<div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Hello,</span><br></div><div dir="auto"><div style="font-size:12.8px" dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:12.8px">Good morning..! I hope you are doing well. I am Milan Maji (J1 scholar), a postdoctoral research associate and an international scholar at UC Riverside. I need help to change the visa status of my wife from J2 to J1. She is about to get a postdoctoral offer from Texas A&M University. So she will have a J1 sponsor from TAMU. She entered the US on <b>31st Oct 2022</b> and her visa is <b>subjected to section 212E (Ind)</b>. Can you help me with the following queries?</div><div dir="auto" style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" dir="auto">1. Is it possible to change the status from J2 to J1 <u>within the US in this particular case?</u></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" dir="auto">2. If not, then does she need to <u>go back to India within 6</u> months from the arrival in the US?</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" dir="auto">3. After returning to India She can book an appointment which takes at least 60 days wait time in the current situation, so when she gets the J1 visa stamped, it is already <u>more than 6 months</u> from the day she actually visited the US. Is it allowed?</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" dir="auto">4. If she returns back to India within 6 months of arrival in the US does she require the to apply for <u>J2 waiver</u> (bypass for two year of home country residency)? Also if it is beyond 6 months what will be the requirement?</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" dir="auto"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" dir="auto">It is my humble request to you to clarify the above confusions from my side so that I can make the right decision. It is very urgent for me as at the end of April, she will be completing her 6 months of stay in the US. Please also let me know whom to mail/ any documents to get a right information.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" dir="auto"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" dir="auto">Thank you very much for your time and kind help.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" dir="auto"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" dir="auto">Best regards,</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" dir="auto">Milan Maji</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" dir="auto">Postdoctoral Research Associate</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" dir="auto">UC Riverside</div></div>
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