j1visa

Dear Sir, I am Kishore Punnath, am writing to know few details about J1 visa regulations and I request you to kindly help me in this regard. During 2016, I had worked as a Predoctoral Research Scholar at Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA. I was on the...

Hello, My situation is the following: I have been in the US on two J1 visas: the first one (06-2017/09-2017) was subject to the two-year rule, the second one (Aug-2018/Aug-2020) is not. My current J1 expires at the end of August 2020. I need to apply for a J1 waiver for the first J1 visa...

Hi! It’s my first time posting in any forum. Any advice or information is very much appreciated. I wanted to ask if there are any Filipinos here who are/were on a J1 visa and received a No Objection Statement/Waiver with getting married to a US citizen as a basis. Thank you again for anyone and...

Hi, I was an exchange student 2016 Jan~2017 Jan and after the exchange student program, I moved to the different state with my parents. and I wanted to continue my high school career so I applied for change of status I-539 form in January as soon as I moved in. and I started attending a private...

Hi, I was an exchange student 2016 Jan~2017 Jan and after the exchange student program, I moved to the different state with my parents. and I wanted to continue my high school career so I applied for change of status I-539 form in January as soon as I moved in. and I started attending a private...

Hi, I will be flying to USA on J1 Visa. Can I have different port of entry and exit? My port of entry is NY. I am planning to visit family in LA and so planing to fly out from LAX. Will this cause any issue? Thank you, Ruban

Hello, I have a bachelors and masters degree in Energy from my home country in Europe. Recently, I am planning to change the direction of my career by getting an associate degree in Computer Science with focus in Web Development from a community college. I plan to use these skills to get a...

I have a question related to J1 visa with 2 year home residency requirement (HRR) on official passports, which are the passports issued to people working for the government in my home country for the purpose of business-related travelling. My friend used her regular passport to come to the U.S...

I am wondering if I should travel while waiting for the NOS. My current visa expires may 2016 and but my ds2019 is valid until Dec 2016. I am a Dominican Grad student on a J1. I would like to go home this April to renew my visa in order to be able to travel in September to Europe. Since I have...

Hi guys! I badly need your help. I had my visa interview last March 23, 2016 and the consul gave me a 221(g) letter and asking for a certain document. Last March 30, I gave the document back to embassy. And when I checked my visa status online yesterday: March 31, it said "refused". 1.) Does...