{"id":718,"date":"2012-08-25T13:47:42","date_gmt":"2012-08-25T19:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=718"},"modified":"2012-08-25T13:47:42","modified_gmt":"2012-08-25T19:47:42","slug":"j1-visa-travel-issues-when-the-two-year-rule-applies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=718","title":{"rendered":"J1 Visa Travel Issues When the Two Year Rule Applies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hi sir, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I am from Saudi Arabia, i have J-1 Visa for me &amp; J-2 for my family, (scanned copy attached)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We are now in USA, my DS-2019 will expire on 08-31-2010 &amp; our J Visa on 09-30-2010. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In our Visa written, INA SEC 212E \u2013 TOW YEAR RULE \u2013 APPLIES. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I understand that I cannot re-enter USA with another J Visa less than 2 years. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By next September 2010 I have admission to postgraduate program (3 years) in another dental school and I will get I-20. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I plane to go to my country (Saudi Arabia) on July 2010 for one month and I will be back before expiration date of J-1 visa <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>to finish my scholar program, then to start my new postgraduate program on Sep, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>My question, should I apply to F-1 visa during my one month vacation on SA, and is one month enough for the Visa processing, because they are strict on program start date <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Or is it ok to re-enter USA with my valid J-1 Visa which expire in 09-30-2010 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Would you please guide me in this issue? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thank you, <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The two year rule only restricts you from obtaining an H visa, L visa, a green card or changing\/extending your status in the US.\u00a0It does not prevent you from obtaining a new J1 or F1 at the Embassy nor does It prevent you from entering the country in J1 status.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi sir, I am from Saudi Arabia, i have J-1 Visa for me &amp; J-2 for my family, (scanned copy attached)\u00a0 We are now in USA, my DS-2019 will expire on 08-31-2010 &amp; our J Visa on 09-30-2010. In our Visa written, INA SEC 212E \u2013 TOW YEAR RULE \u2013 APPLIES. I understand that I &#8230; <a title=\"J1 Visa Travel Issues When the Two Year Rule Applies\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/?p=718\" aria-label=\"Read more about J1 Visa Travel Issues When the Two Year Rule Applies\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[231],"class_list":["post-718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-j-1-visa","tag-j-1-visa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":719,"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions\/719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.messersmithlaw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}