not j1 not a student

gubby · 27-12-2008 8:23pm #1

Can anyone tell me what to do if you want to go to the usa for a year or so. you are not a student and do not have j1 visa. Does one have to get a green card? if so, is that hard to get?
cheers

gubby · 27-12-2008 8:57pm

ok just tell me if you have to be a student to get a j1 visa??

pwd · 27-12-2008 9:00pm

yes you need to be a student to get a j1

Rabies · 28-12-2008 3:48am

pwd wrote: »

yes you need to be a student to get a j1

No you don't.

I got my second J1 and I wasn't a student. Worked at a summer camp for a second summer. THey sorted out all the paper work, told me to apply for J1 as normal, it was approved and on I went to america

BuffyBot · 28-12-2008 11:19am

Not really for Travel/Holidays.

Moving to living abroad.

Our man in Havana · 28-12-2008 5:54pm

Rabies wrote: »

No you don't.

I got my second J1 and I wasn't a student. Worked at a summer camp for a second summer. THey sorted out all the paper work, told me to apply for J1 as normal, it was approved and on I went to america

I agree.

It is USIT that cause all the misinformation.

damo9 · 17-02-2009 4:56pm

so if ive read these posts correctly u can get a j1 visa without being a student?:eek:
I previously held a j1 visa in the past and would LOVE to go back, Is it only possible to do so by working for a summer camp?

GunScope · 17-02-2009 5:39pm

Not at all, get in touch with Usit for more info .... they wil take your money if they can

damo9 · 17-02-2009 6:19pm

I have emailed USIT in the past and they have said YOU must be a student...

Very confused..!

GunScope · 17-02-2009 6:21pm

There are J1 Internship and Trainee programs, as well as the Camp Counsellor options ...

Our man in Havana · 17-02-2009 6:58pm

GunScope wrote: »

There are J1 Internship and Trainee programs, as well as the Camp Counsellor options ...

There is no need to be a student for any of those either, despite what USIT say.

damo9 · 17-02-2009 7:12pm

I have just been back onto the usit site and from i can see the options are as follows:
1. J1 visa work and travel(student summer work and travel)
2. 12 month visa(student or recent graduate-12months max)
3. Internship programme( securing a sponser before u leave)

Im not a student,not a recent graduate and not interested in securing a sponser in a particular industry, so from i have seen i do not have any options to have a "working holiday" in an old j1 sense. I think this is what the initial poster(s) had in mind...correct me if im wrong..

PeakOutput · 18-02-2009 1:01am

here are the requiremtents for the new 12 month visa according to the usit website

* You must be a citizen of Ireland
* You must be a current student or recent graduate (within 12 months of graduation)
* You must attend/ have attended a recognised 3rd level institution in Ireland and obtained a minimum of a degree qualification in your field of study

EoinG · 06-03-2009 11:33pm

Bumping this...

So is there any clarification as regards eligibility of non-students for the J1 summer visa? Having looked at Usit, Go4less and Sayit, it seems you most certainly have to be enrolled in a full-time third level course. But I don't want to believe it!!! Can the people who claim otherwise give more details??

The 12-month visa is an internship programme, it doesn't operate like a working holiday visa. I wouldn't risk heading over the states now looking for an internship with all the global uncertainty... Especially not looking for an internship in psychology!

not j1 not a student

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