Legal Question in Immigration Law in California

Re: Derivative Asylum - Relationship

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Re: Derivative Asylum - Relationship

I believe that qualifies, same day grant/marriage, yes.

Re: Derivative Asylum - Relationship

Dear Inquirer:

The regulations stipulate that the relationship must have existed at the time of the grant of asylum for a spouse to be eligible for derivative asylee status. If the spouse were pregnant with the principal asylee's child at the time the application was granted, the in utero child will be eligible for derivative status, as will the mother as long as she was the spouse of the principal asylee on the date the application was approved. the latter situation suggests that a marriage on the same date of approval, even if occurring at a later time of day, would be enough to allow for derivative status. In the former case, there may be a factual argument as to what came first; the marriage or the asylum grant.

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