June 3, 2005
Foreign Scholars Get Longer Visa Terms
Some foreign scholars will soon be issued visas that are good for five years instead of three, thanks to new regulations published by the State Department.
The extension, which has been in the works for three years, would permit professors and scholars who hold "J" visas under the department's Exchange Visitor Program to enter and leave the United States an unlimited number of times over a five-year period. Once their visas expired, participants in the program would have to wait two
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