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- From: grimaldo@tokyo.seri.philips.nl (Emilio Grimaldo)
- Subject: Re: J-1 or H-1? is my wife being staved again?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.163238.18868@phcomgw.seri.philips.nl>
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 16:32:38 GMT
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- 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?
- : Bofors Weapon Systems
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- Beware of this tactics! one of the conditions of the J-1 visa is
- that the holder MUST return the his/her own country for a period of
- at least one year, and during that period the ex-holder of the J-1
- visa CANNOT enter the USA.
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