What are the documents to submit by the department wanting to hire a postdoctoral associate or a research scientist requesting J-1 visa?

Official Visitor Agreements are not applicable to incoming MSU employees who are foreign nationals seeking J-1 visa status, but ORC&S handles their DS-2019 requests.

The documents provided by the department for the incoming MSU employee requesting J visa are:

  1. A copy of Page up offer details showing: 1. required approvals and  2. accepted offer
  2. Scholar’s professional CV,
  3. A copy of current passport photo page, and any dependents,
  4. A new DS-2019 request form with signatures, (the signatures can be digital) – the last and first names of the applicant and all dependents entered in DS-2019 request form must match the names in their passports. A DS-2019 request form is located here request for exchange visitor certificate (msstate.edu)

Send packet to ORC&S for review via MSU Filelocker Filelocker (msstate.edu), vbj3.

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