Duration:
Maximum of 5 years¹
¹ Yale appointment maximum duration may differ
Processing Information:
- Processed by OISS
- Allow 6 to 8 weeks² for OISS to process and send immigration document to scholar
² Does not include time waiting for a visa appointment
Use at Yale:
- Postdoctoral Associate
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Postgraduate Associate
- Postgraduate Fellow
- Associate Research Scientist
- Visiting Fellow
- Lab Associate
- Lector
- Lecturer
- Senior Lector
- Senior Lecturer
- Visiting Faculty
Considerations:
- Fastest non-immigrant option; takes the least amount of time to process.
- Will be subject to the 12 or 24 month bar.
- Dependents hold J-2 status and can apply for work authorization.
- May be subject to the two year home country resident requirement.
- May transfer between different U.S. schools inside the U.S but there can be no gap between employers and must all be within the five-year maximum.
