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j-1 trainee visa secured for james julius as a business operations management trainee

Managing Partner Michael Wildes is pleased to announce that the firm has secured a J-1 trainee visa for James Julius as a Business Operations Management Trainee.

James Julius, on whose behalf we have successfully secured a J-1 trainee visa, will be training with Major Food Group’s line of restaurants in the United States as a Business Operations Management Trainee. For the next 18 months, he will learn the U.S. restaurant business management and operations, in the following areas: the Host Organization’s business culture, policies, operational protocols, marketing, competitor analysis, staffing, service standards, budgeting, purchasing, ordering process, 3rd party vendor and supplier relationships management, resource management, events management, and customer relations.

James Julius was formerly employed with the Caprice Restaurant Group with more than 20 prestigious restaurants in the United Kingdom, Barbados and Dubai, managing over 60 staff members. He also worked for The Birley Group and Birley Events as an Event Organizer, also acting as an Operations Manager during all events.

We look forward to watching his wonderful career in restaurant business operations continue to flourish back in his home country upon the completion of his J-1 training in the United States!

 

In order to qualify for the J-1 Exchange Visitors Visa, an alien who is a bona fide student, scholar, trainee, teacher, professor, research assistant, specialist, or leader in a field of specialized knowledge or skill, coming temporarily as a participant in a program designated by the Department of State for the purpose of teaching, instructing, lecturing, studying, observing, conducting research, practical training, etc. in an approved exchange program, and the alien’s spouse and minor children of such participant, are admissible in J-2 visa categories.  Certain J-1 aliens, and their dependents, are required by law to return to their own country for a period of two years to impart the knowledge they have gained in the U.S. before they may apply for H or L visas, or status as immigrants, unless a waiver of such two year period is granted.  The J exchange visitors subjected to this two-year foreign residency requirement include doctors who receive post-graduate medical training in the U.S., trainees whose programs receive government funding, and any scholars or trainees whose exchange program is in a field designated by the home country as a skill set that country wishes to retain.  The initial period of admission for a J nonimmigrant is as specified on the authorizing Form DS-2019 (formerly IAP-66) issued by the program sponsor, which varies according to the type of exchange program  – up to three years for scholars, teachers and research fellows; up to 18 months for trainees.
     
The status of J-1 exchange visitors and their programs is carefully monitored through the Department of Homeland Security’s interactive SEVIS database in much the same way as the status of F-1 students.
      
J-1 trainees must have completed a Bachelor’s degree abroad and have one year experience in the field or have five years experience in the field.  Individuals who graduated from U.S. colleges and universities are NOT eligible for J-1 visa status unless they have another foreign degree or which the training is based. J-1 status may also be granted for an “internship” for a period of 12 months to a foreign national who completed a Bachelor’s degree abroad within the past 12 months. 

For more than fifty six years, the firm of Wildes & Weinberg has concentrated its practice in all aspects of U.S. immigration and nationality law, servicing the immigration requirements of prominent American and International individuals and corporations, banks, industrial, financial and manufacturing concerns, and law firms in connection with the personnel needs of their foreign national employees.  In addition, the firm has a distinguished clientele and has done substantial immigration work for investors, scientists, physicians, bankers, performing artists, directors, writers, models, actors, athletes, fine artists, art dealers, curators, musicians, and literary agents.

For more information please visit our Immigration 101 page or contact Michael Wildes at michael@wildeslaw.com.

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