
How to apply for the USA Dependent Visa
If you are coming to the USA for a short time & / or if you are on a student visa, your spouse or common-law partner and dependent children can join you in the USA.
Your spouse or common-law partner and dependent children can come with you to the USA or visit you in the USA, if F-2 and M-2 dependents:
- Are in legal immigration status as long as you maintain status, throughout your program of study and any authorized period of optional practical training after completion.
- May depart and re-enter the United States with proper documentation.
- May not work.
- Are not eligible for Social Security numbers.
- F-2 and M-2 dependents can engage in study at an SEVP-certified school in the United States as long as they are enrolled in less than a full course of study. Read more about this in the Adjustments to Designated School Official Limits Frequently Asked Questions.
- Should obtain an updated Form I-20 from the DSO if any information about you changes.
- May file for a change of status (via Form I-539, “Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status”) to F-1 or M-1 status if the adult dependent wants to study full-time.
If you are moving to Canada permanently
Your spouse or common-law partner and dependent children can come with you to Canada if: - You and your family members meet the eligibility requirements of your program (for example, you meet the income requirement to sponsor your family members),
- Your children qualify as dependants, and
- Your family members are not inadmissible to Canada.
Money they need to support themselves
Your partner and child must each have a certain amount of money available to them. This is in addition to the money you must have to support yourself.If you are applying at the same time as your partner or child (you are applying together as a family), you will need to prove you have both money to pay for your course and to support yourself and additional money for each of them.
If your partner or child is applying at a different time to you, (they are applying separately) they only need to prove they have money to support themselves.
If you have a student loan or financial sponsorship, you will need to provide evidence of this from your loan or sponsorship company. If your loan does not cover your partner or child, you will need to prove you have money to support them instead.
How long they can stay
If their application is successful, their visa will end on the same date as yours.
How to apply for USA Dependent Visa
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