{"id":570,"date":"2013-02-13T12:22:27","date_gmt":"2013-02-13T12:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flynnhodkinson.com\/?page_id=570"},"modified":"2021-07-24T09:29:12","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T08:29:12","slug":"j-1-exchange-visitor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/flynnhodkinson.com\/ie\/j-1-exchange-visitor\/","title":{"rendered":"J-1 Exchange Visitor Visas In Dublin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; row_negative_margin=&#8221;disable_negative_margin&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1580299657775{background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}&#8221; z_index=&#8221;&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;60&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;60&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]The J-1 Exchange Visitor visa is used for a variety of purposes including: professors or research scholars, short-term scholars, trainees or interns, college or university students, non-academic specialists, foreign physicians, au pairs, camp counselors or summer travel\/work programs. The J-1 Exchange Visitor visa, which allows professionals to train and foreign students to complete an internship in their particular field, are discussed below.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; row_negative_margin=&#8221;disable_negative_margin&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1580314216237{background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221; z_index=&#8221;&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;60&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;60&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>J-1 Internship Program Criteria<\/h2>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px;\"><\/div>\n<p>A student may participate in the J-1 Exchange Visitor Internship Program if he or she is being sponsored by a US host organization. The student must be enrolled in a degree granting post-secondary institution outside the US or be a graduate of such an institution within the last 12 months prior to the date of the internship. 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The Trainee must have the minimum of a bachelor\u2019s degree as well as at least one year of prior related work experience in their occupational field outside the US, or if the Trainee does not have a degree, then five years of work experience outside the US in their occupational field. The process to apply for this visa involves applying initially with a J-1 sponsor by setting out a detailed training plan. Once the J-1 document is issued the foreign trainee may apply for a J-1 visa at a local US Embassy or Consulate.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; row_negative_margin=&#8221;disable_negative_margin&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1580314216237{background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221; z_index=&#8221;&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;60&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;60&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Occupational Categories<\/h2>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px;\"><\/div>\n<p>Both the J-1 Exchange Visitor Internship and Trainee programs are limited to specific occupational categories, including:<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px;\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Agriculture, forestry and fishing;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px;\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Arts and culture;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px;\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Aviation;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px;\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Construction and building trades;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px;\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Education, social sciences, library science, counselling and social services;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px;\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Health related occupations;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px;\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Hospitality and tourism;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px;\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Information media and communications;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px;\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Management, business, commerce and finance;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px;\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Public administration and law; and<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px;\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>The sciences, engineering, architecture, mathematics and industrial occupations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px;\"><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; row_negative_margin=&#8221;disable_negative_margin&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1580314793344{background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}&#8221; z_index=&#8221;&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;60&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;60&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Two-Year Foreign Residency Requirement<\/h2>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px;\"><\/div>\n<p>Upon completion of their J-1 Exchange Visitor program certain exchange visitors are required to return to their home country, or country of last residence, for at least two years before they may qualify for another US immigrant or non-immigrant visa. J visa holders are subject to this foreign residence requirement if:<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px;\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>The program is financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by the US government or the government of the Exchange Visitor&#8217;s nationality or country of last residence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px;\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>The Exchange Visitor is a national or permanent resident of a country which has deemed the field of specialized knowledge or skill necessary to the development of that country, as shown on their <a href=\"https:\/\/travel.state.gov\/content\/travel\/en\/us-visas\/study\/exchange\/waiver-of-the-exchange-visitor\/exchange-visitor-skills-list.html\">Exchange Visitor Skills List<\/a>. Note that many European countries, including Ireland, do not have a Skills List.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px;\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>The exchange visitor entered the United States to receive graduate medical education or training.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px;\"><\/div>\n<p>There is a process to request a <a href=\"https:\/\/flynnhodkinson.com\/us-visa-categories\/waivers-of-inadmissibility\/\">waiver<\/a> of the two-year foreign residence requirement. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US Citizenship and Immigration Services<\/a> can grant the waiver upon favorable recommendation by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">US Department of State<\/a>. The basis for the waiver may be based on possible persecution in the J-1 visa holder\u2019s home country on account of race, religion or political opinion, or if the departure from the US would result in exceptional hardship on a US citizen or permanent resident spouse or child. 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