My wife is a postdoctoral fellow in America. What do I need to accompany her?

The application procedure for accompanying students in the United States is very simple: in principle, only one condition is required to apply for a visa for accompanying students in the United States, that is, your spouse is a full-time student or visiting scholar in the United States. You don't need to take any English proficiency or professional exams yourself. As long as your spouse can prove that he or she is legally studying in the United States, you can apply for a visa to accompany you.

Compared with other visas, the accompanying visa in the United States has many advantages, such as relatively simple procedures, low fees, high pass rate, long stay in the United States, and many choices.

1. The application procedure for accompanying students in the United States is very simple: in principle, only one condition is required to apply for a visa for accompanying students in the United States, that is, your spouse is a full-time student or visiting scholar in the United States. You don't need to take any English proficiency or professional exams yourself. As long as your spouse can prove that he or she is legally studying in the United States, you can apply for a visa to accompany you.

2. The cost of accompanying students in the United States is low: Just like other kinds of American visas, you need to prove that you have enough funds to pay for your residence in the United States, but this is basically not a problem for accompanying visa applicants. As the name implies, the purpose of accompanying visa is not to study abroad, so there is no need to prove that you can pay high tuition and fees. As for the living expenses, according to the experience of international students in the United States, if there is a full scholarship, the average student's monthly income is enough to cover the living expenses of himself and his spouse. Because spouses don't need to buy a car, rent a house, buy full health insurance, etc. Just 200 yuan a month is enough. Moreover, visa officers also know this, so many accompanying visa applicants only need to issue a small amount of proof of funds in the United States by themselves or their spouses. Only 3000-5000 dollars is enough, but if you go to a small city in central China, the requirements are even lower, and it is easy for students who win the full prize to make up this amount. ) Except for a few law school students, China students who go to the United States are generally awarded full prizes, so the party applying for an accompanying visa does not have to worry about financial problems.

3. The pass rate of accompanying students in the United States is high: in the application for non-immigrant visas, the pass rate of accompanying students has always been high. After the 9 1 1 incident, the US government tightened its visa policy for security reasons, which affected many applicants. However, because American culture attaches great importance to the reunion of husband and wife, and the original intention of accompanying students to apply for visas is not for further study or entrepreneurship, so the immigration tendency of accompanying students is relatively small, so it is easy to sign. According to the author's own experience in the United States for several years, the spouses of foreign students and visiting scholars around have successfully obtained visas, only a few of which were signed for many times, and the others were all passed at one time.

4. Stay in the United States for a long time with an accompanying visa: The United States has clear and detailed regulations on how long many visa holders can stay in the United States after entering the United States. When entering an American airport, immigration officials will write down the specific time when the visa holder must leave the country on the I-94 (Entry/Exit Card). The accompanying visa will not have a specific departure date. As long as your spouse is still studying in the United States, you can legally stay in the United States without making any legal documents or paying any fees to the authorities.

5. You can have more choices with an accompanying visa in the United States: if you don't want to be a full-time accompanying wife or husband after going to the United States, but want to continue your studies or develop your own career, don't worry at all, you can apply for another visa type at any time, such as a student visa, a work visa or even an immigrant visa.