On Apr 20, 1:26=A0pm, Capt. Tuttle wrote:
> twister6...@gmail.com submitted this idea :
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> > Hi all,
> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 can someone please explain what exactly is the 24 month =
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> > 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 =A0in 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.
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> 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.
Not quite. If you don't get a waiver, you have to spend 2 years in
your home country (not just outside the US) before you can get certain
kinds of visa, for example an H1-B or an immigrant visa, but there is
no obstacle to travelling to the US with a B1/B2 visa or visa waiver,
or you can get an F1 or another J1 visa. |