APPLICATION FOR WAIVER OF THE TWO-YEAR FOREIGN RESIDENCE
REQUIREMENT OF THE EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION - A (Research)

Detailed information must be provided for each of the following items in the order in
which they are listed.

(1) A complete description of the program or activity in which the exchange visitor is engaged,
including factual evidence of the way in which the program or activity serves the national
or international public interest.

(2) Evidence of the exchange visitor's essentiality to the program, and specific information
describing the exchange visitor's unique capabilities to contribute to the program over a long period
of time.

(3) Information regarding the current personnel engaged in the program and how the
exchange visitor's expertise is related to those individuals.

(4) Evidence of efforts to recruit for the position to be filled by the exchange visitor and
the results thereof. Copies of recruitment ads, placed in nationally circulated journals, should be
supplied with specific information provided as to the results. It must be clearly demonstrated that a
suitable replacement for the exchange visitor cannot be found through recruitment or any other means,
and the position cannot be filled by any individual who is not subject to the foreign residence
requirement. Salary level should be advertised at a fair market rate. Internet recruitment alone is not
sufficient.

(5) The probable future of the program if the waiver is not granted, including specific
evidence showing how the loss of the exchange visitor's services would seriously restrain the
initiation, continuation, completion, or success of the program or activity, or a major part thereof.

(6) The applicant institution's long-range plans for the exchange visitor, and ways in
which the visitor will contribute in the future to the activities in which he or she is employed.

(7) Information concerning the exchange visitor's qualifications, including evidence of
special accomplishments and external letters of recommendation.

(8) The exchange visitor's curriculum vitae, bibliography and a sampling of the J-1’s most
recent relevant publications, copies of all Forms IAP-66 and/or DS-2019 and current visa status
materials.

(9) Any other facts considered germane.

A SINGLE COPY OF THE APPLICATION AND SUPPORTING INFORMATION SHOULD
BE SUBMITTED, UNBOUND. APPLICANT INSTITUTIONS REPRESENTED BY LEGAL
COUNSEL MUST INCLUDE FORM G-28, SIGNED BY THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIAL OF
THE APPLICANT ORGANIZATION (ALL APPLICATIONS MUST CONTAIN SIGNATURE
FROM THE INSTITUTION'S IMMIGRATION OFFICER). TRANSMITTAL LETTERS
FROM LEGAL COUNSEL SHOULD CONTAIN NO PARAPHRASING OF APPLICANT'S
SUBMISSION. SUBMIT BIOGRAPHIES ONLY FOR J-1.