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Getting unrestricted work authorization on a J-1 Visa

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ejl91   0

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Hi there, I am a UK student currently studying at Texas A&M for two semesters on a J-1 Visa. I would like to apply for a 4 month Disney College Program Internship in Florida during the summer after my study abroad program. It is a paid internship, however my J-1 visa obviously only allows me to work on campus. I have read that I would need to acquire an Employment Authorisation Document (EAD). I have booked an appointment with an International student Advisor but I would just like to know, how easy or difficult is it to obtain one of these EAD's? Also, my J-1 Visa runs out at the end of June, so would this make matters more problematic or can it be extended?

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Eleanor

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Boiler Grand Master

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You would need to find out from Disney what visa they will sponsor you for.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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Well lets put this another way, inorder to obtin an EAD card you must be sponsor on a visa. So as the previous poster indicated what visa will disney sponsor you for?

It seems your J-1 visa isn't going to cover you for this intership program,then you will need to be sponsor for another type of visa.

elementary says watson.

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Boiler Grand Master

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It can be very easy to obtain.

It can be impossible to obtain.

If they are not sponsoring you on what basis do you think you qualify for one?

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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Hi there, I am a UK student currently studying at Texas A&M for two semesters on a J-1 Visa. I would like to apply for a 4 month Disney College Program Internship in Florida during the summer after my study abroad program. It is a paid internship, however my J-1 visa obviously only allows me to work on campus. I have read that I would need to acquire an Employment Authorisation Document (EAD). I have booked an appointment with an International student Advisor but I would just like to know, how easy or difficult is it to obtain one of these EAD's? Also, my J-1 Visa runs out at the end of June, so would this make matters more problematic or can it be extended?

Thank you

Eleanor

You won't be able to get an EAD.

You are an international student, studying for 2 semesters. At the end of June, you'll return home to the Kingdom. The only reason you got the J-1 is because they want your money. Welcome to America!

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

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