Exchange visitors may be subject to the two-year foreign residence requirement of Section 212(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, for one or more of the following reasons:
a. They received funding from the United States Government, their own government, or an international organization in connection with their participation in the Exchange Visitor Program.
b. The education, training, or skill they are pursuing in this country appears on the Exchange Visitor Skills List (1997 Amendment) for their country.
c. They acquired J-1 status on or after January 10, 1977, for the purpose of receiving graduate medical education or training.
Exchange visitors who are subject to, but do not wish to comply with, the two-year home country residence requirement, may apply for a waiver of that requirement under any one of the five applicable grounds provided by the United States immigration law.
