Sheku-Kamara v. Karn
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
581 F. Supp. 582 (1984)
Mr. Sheku-Kamara entered the U.S. under J-1 exchange visitor status subject to a two-year foreign residence requirement; his wife and son (plaintiffs) entered later under derivative J-2 status, and after Mr. Sheku-Kamara transferred to a privately funded program (retroactive to before their entry), Mrs. Sheku-Kamara argued she and her son were exempt from the residence requirement since they entered after his government-funded participation ended.
Whether a spouse or child of an exchange visitor admitted to the United States under Section 101(a)(15)(J) of the Immigration and Nationality Act is subject to the two-year foreign residence requirement under Section 212(e) of the Act, even when the spouse or child enters the United States after the exchange visitor has stopped attending the government-funded program.