CDE Incoming Fellows - Accompanying Family

Juan and Rebecca

Please read and provide the required information needed for a visa application for family members:

Exchange Visitor Program Regulations

Federal Income Tax Regulation

The CDE program is a residential program. All students participate fully in the CDE partial board plan. There are no exceptions.
Families may not live in the CDE building. The CDE student must arrange for suitable non-college housing prior to the arrival of family members.

No visa application forms will be issued for families until the second semester unless the financial sponsor guarantees full financial support for family as outlined below under Financial Requirements.
A student must be in good academic standing.
After first semester, written approval from the financial sponsor and from the permanent employer endorsing decision to have family accompany in Williamstown is required (two approvals if different entities).
No visa applications for minor children will be issued unless a parent, who is not in the CDE program, accompanies the children.
Families that are visiting the U.S. for 90 days or less must apply for a Visitor's Visa. A family coming to the U.S. on a J-2 visa must reside in the Williamstown area on a full-time basis.

Bank statements from the most recent three months showing available funds (denominated in U.S. dollars) in a U.S. bank account (or in a similar non-U.S. account not subject to potential currency restrictions) held by the student.
OR a signed letter from a financial guarantor (financial sponsor or employer) covering those minimum amounts. If an individual guarantor, the signed letter must be accompanied by three months of supporting bank documents.
Statements must show a minimum of $860 per month for a spouse and $445 for each additional dependent after health insurance costs and round-trip transportation costs.
The US Government requires that all J-2 Family members be covered by minimum standard medical and repatriation insurance, which must be in effect prior to arrival in the US. Williams College Koster Insurance is available to family members at a cost of $1,600 per person (estimated). You may obtain health insurance from an alternate company but it must meet the minimum standard.
Estimated transportation costs: Latin America-$1000 per person; NIS, Africa, and Asia $2000 per person.
These amounts are in addition to the total resources required for a fellow for US visa certification.