $2,500 to appear on the tell-all special. That paycheck amounts to about $14,500 for a 12-episode season.

However, the foreign member of the couple that's on a K-1 visa doesn't get a paycheck at all. The source explained, "They cant even get paid because they have to wait for a work permit. Its of course different if filming takes place in their country."

Reports are conflicting regarding payment for the spinoffs. As 90 Day Fianc blogger John Yates told Newsweek , a couple on Before the 90 Days makes $500 an episode, while couples on Happily Ever After get between $2,000 to $7,500 episode. Some sources say that supporting cast members, such as friends and family of the couple, get paid about $250 for one day of filming, but Reality Blurb says they don't get paid at all.

Remember Nikki Cooper and Chris Thieneman, friends of David and Annie on 90 Day Fianc? Cooper claims that they weren't paid for the time on the show, even though their house was used for filming. And when Cooper and Thieneman asked production to pay to clean their house after the TLC crew tracked dirt into their home, they only offered the couple $100.

Iconic cast member Danielle Mullins, who appeared on 90 Day Fianc with her then-fianc Mohamed, ran into financial trouble in 2018 . At the time, she pointed out that the show's cast "does not make millions from doing the TV show."

What does the cast of 90 Day Fianc do for money?

After their time on the show, most of the cast members have returned to their previous jobs. Some cast members sell personalized video messages on the website Cameo , while others, like Anfisa Arkhipchenko, have YouTube channels . ( She's also a bodybuilder now! )