j1 resaerch

[farjoudi]

dear my freinds,

I have a question ,and i am confused about that,I came to us with b2 visa 3 month ago
I am IMG.i am going to chang my visa to j1visa , i can find volenteer medical research in A university in us. i heard if I work as researcher I can wave tWo years home residency. is it true? and in ds-2019 form which part mention about that(wave two residency). how can i apply can i apply by myself or i should get a lawer for that.
if you clarify it for me you help me a lot

thank you so much

[asu_tx]

It is always better to consult an attorney, and please do so.

I am not the best person, but have experience of knowing some one who was once in your situation. Once you get an offer of research and/or residency then it is the institution (university or corp.) that will offer you a J1 visa (some offer H1 visa as well which is better). Some employers pay for the attorney's expense and some don't.

[PathOne]

IF you get a J-1 Research Scholar visa, you can get excempted from the two-year home requirement, provided that you're engaged in research. Also, you'd want the excemption noted on the visa - otherwise the officer at the point of immigration may decide on the spot that you should NOT be excempted. However, if you get a J1 visa through ECFMG for residency training, there's NO way around the home requirement (there's a few waiver situations, but they're pretty difficult to land).

[grashopper]

pardon my ignorance but what is the two-year home requirement?

[PathOne]

IF you receive a J-1 visa for graduate medical training (the most common visa type for FMG residents), you will be required to go back to your home country for a period of no less than two years after completion of residency or seven years, whatever comes first. There's very few waiver possibilities (like serving in certain medically underserved areas), and you will NOT be able to seek Green Card, win in GC lottery or receive permanent residency status through marriage. After the two years, however, you can come back to the US.