The Vietnam Education Foundation 2011 Annual Report

Annual Report 2011 Page 171
K. J-1 EXCHANGE VISITOR VISA
VEF will provide you with a DS-2019 Form to secure a J-1 visa under the Exchange Visitor Program as required by your
VEF grant. You are personally responsible, financially and otherwise, for making all arrangements for securing your
passport. Your Visiting Scholar Grant is available only if you can obtain a passport and a J-visa with the 2-year home
residency requirement. VEF will be responsible for documentation required to extend your permission to stay in the United
States throughout the period of your authorized VEF Visiting Scholar Program participation.
The J-1 visa is your permission to enter the United States and not your permission to remain in the country. The permission
to remain in the country resides solely in your maintaining your J-1 status and the validity of your DS-2019 document. You
may remain in the United States with an expired J-1 visa as long as you are maintaining J-1 status. J-1 visas cannot be
renewed in the United States, and the J-1 visa would need to be renewed if you travel outside of the United States while you
are participating in the Visiting Scholar Program. Please contact Ms. Gunawardena or Ms. Oberheide if you have questions
about this.
Upon completion of your intended program and/or expiration of your Exchange Visitor J-1 status, you are required to reside
in your home country, Vietnam, for two years before you may apply for the following: (1) a nonimmigrant visa (H-temporary
employment visa or L-intercompany transfer visa); or (2) permanent residence or an immigrant visa in the United States.
During the two years of home residence, you may be able to enter the United States on other types of non-immigrant visas,
such as visitor or business visas, if granted.
Sign here to acknowledge your agreement with Section K. ______________________
L. HEALTH INSURANCE
As a condition of your J-1 visa, you are required by law to maintain health insurance coverage as stipulated by the
Department of State, which includes medical coverage, medical evacuation coverage, and repatriation coverage for yourself
and all of your dependents in J-2 status for the entire duration of your time in the United States, including the 30-day period
in advance of your Grant Start Date and the 30-day grace period following the completion of your program of study, during
which you are allowed to remain in the United States. Required coverage amounts are listed on page 2 of your DS-2019 Form
and, for your dependents, please see below, under the section entitled Responsibility for Dependents. A willful failure to carry
medical and health insurance for yourself or your dependents is considered a violation of your J-1 status and of the VEF
Visiting Scholar Program, and under the law, requires termination from the VEF Exchange Visitor Program.
VEF will cover the costs and arrange for you to have the required accident/illness health/medical insurance coverage, which
includes medical evacuation and repatriation insurance, according to the coverage amounts required by the Department of
State, from the time you leave Vietnam throughout the duration of your program approved by VEF and described herein.
Additional health insurance to cover annual doctor’s visits and/or dental and vision insurance may be purchased at your own
expense after arriving in the United States. Insurance coverage and associated fees for dependent family members in J-2
status are your own responsibility.
You are responsible for knowing what your insurance does or does not cover, including any pre-existing conditions. Please
read your policy thoroughly.
Sign here to acknowledge your agreement with Section L. ______________________
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