ISSS requires all Exchange Visitor scholars on J-1 visas to report their enrollment in classes. According to the U.S. Department of State (DOS), any class enrollment during an Exchange Visitor Program ...

An exchange visitor may transfer from one program sponsor to another if the purpose of the transfer is to complete the objectives for which the original Form DS-2019 was issued and the J-1 visa was ...

The J-1 Exchange Visitor Program is a program supervised and implemented by the US Department of State (DOS). The express purpose of J-1 programs (by law) is to promote international educational ...

Western Michigan University (WMU) is a designated sponsor under the U.S. Department of State J-1 Exchange Visitor Program (also known as J-1 Scholars), allowing visiting professors, research scholars, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Stuart Anderson writes about immigration, business and globalization. The State Department’s decision to update the J-1 Exchange ...

The primary purpose of the Exchange Visitor Program is to foster the exchange of ideas between the United States and other countries and to stimulate international collaborative teaching and research ...

These visas are for visiting professors, research scholars and short-term scholars. They are a part of the Exchange Visitor Program. In order to sponsor an Exchange Visitor, ISSS will issue a Form ...

Here’s another edition of “Ask Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. “Your questions are vital to the spread of knowledge that ...

The Department of State (DOS) revised the J-1 Skills List, which lists home countries to which foreign nationals are subject to a two-year foreign home residency requirement. The change, however, does ...

J-1 exchange visitor status allows for limited employment, such as on-campus work and/or academic training for students and occasional lectures and short-term consultations for visiting scholars. You ...

J-1 status is used for those coming to NU as visiting researchers, professors, and collaborators. They are called J-1 Exchange Visitors. The category was created "to increase mutual understanding ...