evan

hi,

I was wondering whether anyone had experience or knowledge of the following possible
way to avoid the J-1 2 year Home Residency Requirement.

Suppose one had citizenship of two countries, and entered the US for the J-1 program
on one of those passports. Then in applying for some work or other visa before
serving the two year requirement, if you were to apply on the other passport (without
the J-1 visa etc ... in it) would the INS find out that you had a 2-year HRR in your
other passport.

Or, alternatively, can you 'serve' your 2 year requirement in the other country in
which you have citizenship, rather than the country from which you entered the US?

thanks evan

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Evan Roberts

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Sylvia Ottemoeller

evan wrote:

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Yes. INS asks the applicant to state under penalty of perjury the statuses the person
has held. This is the person as a person, not the person as a particular country's
citizen. The applicant may of course lie, but then risks a permanent bar from the
U.S. because of lying.

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No. The 2 year home country physical presence requirement must be served in the
country indicated as the home country on the IAP-66.