{"id":9071,"date":"2019-09-16T13:36:05","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T13:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/portal.dv.rrp.campus\/wp\/english\/?page_id=9071"},"modified":"2023-09-12T12:42:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T12:42:00","slug":"f-2-visa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uprrp.edu\/english\/international-students\/f-2-visa\/","title":{"rendered":"F-2 Visa"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The spouse and minor unmarried children of an F-1 student may be admitted to the United States on F-2 status. They can accompany the student or follow the student at a later date. To qualify for F-2 status, the spouse or the unmarried minor (under 21 years old) must establish to the satisfaction of the consular officer and the immigration officer at the entry point that:<\/p>

  • He or she is the spouse (as demonstrated by a valid marriage certificate) or the child (as demonstrated by a valid birth certificate) of the F-1 student;<\/li>
  • He or she has enough funds to cover costs, or arrangements have been made to cover these costs once the dependant is in the United States;<\/li>
  • The dependent intends to leave the United States when the F-1 status of the student ends;<\/li>
  • If the dependents are following the student later on, \u201cthe F-1 student is, or will be within 30 days, enrolled in a full course of study, or engaged in approved practical training following completion of studies.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>

    An eligible dependent should also present a dependent Form I-20 issued by the DSO of the school that issued the F-1 student\u2019s Form I-20. Each dependent must have his\/her own Form I-20 properly completed with a unique SEVIS ID.<\/p>

    Same-sex spouses and F-2 status<\/strong><\/p>

    On June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court of the United States declared article 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional. Immigration agencies (DHS and DOS) have implemented this decision in their policies and procedures.<\/p>

    On August 5, 2013, the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) sent the Broadcast Message 1308-01 to SEVIS users, to provide preliminary guidance on the issuance of Form I-20 to a same-sex spouse of an F-1 or M-1 student, who will be seeking admission into the United States as an F-2 or M-2 dependent.<\/p>

    The SEVP guidance document first provides a recap of Department of State guidance regarding the issuance of derivative nonimmigrant visas for same-sex spouses. As with all marriages, same-sex marriages will now be recognized for the purpose of issuance of derivative nonimmigrant visas if the marriage is \u201crecognized in the place of celebration.\u201d The requirement that a marriage be \u201crecognized in the place of celebration\u201d has been a long-standing policy in immigration law. What has changed is that now the same standard will be extended to same-sex marriages as well.<\/p>

    The SEVP document below provides the following guidance to DSOs on issuing F-2 and M-2 dependent Forms I-20 to same-sex spouses:<\/p>

    \u201cA designated school official (DSO) should continue to verify marriages consistent with current practices and should now do so for a same-sex marriage if it is \u201crecognized in the place of celebration.\u201d A DSO then may issue a Form I-20, \u201cCertificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant Status,\u201d to a same-sex spouse of an F-1 or M-1 nonimmigrant who is seeking admission into the United States as an F-2 or M-2 dependent.\u201d<\/p>

    Other domestic partners and close family of F-1 students<\/strong><\/p>

    Other domestic partners and close family members who do not meet the F-2 dependent definition may want to explore B-2 status eligibility under 9 FAM 402.2-4 (B) (5) guidelines.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The spouse and minor unmarried children of an F-1 student may be admitted to the United States on F-2 status. They can accompany the student or follow the student at … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8977,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9071","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uprrp.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uprrp.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uprrp.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uprrp.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uprrp.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9071"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.uprrp.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9520,"href":"https:\/\/www.uprrp.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9071\/revisions\/9520"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uprrp.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uprrp.edu\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}