Timing Is Everything: Getting Your Driver’s License or Social Security Number
(posted January 31, 2012)
Tips from the U.S. government for incoming F, M, and J non-immigrant visa-holders who are interested in obtaining a U.S. driver’s license or social security number.
Increase in ECFMG’s J-1 Sponsorship Application Fee
(posted December 20, 2011)
FORM DS-7002
(posted February 12, 2008)
ECFMG’s Exchange Visitor Sponsorship Program has received numerous inquiries about a new form created by the U.S. Department of State, Form DS-7002. Form DS-7002 is a new document to be used for J-1 Exchange Visitors in the “trainee” category ONLY and will not be used for foreign national physicians seeking to enter the United States for graduate medical education in the ECFMG-sponsored category of J-1 “alien physician.” Current regulations pertaining to J-1 physicians can be found in [22 CFR 62.27].
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