J-1 Visa, how to respond to Packet 3

[waitman 0]

Hello, fellow VJers!

My fiancee was in the US on a J-1 visa very recently. She is not subject to the 2 year requirement.

Now in her Packet 3 instructions, which she just received, she has form DS-230 which asks if, when and on which visa she visited the US. My fear is that if we just write "J-1" we're going to get an RFE from the consulate. I'm afraid that they'll suspect that she hasn't served the 2 year sentence, which many J-visa holders have (even though not her, luckily).

So, to prevent such problems, I had the thought of attaching the copy of the J-visa stamp (which says she's not subject to the 2 year requirement), as well as her status extension paperwork (she extended her stay beyond what the visa stamp says) and sending all that to the consulate as a part of our Packet 3 response. But I'm not 100% sure-- is this going to do any good at the Packet 3 stage? Can it create more problems than solve? Maybe we shouldn't even worry about problems that haven't actually come up?

If anyone has an insight into this, I'd appreciate your input.

Thank you!

[Madzia+James 0]

I had two J-1 visas. When I sent my packet 3 to the embassy I just filled out what visas I had. I got my interview date without any problems. I think they may ask me about it on the interview, since I had 2 year requirement (I got a waiver), but up to now I didn't send them any info about it.

[waitman 0]

I had two J-1 visas. When I sent my packet 3 to the embassy I just filled out what visas I had. I got my interview date without any problems. I think they may ask me about it on the interview, since I had 2 year requirement (I got a waiver), but up to now I didn't send them any info about it.

Thanks!

I guess for the interview, one had better have all the exchange program documents plus the actual visa stamp...Yeah, it makes sense that at the Packet 3 stage this may not be relevant at all.

Best of luck.

[motu 6]

Also consider this - they have all of the US visa information about your fiancee available to them in their own system, so it shouldn't raise any issues. Good Luck