Okay, so this may be a tad long. Future husband and I met last year when he came to the US on his first J1 Visa. We began dating, I traveled to Mexico a few times to see him after his Visa expired, and he recently got a new J1 Visa. He proposed to me about two weeks ago, and we planned on getting married before his J1 Visa expired (seemed the easiest way to go, applying for Change of Status).
ANYWAY. Things have gone sideways with his Visa sponsor pretty fast. He just found out he's going to be getting paid almost half of what was promised, and he's wondering if he can cancel his contract with them. It's a summer camp that he was placed with through Camp Leaders. Here's the question: if he cancels his contract with them, can he still stay here until our wedding and can we still apply for Change of Status? Does that change anything?
I'm all for him cancelling the contract if the salary isn't changed. It was dirty on the Camp's part to lure him in with a promised salary increase and then, over a week after he's started work, finally tell him what his actual salary is. Since we've already picked the wedding date and already booked the venue, cake, dresses ordered, etc., I'd like to stick with that date and still get married!
If the other solution is to go ahead and get married on paper now and apply for the change of status, we can do that and still have our ceremony. I just don't want there to be any legal problems!
Advice? Help!!
ANYWAY. Things have gone sideways with his Visa sponsor pretty fast. He just found out he's going to be getting paid almost half of what was promised, and he's wondering if he can cancel his contract with them. It's a summer camp that he was placed with through Camp Leaders. Here's the question: if he cancels his contract with them, can he still stay here until our wedding and can we still apply for Change of Status? Does that change anything?
I'm all for him cancelling the contract if the salary isn't changed. It was dirty on the Camp's part to lure him in with a promised salary increase and then, over a week after he's started work, finally tell him what his actual salary is. Since we've already picked the wedding date and already booked the venue, cake, dresses ordered, etc., I'd like to stick with that date and still get married!
If the other solution is to go ahead and get married on paper now and apply for the change of status, we can do that and still have our ceremony. I just don't want there to be any legal problems!
Advice? Help!!
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