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⇒ Student & Scholar Adivising ⇒ Faculty, Staff, & Visitors ⇒ J-1 Scholars ⇒ Twenty-four-month Bar on Repeat Program Participation

Twenty-four-month Bar on Repeat Program Participation

When an exchange visitor arrives in the US in J-1 status in the Research Scholar or Professor category, a 5-year eligibility “window” opens.  When the program ends—5 weeks or 5 years later—the exchange visitor becomes subject to a 24-month bar on repeat participation as a J-1 exchange visitor in the Research Scholar or Professor categories.

This 24-month bar means that the exchange visitor will not be able to start a new Research Scholar or Professor program at any institution in the US until 2 years have passed from the completion date of the previous program.  Those 2 years may be spent outside of the US, in the US in another J category, or in the US in another immigration status.