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).
I hope to receive your usual prompt support.
Thanks!
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).
I hope to receive your usual prompt support.
Thanks!