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J Visa Guidebook, 2013 Edition

Comprehensive one-stop resource for handling exchange visitor nonimmigrant visas.


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    The J Visa Guidebook is your one-stop resource for dealing with questions related to the exchange visitor nonimmigrant visa program. Written entirely by esteemed attorneys in this area of immigration law, the J Visa Guidebook is a convenient, two-volume, softbound guide covering the regulations on aliens and advising program sponsors how to comply with these regulations. Inside this essential resource you'll find:

    •   A history of the exchange visitor program
    •   Coverage of the J-1 program designation process, including the sponsorship requirements for each exchange visitor category
    •   Guidance through the steps necessary to secure the U.S. State Department's approval of a J-1 program application
    •   Subjects ranging from the appointment of responsible program officers and the preparation of DS-2019, to recordkeeping requirements, the supervision of J-1 program participants, and sanctions for noncompliance
    •   Issues such as the qualifications for the J-1 visa in each exchange visitor category, employment authorization, maintenance of status, reinstatement of status, extension requests, and changes in program categories
    •   Clarification on the complex issues relating to the J-1 two-year home residence requirement and possible waivers
    •   No-objection letters from over 70 countries
    •   Sample hardship applications
    •   State-30 information from all currently participating states
    •   Over 1,000 pages of appendix material.

    Volume 1

    ABOUT THE AUTHORS

    INTRODUCTION

    CHAPTER 1 HISTORY OF THE EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

    CHAPTER 2 DESIGNATION OF EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAMS
    2.1 General Sponsorship Requirements
    2.2 Sponsor Requirements for Particular Visitor Categories
    2.3 Exchange Visitor Dependents
    2.4 Preparing an Application for Program Designation

    CHAPTER 3 EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM OPERATION AND ADMINISTRATION
    3.1 General Program Requirements
    3.2 Program Staffing and Responsible Officers
    3.3 Selection and Orientation of Exchange Visitors
    3.4 Preparation and Issuance of Form DS-2019 (formerly IAP-66)
    3.5 Completion of Form DS-2019
    3.6 Making Technical Corrections and Requesting Reinstatement
    3.7 Monitoring Exchange Visitor Participants
    3.8 Reporting, Notification and Recordkeeping Requirements
    3.9 Sanctions

    CHAPTER 4 EXCHANGE VISITOR CATEGORIES AND PROCEDURES
    4.1 Definition of a J-1 Exchange Visitor
    4.2 J-1 Exchange Visitor Categories

    CHAPTER 5 EXCHANGE VISITOR ADMISSION AND PROCEDURES
    5.1 Gaining J-1 Admission and the SEVIS Fee
    5.2 Maintaining Exchange Visitor Status
    5.3 Extensions of Stay and Grace Periods
    5.4 Employment of J-1 Exchange Visitors
    5.5 Change of J Category
    5.6 Exchange Program Transfers
    5.7 Violation of Status
    5.8 Reinstatement of Status
    5.9 Changing to Exchange Visitor Status
    5.10 Changing from J-1 Status to Another Nonimmigrant Visa Status
    5.11 J-2 Visas for Spouses and Children of J-1 Visa Holders

    CHAPTER 6 THE TWO-YEAR HOME RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT AND WAIVERS
    6.1 Determining Who is Subject to the Two-year Home Residence Requirement
    6.2 Relief from the Two-year Home Country Residence Requirement Other Than Waivers
    6.3 Waivers of the Two-year Home Residence Requirement Through ``No-Objection'' Statements
    6.4 Waivers of the Two-year Home Residence Requirement Based on Hardship to Relatives
    6.5 Persecution Waivers
    6.6 Interested Government Agency Waivers

    APPENDIX A STATE DEPARTMENT INFORMATION
    APPENDIX B ``NO OBJECTION'' LETTERS FROM SELECTED COUNTRIES
    APPENDIX C FEDERAL INTERESTED GOVERNMENT AGENCY INFORMATION
    APPENDIX D PHYSICIAN WAIVER INFORMATION
    APPENDIX E INTERNET WEB RESOURCE LIST

    Volume 2

    APPENDIX F STATE 30 WAIVER PROGRAM INFORMATION
    APPENDIX G PRIMARY LAW RESOURCES
    APPENDIX H LIAISON MINUTES AND CORRESPONDENCE
    APPENDIX I FORMS, INFORMATION SHEETS, ARTICLES, AND FLOWCHARTS
    INDEX

     

    Gregory H. Siskind


    Gregory Siskind (gsiskind@visalaw.com) is a partner in the law firm of Siskind Susser P.C., Immigration Lawyers, which has offices in the United States and affiliates around the world. He has experience handling all aspects of immigration and nationality law especially concerning business and employment migration matters. He has held numerous positions with the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the American Bar Association (ABA), and he currently chairs the International Medical Graduate Taskforce, the country's physician immigration bar association. He was one of the first lawyers in the country (and the very first immigration lawyer) to set up a website for his practice and the first lawyer in the country to create a blog. He is the author of The Lawyer's Guide to Marketing on the Internet, published by the ABA, The Employer's Immigration Compliance Desk Reference, published by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and ILW.com, and a contributing author to Immigration Options for Physicians, Second Edition, published by the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He graduated magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University and received his law degree from the University of Chicago.

    William Stock


    William Stock (wstock@klaskolaw.com) is a partner in Klasko, Rulon, Stock & Seltzer, LLP a firm devoted exclusively to the practice of immigration and nationality law with offices in Philadelphia and New York. A former foreign student advisor at the University of Minnesota, he handles all aspects of immigration law, including assisting companies, universities, research institutions and individuals in obtaining employment-and family-based visas. He regularly advises universities on immigration policy development and compliance with F-1, J-1, H-1B and permanent residence regulations. In addition to his work for clients, he is national Secretary on the Executive Committee of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), has authored many articles on immigration law topics, and has been an adjunct faculty member at Villanova University School of Law. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, The Chambers Global Guide, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers, and Who's Who of Business Lawyers.

    Stephen Yale-Loehr


    Stephen Yale-Loehr (syl@millermayer.com) is co-author of Immigration Law and Procedure, the leading immigration law treatise, published by LexisNexis Matthew Bender. He also teaches immigration law at Cornell University Law School, and is of counsel at Miller Mayer, LLP in Ithaca, New York, where he advises many universities, businesses, and J exchange visitors. He is a member of AILA's business immigration committee. He also is a founding member of the Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers. From 1994-1996, he was a Senior Associate for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C., where he co-authored a book proposing a new way to select economic immigrants. He graduated from Cornell Law School in 1981, cum laude, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Cornell International Law Journal. In 2001 he received AILA's Elmer Fried award for excellence in teaching. In 2004 he received AILA's Edith Lowenstein award for excellence in the practice of immigration law. He is listed in The Chambers Global Guide, New York Super Lawyers, and the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers.

     

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