Subject: J-2 and Marriage date

From: [email-masked] (Yonghong Li)
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 93 19:01:27 -0400

Marriage date and J-2 waiver
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	I called an Immigration Lawyer in Boston (Adam Green or Russel Swapp at 
617-338-2413) and found these two answers.

(1)	No restriction on the marriage date. That is, as long as you are married
before the principal's application is approved, the spouse is eligible to "follow
to join".

(2)	There is no need for J-2 to get a waiver since J-1 principal get
a waiver automatically and this waiver can be automatically extended to J-2.

	Before you go to INS, prepare the following staff:

(1)	Make a copy of the Interim Rule, which can be FTP on CND.ORG 
(pub/InfoBase/CSPA). Be ready to show the INS officer as follows:
  " Family members unable to  qualify  for   CSPA   adjustment  of
status may be eligible for lawful permanent resident status under
other provisions of the Act.  Those family members whose  spousal
or  parental  relationship  was  established before the principal
CSPA  alien's application for adjustment of  status  is  approved
may  be  eligible  for derivative immigrant status as employment-
based preference immigrants accompanying or following to join the
CSPA   principal."

(2)	Keep the number of the Immigration Lawyer. Ask the officer to call.

	Good luck!