Additional Documents Required

(1) Complete photo copy of passport of the prime applicant.

(2) Additional documents if the prime applicant has been in US for some time, transcripts or proof showing that prime applicant is still engaged in the research (J-l).

(3) Proof showing that sufficient fund is available to support the prime applicant and the accompanying dependents. In case funding through scholarship or graduate assistantship must show the details containing the source of fund. If funded of own or by anybody else from India the original bank pass books will be the proof of fund availability.

Employment
The accompanying spouse and minor children of a J-l exchange visitor may accept employment only with authorization by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. A request for employment authorization must be made on Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, with fee, as required by the Service, to the district director having jurisdiction over the J-l exchange visitor's temporary residence in the US.

Income from the spouse's or dependent's employment may be used to support the family's customary recreational and cultural activities and related travel, among other things. Employment will not be authorized incase this income is needed to support the J-l principal candidate.