J-1: Maintaining Legal Status

In order to maintain your legal status as a J-1 faculty, staff member or Visiting Scholar, you must:

• Have a valid I-94 card and a valid and current DS 2019 form at all times

• Have a valid passport (both you and your dependents)

  • To extend your passport, you will need to contact your home country embassy or consulate for the procedures that you must follow. Be sure to contact your embassy at least 6 months prior to the expiration of your passport to ensure timely processing.

• Maintain adequate health insurance coverage for yourself and your dependents as required by federal regulations

• Pursue the activity as described in #4 on your DS 2019 form

• Only engage in employment in the department or office for which your program has been approved

• File timely and appropriate transfer and extension notifications through the ISS office

• If any university courses are taken, they must only be part-time, non-degree courses

• For Visiting Scholars only, limit departures from the campus and the US to 21 days or less during your J-1 program unless the reason for leaving longer allows the maintaining of the J-1 program.  Please discuss such plans with an ISS counselor during a walkin session (scroll down to see walkin session times) or by emailing intlscholars@purdue.edu about how to document reasons to be away from campus or the US and still be maintaining the J program.

• Obey Purdue's policies that apply to your position:

• For unpaid, courtesy appointments (called Visiting Scholars), the following policies apply:

• C-12 “Classes of Purdue University Appointments for Personnel Not on the University Payroll” http://www.purdue.edu/policies/human-resources/c-12.html 

• I.A.1 “Intellectual Property” www.purdue.edu/policies/academic-research-affairs/ia1.html 

• For paid employee positions (such as Postdoctoral Research Associates), the intellectual property policy applies in addition to the following:

• B-50 “Terms and Conditions of Employment of Faculty Members” www.purdue.edu/policies/human-resources/b-50.html

• B-48 “Principles and Policies for Academic Freedom, Responsibilities and Tenure, and Procedures for Termination of Faculty Appointments for Cause” www.purdue.edu/policies/human-resources/b-48.html

• III.B.4 “Political Activities” www.purdue.edu/policies/ethics/iiib4.html

• C-26 “Employment Period for Academic-Year Staff” www.purdue.edu/policies/human-resources/c-26.html

• III.B.1 “Conflicts of Commitment and Reportable Outside Activities” www.purdue.edu/policies/ethics/iiib1.html