Please submit an online application to OISS at least sixty days prior to the Exchange Visitor's J-1 program end date (as stated on the Form DS-2019).
The department/unit must
- Complete the online J-1 Extension for an Exchange Visitor
- Issue a new departmental/unit invitation letter (or hire letter)
- Ensure that the Exchange Visitor has adequate financial resources to sustain him/herself and family members for the extension of the program
- Inform Human Resources of the extension, if the Exchange Visitor is paid by UNH
The scholar must
- Provide the sponsoring department/unit with updated financial documentation, if funded by outside sources
- Provide OISS with updated health insurance information for the duration of the extension
- OISS will review the application and extend the SEVIS (DS-2019) record, if applicable.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact oiss@unh.edu.
