J-1 visas?

[bigbadwolf]

I doubt anyone on this forum has ever come on a J-1 but in case anyone abroad is thinking of it, this account seems pertinent:

Lured by unsupervised, third-party brokers with promises of steady jobs and a chance to sightsee, some foreign college students on summer work programs in the U.S. get a far different taste of life in America.

An Associated Press investigation found students forced to work in strip clubs instead of restaurants. Others take home $1 an hour or even less. Some live in apartments so crowded that they sleep in shifts because there aren't enough beds.

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[glyvin]

I worked on a J-1 visa last summer in Washington, DC. However, I am Canadian and definitely looked into what I was getting into. I was not paid at my internship, and did not expect to. Everything was completely normal for me, except that by having a J-1, I am under the impression that I cannot obtain another US visa for two years from the time mine expired last August, since I was sponsored financially by my provincial government.

 

[kirylm]

I am under the impression that I cannot obtain another US visa for two years from the time mine expired.

This is correct unless otherwise specified on your visa "not subject to 2 years residence requirement"