A political battle is brewing between the US government and Harvard University over the J-1 visa program. The State Department is investigating Harvard's compliance, raising concerns for international students and scholars.

An analysis of State Department data shows fewer visas were issued this May than last. Experts worry the trend will continue.

A Russian woman who married Enrique Marquez Jr., the man accused of buying rifles used in the Dec. 2 attack, entered the U.S. six years ago on a three-month educational-exchange visa, known as a J ...

J-1 visa: The J-1 visa is granted to students in a J-1 Exchange Visitor Program and it gives you permission to enter the U.S. Your visa must be valid every time you enter the U.S. If your visa expires while you are in the U.S., you may remain in the U.S. as long as your DS-2019 is valid; however, you will need to renew your visa outside of the U.S. before re-entering.

The J-1 visa is a nonimmigrant visa that enables individuals to participate in various exchange visitor programs in the United States, such as those for au pairs, research scholars, ...

You entered the U.S. with a J-1 visa (under the Student category) (or, if Canadian, used a DS-2019 to enter the U.S.) OR. You entered the U.S. with a different visa, and subsequently applied for and were granted a change-of-status to J-1 by the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS).

Any restrictions placed on the J-1 visa holder will also be placed on the J-2 visa holder. For example, if the J-1 visa holder is subject to the 212(e) exchange visitor two-year home-country physical presence requirement, so is the J-2 visa holder. To add a dependent to an existing J-1 SEVIS record, submit a Dependent Request form to I3S.

Wisconsin is reliant on foreign workers to fuel seasonal economies. Its businesses are at risk of losing a staff pipeline if a Trump policy continues.

J-1 Sponsored Student Sponsored students are students who receive full or partial funding from a third-party source, such as a government (U.S. or foreign), foundation or nonprofit organization. These students usually come to UB on a J-1 visa.

Meet Sava Djuric, a J-1 student from Serbia spending his summer in Estes Park. Back home, Sava was a senior in college studying software engineering. Everything was going according to plan—until protests erupted across Serbia, including on his university campus in Kragujevac.