CP with J1 HRR waiver? Please HELP.

[PJinMI]

Hello Gurus

Please help on this one, I came to US on a J1 exchange visitor program with a 2 year Home Country residency requirement. My company wanted me to stay back and work for them, so I got a waiver and H1, and now I have sent my Packet III to New Delhi.

I got my Packet IV and realized it says a reason for exclusion is not completing your 2 year home residency requirement. Though it also says that immigration officer can waive this by looking at the waiver etc. Now my question is that I am not a doctor just a computer professional, so how would the officer find my reasons for waiver good, etc.

Please suggest.

Thanks in advance.

pj

[musmd]

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All you need to do is carry the original of the 2 year home residency requirement waiver from INS that is all the officer is intrested in, if INS has waived your 2 years and given you an H1, it doesnot matter whether you are a doc or an engineering. The counsellar officer has no discreetion in this manner, during my CP interveiw(I am a Doc), the American officer was very unhappy that no body comes back for 2 years and INS gives everyone a waiver, he commented that he woudlnot waive anybody, but couldnot do anything anyway, I got my IV. So donot worry if your paperwork is in order everything is fine.

[PJinMI]

Re: reply

Thanks! I was out of town so could not thank you before. One more question, What do I mark in Packet IV where it asks for HRR completed?

Any precautions you would recommend.

Thanks

piyush

[musmd]

Reply

Just marked completed and write INS waiver. No other precautions and all the best.

[PJinMI]

Re: Reply URGENT leaving for interview in few hour

Last one, the question is are you ineligible to receive IV because.... An alien who is subjected to 212(e) I guess with the waiver I am not subjected to HRR so maybe the anwser is NO.