This is the second in a series of flowcharts for J-1 visa holders with a two-year home residency requirement. The flowchart linked below shows how to determine whether or not a J-1 visa holder is required to obtain a No Objection Letter from his/her foreign government. J-1 No Objection Letter Flowchart
This is the third in a series of flowcharts for J-1 visa holders with a two-year home residency requirement. The flowchart linked below shows how non-physicians can get a waiver from an Interested Government Agency (IGA). J-1 Interested Government Agency (Non-Physician) Flowchart
This is the fourth in a series of flowcharts for J-1 visa holders with a two-year home residency requirement. The flowchart linked below shows how J-1 holders can determine if they qualify to apply for a persecution waiver. J-1 Persecution Waiver Flowchart
This is the fifth in a series of flowcharts for J-1 visa holders with a two-year home residency requirement. The flowchart linked below shows how J-1 holders can determine if they qualify to apply for a hardship waiver. J-1 Hardship Waiver Flowchart
This is the sixth in a series of flowcharts for J-1 visa holders with a two-year home residency requirement. The flowchart linked below shows an overview of how J-1 physicians can determine if they qualify to apply for a waiver. J-1 Physician Waiver Overview Flowchart
This is the seventh in a series of flowcharts for J-1 visa holders with a two-year home residency requirement. The flowchart linked below shows how J-1 physicians can determine if they are eligible to apply for a waiver through the Conrad State 30 Program. J-1 Conrad State 30 Flowchart
This is the final chart in our series of flowcharts for J-1 visa holders with a two-year home residency requirement. The flowchart linked below shows how J-1 physicians can determine if they are eligible to apply for a waiver through an Independent Government Agency. J-1 Basic Physician IGA Waiver Flowchart
One of the more controversial and complicated areas with which immigration attorneys have to deal is in advising foreign medical graduates (“FMGs”)seeking temporary work visas in the United States. The laws governing this subject have changed a number of times in recent years and the medical profession imposes many of its own requirements which must […]
The K-1 visa has made the process of marrying a foreign national in the US easier than ever before. This visa is a surprisingly recent development, appearing only in 1970. Before then, there were only two options for a US citizen to marry a foreign national. The foreign national could try to get a visitor […]
On December 21, 2000, the Legal Immigration and Family Equity (LIFE) Act amended the K nonimmigrant visa category to include the spouse and unmarried children of United States citizens. With this modification, the spouse and children of a United States citizen may be admitted to the United States as K-3 and K-4 nonimmigrants to complete […]