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Re: swiss-list: 2 year's rule

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Re: swiss-list: 2 year's rule

From: Thomas Wicki <click for textversion of email address >
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 10:05:20 -0700 (PDT)

> I don't think this is in effect anymore; I did not have to get a waiver to
> obtain my H1B after 2 years of J1. There is a list of countries for which the
> home stay rule applies (look at either INS or State Dept's web site), and
> Switzerland is not on it.

One more comment about this... Even in 1991 when I got my J-1 visa, there
were no clear rules apparently. A friend of mine also going to the US on
Swiss National Foundation grant did not have the 2-year rule requirement,
but I did. We never could figure out why...

--Thomas
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Received on Wed Sep 13 2000 - 10:05:29 PDT

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