Visiting
Researcher/ Professor J-1 Visa Rules
J-1
visa rules now make it possible to bring visiting researchers or
professors to Wright State University for as long as 5
years. Prior to this time, this category of Exchange Visitor was
limited to a maximum stay of 3 years. These changes in immigration/visa
regulations were accompanied with some other changes which make it
critical to keep WSU visiting researchers/professors well informed and
careful about making their long term plans. For example, if a WSU
Exchange Visitor Program participant were to come here for a year and
then return to his/her home-country he/she may be prohibited from
returning on the same visa status for 2 years if no provisions/plans had
been made for this return to the US prior to his/her departure from the
US.
According to the US Dept. of State, an individual who has participated
in the Exchange Visitor Program as a Professor or Research
Scholar on or after November 18, 2006, becomes subject to the new
two-year bar on “repeat participation” in those categories after
completing or breaking the continuity of a five-year period of
eligibility. Under DOS’s interpretation, the two-year bar applies
under two circumstances:
1) If the Professor or Research Scholar completes a full five years of
program participation with one or more sponsors or...
2) If, before the full five-year period is over, the Professor or
Research Scholar “completes” his or her program. In this case, the
continuity of the five-year period is broken, the five-year window is
“closed,” the individual is not eligible to access the remaining unused
time, and the individual must wait for two years before beginning a new
program as a J-1 Professor or Research Scholar.
Contact Us:
Steven Lyons
International Student & Scholars Services, Director
Email:-steven.lyons@wright.edu
University Center for International Education
Open Monday thru
Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
E190 Student Union
Wright State University
3640 Colonel Glenn Highway
Dayton, OH 45435 - 0001
Telephone: (937) 775 - 5745
Fax: (937) 775 - 5776
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