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US 1 year J visa

  • 29-09-2010 9:33am
    #1
    DeadMoney
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    Hey. I am hoping to go back to the states on the year long J visa next summer as I will be finished college. However I was also hoping to apply for the JET teaching program in Toyko and would love to spend a year there if I was lucky enough to get a place. The thing is it says you can only qualify for the 1 year J visa to the states if you apply within 12 months of graduating, so if I was to go somewhere like Japan teaching for a year, then I am worried that I would no longer be able to get the J visa if I came home. And since I would no longer be a student, I would probably be unable to get any work visa, and only the 90 day visa waiver which doesn't enable you to work. I know there are other work visas such as the H visa but I'm not aware how to go about getting this. So, anybody know much about this J visa stuff?
    Thanks


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  • #2
    Civilian_Target
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    The 1 year student thing is just a characteristic of the Cultural Exchange program that the agencies here (like USIT) offer. There is no specific restriction on the J-visa itself that requires you to have left university in the last 12 months, it's simply more difficult to get.


  • #3
    lil_lisa
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    Civilian_Target wrote: »
    The 1 year student thing is just a characteristic of the Cultural Exchange program that the agencies here (like USIT) offer. There is no specific restriction on the J-visa itself that requires you to have left university in the last 12 months, it's simply more difficult to get.

    Yes there is. Depending on which one you take of course. There are three year long J-1 visas. The IWT, the Internship visa and the Training visa.

    The IWT and Internship visa require you to be within 12 months of graduating or continuing college when you get back.

    For the IWT visa, you are allowed to leave without a job in place and have time to look for a job when you arrive. These restrictions may be put in place by your Irish visa agency but there is still a limit to how long you have.

    For the Internship visa, you have to have a degree (or leading up to one) and a job set before you go out. There are several forms and requirements from the company themselves (if <25 employees, a visit will be carried out).

    The Training visa allows you to go over for a maximum of 18 months. You also need to have a job before going out, but you don't have to have a degree. I think you can have 5 years minimum work experience in your field for this one. Hence, you don't have to be within a year of graduating.

    There are a lot more available, but they are more specific to your field of work. There's more information here.

    Oh and your job MUST be in your field of work.


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