J-1 Visa Status

General Information

• What is SEVP and SEVIS?
• What is the Exchange Visitor Program?
• What is J-1 nonimmigrant status?
• Keys to maintaining J-1 visa status
  • Department of State Maximum and Minimum Duration of Participation Rules
  • Health insurance
  • INA 212(e) Home Residency Requirement
    • Waiver
  • 12 month bar on repeat participation
  • 24 month bar on repeat participation

• Dependents

Employment Options

• Employment options (general)
  • Student
  • Short-term scholar
  • Professor
• Academic training
• I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification

Common Procedures for Continuing Exchange Visitors

• Extending Form DS-2019
• Changes of Category
• Transfer from one program sponsor to another
• Shorten/End/Terminate program

Forms

• J- 1 Additional Employment Request Form.
• J-1 Program Completion (Word)
• J-1 Transfer In
• J-1 Transfer Out (Word)
• J-1 Request for Reduced Course Authorization
• J-1 Request for Program Extension (Word)
• J-1 (Student) Request for Academic Training Authorization (Word)
• I-539 (Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status)

Other Information

• Change between nonimmigrant statuses

• Travel and reentry

  • What to expect upon arrival at a U.S. Port of Entry

  • I-94 not collected upon departure

  • Travel to Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean

  • Temporary 30-day admission with Form I-515A

• Passport validity

• Lost I-94