{"id":579,"date":"2012-08-22T19:54:11","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T01:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=579"},"modified":"2012-08-22T19:54:11","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T01:54:11","slug":"j2-visa-holder-applying-for-a-j1-waiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=579","title":{"rendered":"J2 Visa Holder Applying for a J1 Waiver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I have J1 visa and my spouse J2 visa. Our visa expires on July 6, 2010 and I am leaving with my kids back. But my husband needs to stay here in order to improve his English and get some upgrade in his education. But he has as I do, two year rule restriction. Can you help us to waive this 2-year rule? If I am not intending to stay here and planning to leave in August, is it possible that the process goes without me. Or is it necessary, that I stay here till the decision is made.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A J2 visa holder is not eligible to directly apply for a J1 waiver except in certain limited circumstances.\u00a0You may apply for a J1 waiver and include your husband in the application.\u00a0We can process the J1 waiver while you are in the US or while you are outside of the US.\u00a0However, since your husband\u2019s J2 visa status is depending on your J1 visa status, we will need to process the J1 waiver before your program end date and then we can obtain a change of status from J2 to F1 so he can study English.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have J1 visa and my spouse J2 visa. Our visa expires on July 6, 2010 and I am leaving with my kids back. But my husband needs to stay here in order to improve his English and get some upgrade in his education. But he has as I do, two year rule restriction. 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