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- From: nestor+@cs.cmu.edu (Nestor F Michelena)
- Subject: Re: J-1 or H-1? is my wife being staved again?
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 05:13:02 GMT
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- In article <By1Ln9.2z9@cs.psu.edu> kalin@math.psu.edu ( kalin ) writes:
- >
- >My wife is from Spain and she has a tenure track, but she is still
- >on the PT portion of her F-1. She has been told by the person in charge
- >of these things that it's easier ( for whom ?) to get a J-1 instead of
- >an H-1. Though I am not an expert, I doubt this is smart, judging from
- >the fact that I've seen people try to switch to an F-1 from a J-1.
- >
- >Any comments?
- >
- No way. J-1 is for students or *visiting* scholar. People on a tenure
- track position get the H-1, and then the PR, before getting tenure.
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- Nestor
- >
- >regards
- >kalin
- >
- >--
- >For them it's a tank, for STRIX it's a sitting duck..
- >Bofors Weapon Systems
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