>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 10:45:31 -0800
Be careful with that. I know somebody that got his H1B without getting a
waiver. When the H1B came up for renewal he had to go back to India and
lots of strings had to be pulled to get him the waiver....
Best regards
Michael
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christian Broesamle [mailto:brosamle_at_ciwemb.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 12:10 PM
> To: swiss-list_at_swiss-list.com
> Subject: Re: swiss-list: J1-2 year rule applies
>
> I am German and was funded for 2 years as postdoc through SNF (I also
> was a PhD student and postdoc at UniZH/ETHZ before). As long as my
> money came from Switzerland, I had the 2 year thing on my visum. I
> have now US funding and my new visum (extended in Dec) says 2 year
> rule does not apply. I didn't do anything. My wife (Swiss) did not
> have her SNF fellowship approved when she applied for her visum the
> first time and she was never subject to two year rule.
> I am not sure what we learn from that. Seems to me the whole 2 year
> thing is a bureaucratic relict that nobody is really interested in
> enforcing (appears to be easy to get out) and nobody is interested in
> doing away with either.
>
> Christian
>
>
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