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Hi: From personal experience: If your wife received no U.S. funding (meaning US Department of State or Fulbright visa), this should make the process much easier. In your case, it's all up to the Turkish embassy if they issue a No Objection statement. I don't even think it matters if she already...

Very dim chances of getting a waiver based on no objection: Found on the web: » As a matter of policy and practice, Fulbright scholars usually may not obtain “No Objection” waivers even though there is no prohibition under immigration law , because a waiver would undermine the purpose of the...

I talked to a lawyer but he was not sure... so this seems to be a pretty unique situation. However, I found this information on the U of Chicago website. This indicates that the J-1 2YHRR is indeed overlapping: "It is important to know that people can be subjected to the two-year home residency...

Thanks again for your thoughts! I may call a lawyer about this... in the meantime, I stick to the relevant section 202(e), which states that the J-1 residency requirement is fulfilled if "such person has resided and been physically present in the country of his nationality or his last residence...

Thanks easteuropean for your reply! Are you speaking from personal experience or do you refer to some other source. Nice to hear back from you. Thanks

Hi there: Assuming that a student was involved in TWO different J-1 programs with different program sponsors (and the two year rule applied to both stays in the US): 1) The first program is over and the student departs the US and resides 1 year and 6 month in his home country 2) The...