derivative status
- Acquiring a visa condition based on another individual's visa, typically a spouse or child of the main visa holder, under specific categories of immigration law
- After her husband's J Visa was approved, she was granted derivative status as a J-2 Visa holder.
- Their son was able to study in the States because he had derivative status from his mother's visa.
- He stayed in the country longer due to his derivative status from his wife's visa.
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