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Information for WHOI Sponsors
Bar
on Participation as Scholar or Professor for Previous J-1 Visa Holders
A rule issued in April, 1996 bars program participation as a research scholar
or professor for aliens who have been physically present in the United States
as a J-1 Exchange Visitor for all or part of the one-year period immediately
preceding the commencement of such participation as set forth on the Form
DS-2019. This bar was established to prevent the movement of J-1 "students"
into the "research scholar" or "professor" category
and to prevent aliens who had completed a three-year period of J-1 status
as "research scholar" or "professor" from leaving the
United States and reentering in a new research scholar or professor program
for an additional three years. In other words, it is to prevent individuals
from trying to "reset the clock". As revised by a final rule issued
in June 1996, this one-year bar does not apply to Exchange Visitors:
- who participated
in an Exchange Visitor Program for six months or less;
- whose previous
J-1 stay was in the Short Term Scholar category;
- who is transferring
to the Sponsor's program
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