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I am a Spanish student currently at an exchange program in Boston with a Visa J1. My current Visa expires the 11th of May, however, I already got an Academic Training form and the DS-2019 that will allow me to get a new Visa J1 in Spain and come back in July for an internship.

 

Before I come back to Spain and get my new Visa, I was planning to make a trip to Colombia from the 8th-16th May, so that I would be back to the US before I could go back to Spain and get my renewed Visa J1. Do you think there would be a problem if I went to Colombia and tried to enter the US with an ESTA?

 

After that, I would come back to Spain the 19th May and get my new Visa. Would my trip to Colombia affect my getting the new Visa? Is there a problem for getting a Visa J1 that I recently entered the US with an ESTA?

 

Has anyone had a similar problem?

 

Thank you for your help,

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sounds easier and safer just to fly back to Spain from Colombia.

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