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A J-1 exchange visitor’s spouse and/or children under
21 years of age are eligible to be in the United States in
J-2 status, as J-1 dependents. To initiate the process for
bringing dependents who are still in their home country, the
exchange visitor must add the dependents’ names to his/her
DS-2019 by providing the Office of International Education-Immigration
Services (OIE-IS) the following documents:
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Updated financial support totaling
$1,250 for each month the J-1 visitor will remain and an
additional $417 per J-2 dependent per month.
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Completed Adding
J-2 Dependents [PDF] form.
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A copy of the biographic page
from the passport of each new dependent.
Once the new DS-2019 has been issued, it is the J-1 visitor’s
responsibility to send the new DS-2019 to the family members.
They will then take this document to the American Embassy
to request J-2 visa stamps in their passport. When they travel
the United States, they must bring the DS-2019 to the port
of entry where the entry guard will stamp and return the DS-2019s
to the dependents.
For dependents already in the United States please contact
OIE-IS for an appointment to discuss the situation.
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