A political battle is brewing between the US government and Harvard University over the J-1 visa program. The State Department is investigating Harvard's compliance, raising concerns for international students and scholars.

A Russian woman who married Enrique Marquez Jr., the man accused of buying rifles used in the Dec. 2 attack, entered the U.S. six years ago on a three-month educational-exchange visa, known as a J ...

The J-1 visa is a nonimmigrant visa that enables individuals to participate in various exchange visitor programs in the United States, such as those for au pairs, research scholars, ...

J-1 visa: The J-1 visa is granted to students in a J-1 Exchange Visitor Program and it gives you permission to enter the U.S. Your visa must be valid every time you enter the U.S. If your visa expires while you are in the U.S., you may remain in the U.S. as long as your DS-2019 is valid; however, you will need to renew your visa outside of the U.S. before re-entering.

However, 27 J-1 visa holders were still calling the complex home, staying in their hotel employee housing free of charge and eating two provided meals each day after being laid off due to COVID-19. “I think the Westin management has been very helpful in keeping us calm, keeping us updated and checking in, wondering how we are,” said Nadiné Engelbrecht, a 20-year-old woman from South Africa.

Every year until the pandemic, around 300,000 J-1 visa holders came to the U.S. to work and study. In the summer, local businesses from Door County, Wisconsin, to Cape Cod, Massachusetts, depend ...

To change your status from a B-1/B-2 visitor visa to a J-1 visa in the U.S., USCIS would require not only the DS-2019 but also Form I-539, as well as other associated documents.

J-1 Sponsored Student Sponsored students are students who receive full or partial funding from a third-party source, such as a government (U.S. or foreign), foundation or nonprofit organization. These students usually come to UB on a J-1 visa.

Meet Sava Djuric, a J-1 student from Serbia spending his summer in Estes Park. Back home, Sava was a senior in college studying software engineering. Everything was going according to plan—until protests erupted across Serbia, including on his university campus in Kragujevac.

Dear Sophie, I’m a Fulbright scholar on a J-1 visa. I’ve been told that after my J-1 ends, I’m required to return to my country for two years.