J-1 program Two-Year Home Residency Requirement update—Skill List
By: ISSS Staff – 2024/12/12 On December 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of State published a new Exchange Visitor Skills List (“Skills List”), removing 35 countries including Brazil, China, India and South Korea from the list of a two-year home residency requirement. This revised Skills List is retroactive. J Scholars who were subject to the two-year home…