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Subject: New Procedures for J Visa Waiver Applications

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Date Posted: 17:53:41 08/04/01 Sat

New Procedures for J Visa Waiver Applications

The U.S. Department of State's Waiver Review Division has changed procedures for requesting waivers of the two-year foreign residence requirement [Section 212(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act] for J-1 exchange visitors. All requests for waiver review, regardless of the basis upon which the waiver is requested, should be initiated by submitting a completed data sheet

(available at <a rel=nofollow target=_blank href="http://travel.state.gov/jdata_sheet.html);">http://travel.state.gov/jdata_sheet.html);</a> the $136 user fee payment; and two self-addressed, stamped envelopes. Depending on whether the correspondence is sent via postal or courier service, the addresses to which these items must be sent are:

Postal Service:

U.S. Department of State/Waiver
Review Division
P.O. Box 952137
St. Louis, MO 63195-2137
Courier Service:

U.S. Department of State/Waiver
Review Division (Box 952137)
1005 Convention Plaza
St. Louis, MO 63101-1200
Upon receiving the data sheet, user fee, and self-addressed and stamped envelopes, the Waiver Review Division will then assign a case number and will forward instructions to the exchange visitor for further processing.

To view an excerpt from recent State Department correspondence outlining the changes, access <a rel=nofollow target=_blank href="http://www.nafsa.org/jvisa/waiver.procedures.html">http://www.nafsa.org/jvisa/waiver.procedures.html</a>

To view the complete correspondence, access

<a rel=nofollow target=_blank href="http://www.nafsa.org/jvisa/waiver.letter.html">http://www.nafsa.org/jvisa/waiver.letter.html</a>

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