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Information for WHOI Sponsors
Two-year
Home Residency Requirement (212(e))
Some J-1 visa holders
are subject to a "two-year home residency requirement", which
is also referred to as the 212(e) rule. This requirement obliges the Exchange
Visitor to return to their home country for no less than two years before
being eligible to apply for an immigrant visa or a non-immigrant visa, such
as the H-1B. Exchange Visitors are ineligible to change to a different visa
status within the US if they are subject to this requirement. This requirement
would apply to:
- Those who are
being financially supported by either the U.S. government or their home
government (including travel grants) during part or all of their stay
in the U.S.
- Those whose skills
are needed in the home country, as registered on the Exchange Visitors
Skills List.
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