Home Residency Requirement international student services umsl home site index search iss home Back to J-1 visa Intent of the Two Year Home Requirement . The intent of the requirement is to have the home country benefit from the exchange visitor's experience in the U.S. Exchange Visitors come to this country for a specific objective such as a program of study or a research project. Terms of the Requirement . H includes temporary workers, trainees and their dependents.
L includes inter-company transferees and their dependents.
A change of your status, inside the U.S., from J to any other nonimmigrant category except A or G. A includes your home country's diplomats and representatives to international organizations, and their dependents. G includes representatives or employees of international organizations. Preliminary Endorsement . The visa stamp in your passport, your Form IAP-66, or both, may show an indication by a consular or INS officer that you are or are not subject to the requirement. You might obtain a waiver because the child would suffer a hardship by going there to live with you.