J-1 Research Scholars & Professors

The J-1 visa for researchers and professors has several sub-categories. In general the J-1 visa (known as the Exchange Visitor Program) is for the exchange of professors and research scholars that promotes the exchange of ideas, research, mutual enrichment and linkages between research and academic institutions in the United States and foreign countries. The Research Scholar category is the most commonly used J-1 visa at Yale. To see details about each type of J-1 Yale offers, please review the information about the different categories.

J-1 Visa Application

Eligibility		Categories

Short Term Visits		Application Instructions

Paying the SEVIS Fee		J-2 Dependent Status

J-1 Visa Regulations

Maintaining Legal Status		Extensions

Health Insurance Requirement		Program Transfer

12 and 24 Month Bars		Two-Year Residence Requirement

Residence Requirement Waiver		Changing categories