TWO YEAR HOME COUNTRY PRESENCE REQUIREMENT
(SECTION 212 OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT AND PL 94-484 AS
AMENDED):
RULE: Exchange visitors whose programs are financed in whole or part,
directly or indirectly by either their government or by the US Gov. ,
are required to reside in their home country for two years following
completion of their program before they are eligible for immigrant
status, temporary work status (H1), or intracompany transferee (L0
status. Likewise, if exchange visitors are acquiring a skill which is
in short supply in their home country they will be subject to the same
two year home country residence requirement.
NOTE: Marriage to a US Citizen or legal permanent resident or birth of a child in the US does not remove this requirement."