J1 or F1? Which one is easier to get?

[FERGANER]

Hi everybody. I’ve got an admission offer to a PhD program (it comes with a three-year graduate assistantship funding) at the school I received my Master’s from.

I studied as a J1 and came back to Uzbekistan 11 months ago. As a participant of a US Government funded exchange program I am subject to the two-year home residency requirement (Section 212(e)).

Now my school says I am eligible for either F1 or J1 (which comes without the two-year rule this time). I want to go with J1 b/c my dependents will be able to work and there is a longer 36-month period for post-doc OPT.

Does anyone know which of the two visa types is easier to get in Tashkent? Will my unfinished two-year term make any difference?

Thanks.

[forex]

Hi everybody. I’ve got an admission offer to a PhD program (it comes with a three-year graduate assistantship funding) at the school I received my Master’s from.

I studied as a J1 and came back to Uzbekistan 11 months ago. As a participant of a US Government funded exchange program I am subject to the two-year home residency requirement (Section 212(e)).

Now my school says I am eligible for either F1 or J1 (which comes without the two-year rule this time). I want to go with J1 b/c my dependents will be able to work and there is a longer 36-month period for post-doc OPT.

Does anyone know which of the two visa types is easier to get in Tashkent? Will my unfinished two-year term make any difference?

Thanks.


Your chances are the same,doesn't matter what type of visa you apply for.If you qualify for both,I would go with J1 visa.Like you said,you can get a permission for your dependents to work.
As far as your two year home presence requirement,it won't be a problem at this point,but you will have to deal with it later on.If you plan on staying in the US after your PhD.You will have to get a waiver to apply for H1b professional worker visa or to adjust your status to permanent resident.But you can worry about it when you deal with it.

[PATRIOTKA]

Hi everybody. I’ve got an admission offer to a PhD program (it comes with a three-year graduate assistantship funding) at the school I received my Master’s from.

I studied as a J1 and came back to Uzbekistan 11 months ago. As a participant of a US Government funded exchange program I am subject to the two-year home residency requirement (Section 212(e)).

Now my school says I am eligible for either F1 or J1 (which comes without the two-year rule this time). I want to go with J1 b/c my dependents will be able to work and there is a longer 36-month period for post-doc OPT.

Does anyone know which of the two visa types is easier to get in Tashkent? Will my unfinished two-year term make any difference?

Thanks.
you know what the us embassy in tashkent told me that j1 visa requires you to stay 2 years in uzb, if you want to go there to work or to live.
if you are going to study there its o.k. you dont have to stay.

[Arhimed]

Hi everybody. I’ve got an admission offer to a PhD program (it comes with a three-year graduate assistantship funding) at the school I received my Master’s from.

I studied as a J1 and came back to Uzbekistan 11 months ago. As a participant of a US Government funded exchange program I am subject to the two-year home residency requirement (Section 212(e)).

Now my school says I am eligible for either F1 or J1 (which comes without the two-year rule this time). I want to go with J1 b/c my dependents will be able to work and there is a longer 36-month period for post-doc OPT.

Does anyone know which of the two visa types is easier to get in Tashkent? Will my unfinished two-year term make any difference?

Thanks.

I guess I saw this question in yahoo.group .......:rolleyes: