Top urgent two year requirements J1 need help

[Surrey19 6]

Hello 

Does J 1 requirements  to return home for at least two years applies for someone who reside in Europe but his  permit ends on July 22 knowing that  the one year J1 training starts on March 2022 till March 2023 ...I have a passport that is subject to the 2 years requirements but does applying through the US embassy in Paris remove this 2 years requirements .

Thanks 

[aaron2020 11,651]

No.  

 

If you are subject to the 2 years home requirement rule, the limitation does not disappear or waived because you reside in Europe or apply at the US Embassy in Paris.

 

You would need a waiver of the 2 years hrr.  

Edited November 29, 2021 by aaron2020

[milimelo 4,481]

You have to spend two years in your country of origin to satisfy the two-year requirement. 

Why would applying through US embassy Paris (as opposed to US Embassy which country) make a difference?

[Surrey19 6]

13 minutes ago, aaron2020 said:

No.  

 

If you are subject to the 2 years home requirement rule, the limitation does not disappear or waived because you reside in Europe or apply at the US Embassy in Paris.

 

You would need a waiver of the 2 years hrr.  

Oh thanks but would an objection letter from my home country guarantee the waive of this requirements 

[Surrey19 6]

14 minutes ago, milimelo said:

You have to spend two years in your country of origin to satisfy the two-year requirement. 

Why would applying through US embassy Paris (as opposed to US Embassy which country) make a difference?

Oh because I reside in Europe already so I should be considered a European resident   
 

Was thinking if  objection letter guarantee the waiver later on 

[Boiler 45,525]

I would try for a non objection letter 

And no guarantees 

[Coco8 1,042]

Europe is not a country. Going to a specific consulate has nothing to do with the 2-year requirement, otherwise plenty of people would game the system.

 

I've seen some people that country "choose" which country they do the 2-year requirement in. I don't remember how it works. But for instance, I know of someone who was born in the Middle East and immigrated to Germany young. They didn't have the citizenship of Germany, only residency, but he did his undergrad and all academic studies there. So Germany was considered his country of origin even though his citizenship was another country. 

 

 

Edited December 2, 2021 by Coco8