J1 extended, WHEN should we apply for waiver?
Hi everyone!
I want to thank you all again for all your advice on this
forum. You guys are awesome!
Following your advice, my wife and I were able to extend our J1
visas from a masters program which was to end My 2006. Now, we
are both in the PhD program in the same school, and our DS 2019
has been extended to 2010.(We were on World bank scholarshp for
the masters program, but our current sponsor is now our
university, where we have graduate assistantships).
My questions are:
1. My wife and I would like to start the waiver application
process NOW. Is this a good idea, or should we wait until say,
2009?
2. What visa status will we be on after we receive the waiver,
since we will still be students, and therefore will not be able
to change to H1 (which I presume requires having an employer,
or doesn't it)?
3. Now that we have a new sponsor, which sponsor will be
relevant for the waiver process? (Our current sponsor has
agreed to write us a letter of release in order to obtain the
NOC from my country's embassy at DC).
Hoping to hear from you soon!
-Udy
Hi everyone!
I want to thank you all again for all your advice on this
forum. You guys are awesome!
Following your advice, my wife and I were able to extend our J1
visas from a masters program which was to end My 2006. Now, we
are both in the PhD program in the same school, and our DS 2019
has been extended to 2010.(We were on World bank scholarshp for
the masters program, but our current sponsor is now our
university, where we have graduate assistantships).
My questions are:
1. My wife and I would like to start the waiver application
process NOW. Is this a good idea, or should we wait until say,
2009?
2. What visa status will we be on after we receive the waiver,
since we will still be students, and therefore will not be able
to change to H1 (which I presume requires having an employer,
or doesn't it)?
3. Now that we have a new sponsor, which sponsor will be
relevant for the waiver process? (Our current sponsor has
agreed to write us a letter of release in order to obtain the
NOC from my country's embassy at DC).
Hoping to hear from you soon!
-Udy