Waiver of the J Visa Two-Year Foreign Residence Requirement, 212(e)


Complete Online DS-3035 Application: Complete and print your J Waiver Visa Recommendation Application (DS-3035) online. NOTE: This Online DS-3035 is now the only acceptable version.

IMPORTANT NOTICES:

  • Completing the application online will reserve a case file number for your application and generate a bar coded data sheet which is required in order to process your J Visa Waiver Recommendation Application.
  • Please include the barcode when you mail in payment, with the original printed copy of your completed online application. The barcode must be printed in black and white only.
  • To complete Online DS-3035, Item 12, when program approval was on IAP-66: For DS-3035 Item 12, SEVIS Number, enter the following:  N0000000000 (must have 10 zeros).   For Item 12, Subject Field Code, enter the following from the IAP-66 form:   00. then the 4-digit subject field code number from the IAP (example 00.2546).
  • To complete Online DS-3035, Item 17: Applicants who have entered on a J visa more than 12 years ago should mark the date, February 1,1999 for question #17.

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Notice: Some J-1 visa waiver recommendation applications require further administrative processing, which takes additional time for the Department of State to issue its recommendation to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security.