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		reubenmorais on Aug 25, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I’m Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does w... (IANAL) Don't forget that the J-1 (from Brazil at least) has a two-year home residency requirement that means you need to live in Brazil for two years before applying for any permanent visa. There's ways to petition for the requirement to be waived but I'm not sure about the details.

pedro_hab on Aug 26, 2017 [–]

That's my second J-1, I actually got the waiver for the first, but we gave up going for the H1-b at the moment.

It was pretty straightforward getting it as a brazilian.

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