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J-1 Waivers Require a Showing of Extreme Hardship

J-1 visitors are subject to a two-year foreign residence requirement if their country reported to the US State Department that the J-1 visitor's skills are possessed by few in the visitor's country, or if the US government or sending country's government paid some or all of the J-1 program expenses. Waiver approval rates are very low when the US government funded part of the visitor's J-1 program. The most well known international scholarship program the US State Department directly funds is the Fulbright Scholar program.

Christos studied as a J-1 Fulbright Scholar and couldn't leave due to family problems. We got him a J-1 waiver.

J-1 visitors subject to the two-year foreign residence requirement can obtain a waiver if they show extreme hardship to a US citizen or resident spouse, parent, or child

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