AACRAO Joins Community Comments Opposing Termination of the J-1 Exchange Visa Program

The J-1 exchange visitor program is a critical citizen diplomacy program that also serves as an important nonimmigrant category for postdoctoral researchers, medical residents, and other scholars not otherwise offered employment on an H-1B visa or directly enrolled in a college or university as a full-time student on an F-1 visa. AACRAO joined community comments to the U.S. Department of State opposing a proposed rule that would provide an additional basis for terminating an individual’s participation in the J-1 exchange visitor program as well as expand the circumstances under which a J-1 visa holder’s program participation can be terminated after a visa is revoked with immediate effect, requiring the individual to immediately leave the country or risk removal.