from J1 visa to H3 visa

[drella 4]

Hey everybody !

Well, I have always found great answers and informations on this webiste so I finally add my post as I still have a few questions left without answers ! I am currently on visa J1 (career training)and the 2 year-home requirement doesn't apply. I am interested in starting another internship after this one, with a different company, with a H3 visa and my questions are :

If I do an Adjustment of Status from J1 to H3 while I am here and it is approved, can I travel to my home country or anywhere outside the US after it is approved and the internship has started under visa H-3 ?

Does the H3 visa has more chances to be denied since it would be straight after a J1 visa?

Thank you very much for your help !

[Noah Lot 387]

Hey everybody !

Well, I have always found great answers and informations on this webiste so I finally add my post as I still have a few questions left without answers ! I am currently on visa J1 (career training)and the 2 year-home requirement doesn't apply. I am interested in starting another internship after this one, with a different company, with a H3 visa and my questions are :

If I do an Adjustment of Status from J1 to H3 while I am here and it is approved, can I travel to my home country or anywhere outside the US after it is approved and the internship has started under visa H-3 ?

Does the H3 visa has more chances to be denied since it would be straight after a J1 visa?

Thank you very much for your help !

You can travel, however....the H3 is NOT for the purposes of extending a soon to expire J1 training period nor is it to be used to duplicate something you already know how to do, and there are a ton of other requirements as well (for example, it is NOT to be a substitute for a work visa, something that it is often tried to be used for....)expect a lot of scrutiny.

[drella 4]

You can travel, however....the H3 is NOT for the purposes of extending a soon to expire J1 training period nor is it to be used to duplicate something you already know how to do, and there are a ton of other requirements as well (for example, it is NOT to be a substitute for a work visa, something that it is often tried to be used for....)expect a lot of scrutiny.

Thank you for your answer. Yes, I already know all this, my plan is neither to duplicate what I already know to do nor to extend in some ways my J1 visa since if I wanted I could extend it which is much more simple than the H3 procedure, for which I DO know all the requirements it includes and the scrutiny to expect.

[Franky83 0]

Hi Drella,

I'm in a similar situation now and I was wondering if you were able to solve your questions, and also if you found any issues when applying for the H3 visa after the J1 visa.

Thanks for your time!