twister6916@gmail.com submitted this idea :
> Hi all,
> can someone please explain what exactly is the 24 month bar,
> as attached to the J-1 visa
> in the research/professor category. I will explain the scenario :
> I have been offered a post-doctoral position, and i have been sent the
> form ds-2019, for J1 visa.
> the tenure lasts for 2 years (as i have already spent 3 years in a
> similar position, but outside US).
> I am also subject to 2 year HRR, waived only by the no-objection from
> my home government.
> It would be nice if someone could interpret the consequences in light
> of the 24 month bar, and considering the fact that i would like to
> spend a continuous amount of time (4-5 years) with the same project,
> without a possible break introduces by this bar. What would happen,
> if, I am at the end of my contract in the J-1 status? What can the
> employer do to keep me in the same project? How can i shift to a
> different research project (not very far off from
> the objective of the present one) then?
> I am not currently in the US
> regards,
> t.
For what you want to do the J-1 visa will not work. It is for a limited
time and with the 2 year ban it means just what it says. You must
return to your home country, and you can not return to the U.S. for two
years.
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