Legal Question in Immigration Law in California

Re: spouse's F2 visa

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Re: spouse's F2 visa

Well, the F-2 visa will have an expiration date, so obviously she would have to enter the U.S before that date if she wants to be here. However, since a spouse's F-2 status is derivative of the principal spouse's F-1 visa, if you do not maintain your F-1 status by continuing to be a student here and USCIS knows about it, she probably would not be admitted even if it is before the visa expiration date.

Larry L. Doan, Esq.

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Re: spouse's F2 visa

Greetings,

I'm not sure what you mean, but there is no time frame within which your wife must arrive in the U.S. after the visa is issued. I suppose if she waited until a week before the visa expired some years from now she could have a problem and that would relate to whether your marriage is real as well as why she waited so long, but apart from a huge lag like that, I would not be concerned.

If she has commitments that prevent her from coming to the U.S. to be with you quickly, that is very understandable; she can arrive when she's able.

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