J-1 Visa
The J-1 visa is not a summer vacation pass
Agencies sell it as three months of fun in America. It is a job, with a boss, taxes and rules that can end your program in a phone call.
J-1 Visa
Summer Work Travel, sponsors, DS-2019 and the rules they skim over.
J-1 Visa
DS-2019 explained without the embassy-speak
One page of paper decides your entire summer. Here is what the DS-2019 actually says, who issues it and why a typo on it can ruin everything.