If there is an emergency and an exchange visitor has to return to his/her home country right away, but his/her DS-2019 is not validated for travel, what should he/she do?
[top] A9: In the case of an emergency, the exchange visitor should give his/her original DS-2019 to his/her supervisor and leave as soon as possible. The supervisor should write a short travel letter and provide the letter and the original DS-2019 to FSIS. We will issue the travel validation and return the appropriate documents to the sponsoring unit. The sponsoring unit should then mail the original DS-2019 and original travel letter to the exchange visitor so that he/she can use these documents to reenter the U.S. to resume his/her J-1 program.
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