Only the spouse and unmarried minor children (under age 21) of a J-1 visa holder may apply for J-2 dependent status. Their eligibility to stay legally in the U.S. is dependent upon the J-1 maintaining ...

You entered the U.S. with a J-1 visa (under the Student category) (or, if Canadian, used a DS-2019 to enter the U.S.) You entered the U.S. with a different visa, and subsequently applied for and were ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Ugne Duncyte felt coming to the United States on a cultural exchange program would be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Ugne Duncyte, a former J-1 student, in ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

J-2 dependents are defined as a spouse or an unmarried, minor child of a J-1 student. A minor child is under the age of 21. They: may enter the US along with or after the J-1 nonimmigrant, but never ...

Hosting Department Invites the Visitor (5 Months from Program Start) Submit DS-2019 Application (4 Months from Program Start) OIE Reviews and Issues DS-2019 (3 Months from Program Start) Visitor ...

Why does Case Western Reserve University have a J‐1 English proficiency requirement? English proficiency for J-1 scholars is a requirement of the Department of State. There is a need for J-1 scholars ...

J-1 Exchange Visitor visas are available to foreign nationals who want to participate in exchange visitor programs in the United States. There are multiple categories of J-1 visas; the most common are ...

The J-1 Exchange Visitor Program is a program supervised and implemented by the US Department of State (DOS). The express purpose of J-1 programs (by law) is to promote international educational ...

On April 18, 2008, SEVIS introduced an “Out-of-Country” functionality that allows a professor or research scholar participating in their exchange program to be outside of the United States for a ...

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A 24-year-old law student from North Macedonia who worked as a restaurant server at Aspen Meadows Resort on the Aspen Institute campus last summer as part of the J-1 Exchange Visitor Visa program has ...