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I am not a lawyer, this is not legal advice. Is there any two-year home residency requirement on the J-1 holder's visa (check DS-2019)? That may affect your abi
by woodson 8y ago
I am not a lawyer, this is not legal advice. Is there any two-year home residency requirement on the J-1 holder's visa (check DS-2019)? That may affect your ability to switch to H-1B (or any other visa).
- throwaway_1776 8y agoThere is, but it does not apply to me.
- woodson 8y agoWhy is that?
- throwaway_1776 8y agoBy default J-2 visa holders have to leave the country? Short answer - my spouse and I do not fulfill the main conditions they specify for having to leave the country after the visa expires.
- woodson 8y agoOk, my understanding was that (again, I’m not lawyer, this is not legal advice!), if there is a two-year home residency requirement on the J-1 holder’s visa, then both J-1 and J-2 holders cannot switch to another visa before you have either (a) resided for two years in the country of residence, or (b) were granted a Section 212(e) waiver approved by USCIS. But perhaps that’s different for some J-1 categories.
- throwaway_1776 8y agoThat might very well be true, but in our case, the two-year home residency does not apply to me nor to my spouse.