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Fiancee of J1 visa holder: effect of marital status change

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Fifa1   0

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I am new to the site so hello to you all! Would love some advice on the following please:

Background

I'm Finnish national and my fiancé is Italian. We live in the UK. We are engaged to be married next year, wedding is in planning. My fiancé got a job offer in Florida on a J1 visa. We plan for him to go ahead without me first and come back to Europe for a couple of weeks next year so we can get married close to our family and friends. I plan to visit on a tourist visa in the meantime, then join him on a spouse visa after we marry.

Questions

(1)Will there be difficulty in my obtaining a spouse visa to join my fiancé considering he'll be initially going to the US as an unmarried man?

-That is, will the change in his marital status after entering the US on a J1 visa, render it difficult for me to obtain a J2 visa?

(2) I've seen in some cases that a spouse visa can take a year, would that be the case for a possible J2 visa too?

(3) Could I work with a J2 visa? I am completing a master's degree and have good work experience behind me so I wouldn't want to idle as his dependent

(4) Will my entering the US on a tourist visa, then applying for a J2, make it difficult to get the J2? I've never been to the US

Thanks in advance for your insight!

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Boiler Grand Master

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No

No

http://internationaloffice.berkeley.edu/j-2_employment

No

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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Fifa1   0

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Thanks for the replies, Boiler. Seems pretty straight forward.

Does anyone know whether it'll be possible to apply for the J-2 visa whilst on a 90-day visa waiver status or on a B-2 visa? OR would I be required to make a separate application for the J-2, from outside of the US?

Basically, I'm trying to figure out whether it'd be possible to enter the US and not have to leave my spouse, go back to my home country to apply for the J-2 visa once we're married.

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Boiler Grand Master

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You can not adjust from the VWP and a visa can not be issued in the US. It is an entry document.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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Learned something new today. I did not even know there was such a visa.

I'm the USC petitioner.

Timeline:

10/06/2005 Met in Ireland while I was on a study abroad

03/15/2010 K-1 NOA1

05/27/2010 K-1 NOA2

09/10/2010 K-1 Interview

09/22/2010 POE

10/01/2010 Wedding

10/27/2010 AOS/EAD/AP NOA1s

12/22/2010 EAD/AP Approved

04/05/2011 AOS Approved - no interview

04/09/2011 Green Card received

01/24/2013 ROC NOA1

06/28/2013 ROC Approved - no interview

07/05/2013 10-year Green Card received

08/19/2014 N-400 NOA

12/06/2014 N-400 Interview

01/09/2014 Naturalization ceremony

My husband is now a US Citizen! Our journey is over!

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