我们欢迎访问本科生/研究生/博士后。想要加入的访问本科生/研究生/博士后必须获得其原导师和单位的许可，访学交流必须申请美国J-1（访问学者）签证。根据美国移民局规定，以六个月为界限，短期项目无法进行续约，至多入境六个月；但长期项目可以在境内申请工作延期（至多五年）或签证转换（如F-1、H-1B）。申请者获中央和地方政府相关机构的资助项目现在有很大概率被美国移民局拒绝（据校人力资源部），因此不推荐相关项目的申请，但学校和非官方的资助项目不会被拒，详情请来信咨询。鼓励有意向的学生和学者通过电子邮件（JoinFengGroup+Visiting@gmail.com）联系元宁，并附上一页自我介绍信、简历和联系信息参考。
以下为学校关于J-1签证的参考：
Please see below for information on inviting a J-1 visitor to OU.
Funding Amounts
U.S. immigration regulations require that OU verify and document adequate funding arrangements for all incoming scholars. OU has set a minimum of $2,000 per month for J-1 scholars and their families. In all instances, the minimum level of funding must be met before a visa document can be issued. Please note that there can be multiple funding sources for one J-1 visitor. Self-funding is allowed.
Start Dates and Processing Times
The requested start date must be at least 90 days (or more than 90 days in some cases) from the date all documentation is submitted to OIS
J-1 Categories
J-1 Short-Term Scholar Category
For appointments of 6 months or less. The advantage of this J-1 category is that the scholar will not be subject to the 12 or 24-month bar, which they would be if using the J-1 Research Scholar/Professor category.
The disadvantage of this J-1 category is that the scholar can only stay in the U.S. for a maximum of 6 months, with no option to extend, transfer or change visa inside the U.S. By comparison, the J-1 Research Scholar/Professor category has a maximum of 5 years.
Specialists
Specialist exchange visitors are foreign specialists that are observing American institutions and methods of practice in their professional fields and sharing their specialized knowledge with their American colleagues. This is an individual who is an expert in a field of specialized knowledge or skill coming to the United States for observing, consult, or demonstrating special skills
Duration of Stay in the U.S.
The Specialist may participate in the Exchange Visitor Program for the length of time necessary to complete the program, but participation cannot exceed one year.
For more information regarding J-1 categories see here.
J-1 Visa Fees
Each exchange visitor will need to pay fees to apply for the J-1 visa. SEVIS I-901 fee to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and a nonimmigrant visa application processing fee to a U.S. embassy or consulate. The j-1 visa fee is $160 and the SEVIS fee is $220. You can find more information regarding the eligibility and fees of a J-1 program here.
Process for Inviting New J-1 Visitors:
- The hosting department and sponsor (direct supervisor) will need to complete the HR-2019 form and submit additional documents:
- The Visitor is only responsible for Part 5, sections A and B. They may either send you the information to be typed in or may fill it out themselves.
- Please reach out to the office of export controls at export@ou.edu if you have any questions for part 2, section B on page 5 of the HR-2019
- Please note that if the J-1 visitor will not be employed during the J-1 program, please put “N/A” on “Title or Occupation in home country” on part 5, section A, page 7
- I would strongly suggest that you read through Part 4, Sections A-I. These detail your monitoring requirements (i.e. any location/program changes must be approved by OIS first)
- Additional supporting documents:
- Visitor’s outside OU funding support evidence (minimum is USD 2,000 or equivalent, per month of program time) if any
- Visitor’s CV
- Visitor’s Invitation/Offer letter from the hosting department
- Copy/scan of visitor and dependent(s) passport ID page
- I will review the completed HR-2019 and the supporting documents for accuracy and then send them to Export Controls for review.
- If Export Controls approves the application, I will send the DS-2019 to the sponsoring department.
- You will then send the DS-2019 to the J-1 visitor who will use it to apply for their visa.
Please let me know if you have any questions while you are filling out the HR-2019 and preparing the supporting documents.
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