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pangaea
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 Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:45 am Post subject: E-2 visa with a child? |
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| My fiance is from Cameroon and living in Korea as a student. My visa expired at the end of June and I came home to the US to have our baby. I am due in February. At this point, we have been separated for 3 months and I don't think I can take another 6 months to a year of this, which is what it takes to process a fiance visa for him to join me here. He also only has 1 semester of school left before finishing his Ph. D so may want to stay through the spring. I may decide just to rejoin him in Korea after the baby is born. I know I can get an E-2 visa, but I am just wondering how the visa process would work for the baby. Would the baby get an accompanying family visa? I know my employer would be my guarantor in Korea. Would I be the baby's guarantor? Would I have to show proof of funds to support us both or would proof of a job be all that would be required? My fiance already has an apartment and I am hoping to have at least $2000 in cash at the time we would leave. Thanks for any help. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:27 pm Post subject: Re: E-2 visa with a child? |
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| pangaea wrote: |
| My fiance is from Cameroon and living in Korea as a student. My visa expired at the end of June and I came home to the US to have our baby. I am due in February. At this point, we have been separated for 3 months and I don't think I can take another 6 months to a year of this, which is what it takes to process a fiance visa for him to join me here. He also only has 1 semester of school left before finishing his Ph. D so may want to stay through the spring. I may decide just to rejoin him in Korea after the baby is born. I know I can get an E-2 visa, but I am just wondering how the visa process would work for the baby. Would the baby get an accompanying family visa? I know my employer would be my guarantor in Korea. Would I be the baby's guarantor? Would I have to show proof of funds to support us both or would proof of a job be all that would be required? My fiance already has an apartment and I am hoping to have at least $2000 in cash at the time we would leave. Thanks for any help. |
IF you are on an E2 and the baby on an F3 then you only need to show proof of the family relationship (birth certificate showing you are the parent).
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pangaea
Joined: 20 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Good to know. That makes things a little less complicated. Thanks! |
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I-am-me
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Hermit Kingdom
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| Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Keep in mind that if you work for a hagwon, its a 50/50 chance they might fire you within 2 weeks, a month or 6 months. If its a public school, you have a little more job security. Not sure how you will juggle a baby, school and work. If I were you, I would wait those 6 months for his fiance visa. In the scheme of life...its a very short time to wait. |
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