Student Visa / Marriage

[panixxxx 0]

HI

My fiance and I are getting married early 2007 after dating for 9 years!

She is starting college in New York City in August 2007. Am I eligible to work if she is studying over there?

Do I have any rights being her husband?

Please help!

Thanx

[YuAndDan 153]

More info please.

Who is the US Citizen?

And where planning to marry?

You may first want to look through the guides:

Start here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...mp;page=compare

[panixxxx 0]

My fiance holds a Taiwanese passport and we will marry in the UK

I am a UK passport holder.

Edited October 15, 2006 by panixxxx

[YuAndDan 153]

My fiance holds a Taiwanese passport and we will marry in the UK

I am a UK passport holder.

This forum is mostly about US Citizen marring and immigrating a foreign national.

Anyway, If she is coming to the states on a F-1 visa you should be able to apply for an F-2 visa.

http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/services/visas.htm

The F-2 visa dose not allow you to work while in the states.

Employment Regulations

Dependents in F-2, TD, or H-4 status may not accept employment in the U.S. They may volunteer only if the position in which they are interested has always been a volunteer position, and always will be. The CIS or the Department of Labor (DOL) does not allow a dependent to volunteer for a position and then begin to receive payment for performing the same duties once a change of immigration status is approved. It is possible for the dependent to be offered a paid position and apply for a change of status to an appropriate visa that allows employment. These opportunities are rare, however, and certain qualifications dictated by the visa type must be met before the visa status change is approved. In addition, employment may not commence until the CIS approves the change. This can take five months or more.

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~intl/updates/f1/dependents.html

[Caladan 19]

If your wife is coming here as a student with non-personal funding sources (an outside fellowship, or if she's a graduate student), she may be eligible for a J-1, in which case you as her husband could conceivably be granted a J-2, which would allow you to work.