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In addition to reviewing the steerage beneath, please click on right here for a complete assessment and extra steerage on journey.

Travel During DS-2019 Program Dates:

While a big side of the BridgeUSA objective is to facilitate cultural and academic change, all actions through the BridgeUSA program interval, together with home and worldwide journey should:

• Be straight associated to this system targets described on the shape DS-2019
• Must be communicated to the college host and HR administrator in compliance with 22 C.F.R. § 62.10(e)(2) to observe the welfare and progress of the Exchange Visitor
• Domestic journey doesn’t require a particular authorization from the OIE
• International Travel requires a particular authorization on the shape DS-2019 that may be obtained by submitting a journey authorization e-form request in iStart

To be eligible to return to the U.S. through the interval of a BridgeUSA program after journey, a J-1 scholar or scholar intern should have:

1. A sound/unexpired DS-2019 type
2. A signature from a Responsible Officer on the sponsoring group on the underside proper aspect of the DS-2019 “validating” the return journey to the U.S.
3. A sound/unexpired passport
4. A visa stamp within the passport that’s unexpired on the time of return journey to the U.S.

J-1 students and scholar interns should full the Travel Signature Request e-form by way of iStart previous to departing from the U.S. OIE advisors will assessment the journey particulars and supply any info it is best to contemplate or act on earlier than touring.  

Travel More Than 30 Days:

Travel overseas for substantial intervals of time through the BridgeUSA program presents sensible challenges, and students and their college host can be anticipated to articulate the programmatic causes the prolonged journey outdoors of the U.S. is required to finish this system targets utilizing the Attestation to Recommend Out of Country Authorization type, which is on the market within the journey signature e-form. Travel that can exceed 30 days would require an “out of country” request e-form as further info and assessment by the Responsible Officer is required.

Extended Travel:

If the return date for the deliberate “out-of-country” keep modifications, the scholar should notify OIE by submitting a brand new Travel Signature Request e-form in iStart. This ensures the SEVIS file is revised with the right return date. 

Note that J-2 dependents should not eligible to stay within the U.S. throughout a interval of J-1 journey that exceeds 30 days, and any accredited journey e-form will permit an OIE worldwide advisor to signal each J-1 and J-2 dependent DS-2019 types.

Travel During the 30-day Grace Period (after the DS-2019 program ends): 

Exchange Visitors are permitted to make use of the 30-day grace interval for journey throughout the U.S. Once an Exchange Visitor travels outdoors of the U.S. after the top date of the J Program, they won’t be permitted re-entry as a J Exchange Visitor. They should current one other visa kind authorizing entry into the U.S. 

Exception to Valid Visa Requirement: Automatic Visa Revalidation

Automatic visa revalidation permits F and J non-immigrant visa holders to go to Canada, Mexico, and adjoining Caribbean islands (excluding Cuba) for lower than 30 days and reenter the U.S. with an expired visa stamp.  Upon returning to the U.S, college students using automated visa revalidation should current a legitimate passport, I-20 or DS-2019 with journey signature, and I-94 file. If you could have an digital I-94 file, it’s endorsed that you just convey a tough copy throughout journey and current it upon exit and entry. Citizens of sure nations, together with Cuba, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Sudan and Syria should not eligible for Automatic Visa Revalidation. 

To view the Code of Federal Regulations relating to Automatic Revalidation of Visa, click on here. Additional info can be accessible on the U.S. Department of State website.

Note: Non-immigrants who apply for a visa throughout their keep in Canada, Mexico or the Caribbean should not eligible to make use of automated visa revalidation if the visa is denied or delayed.