If you are subject to the two-year home-country physical presence requirement, you must return to your home country for a cumulative total period of at least two years before you can do any of the following:
Change status while in the United States to the nonimmigrant categories of temporary worker (H) or intracompany transferee (L);
Adjust status while in the United States to immigrant visa/lawful permanent resident status (LPR);
Receive an immigrant visa at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate; or
Receive a temporary worker (H), intracompany transferee (L), or fiancé (K) visa at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate.