Does the U.S. J- 1 visa two-year restriction mean that you can't go to the U.S. or go abroad for two years?

After returning to China with a J- 1 visa, you can apply for a non-immigrant visa to go to the United States or go abroad again after less than 2 years.

Most students who go to the United States with J- 1 visas are unfortunately restricted from returning to China for two years, but most people don't know the specific content of this regulation. Many people want to know how to go to the United States again before the two-year return period of J- 1 visa expires. There are also different opinions on the internet, so I specially found authoritative information to share with you.

Find the explanation page of the two-year return restriction on the website of the US State Department.

http://travel . state . gov/visa/temp/types/types _ 1267 . html # 15

The legal basis of the two-year return restriction is mentioned here: Section 2 12 (e) of the revised Law on Immunization and Nationality, and Parts 40 and 4 1 of Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

Then, find the official content of Part 40 on the website of the US Government Printing Office.

http://www . GPO . gov/FD sys/pkg/CFR-20 12-title 22-vol 1/XML/CFR-20 12-title 22-vol 1-sec 40-202 . XML？ It says that the policy of returning to China after two years will restrict the H, K and L non-immigrant visas of INA101(a) (15).

Further search the text of INA 10 1

http://www . USCIS . gov/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0- 1/0-0-0-29/0-0-0- 10 1 . HTML

Make sure this is the official definition of the well-known B, F, H and J visas.

To sum up, if you have returned to China with a J-/KLOC-0 visa for less than 2 years, you can undoubtedly apply for all non-immigrant visa types such as B, F and J that are not mentioned in Part 40 again.