What if I am already in the U.S. either in another J-1 program and plan to transfer to UNC-CHAPEL HILL?
If you are already in J-1 visa status of “Research Scholar” or “Professor” in the U.S. you may be able to transfer you’re your current institution to UNC-CHAPEL HILL. Please send us your CV, a legible photocopy of your I-94 card (front and back), visa stamp page from your passport, current DS-2019, and passport information page as well as providing us the original date you entered the U.S. as a J-1 scholar (if different from your current I-94). *If you access to a scanner, you may scan these documents and email them to us for quicker processing. Our email address is oisss@unc.edu. OISSS will look at all these documents to insure you are able to transfer to UNC-CHAPEL HILL as a J-1. If the transfer is approved, we and the sponsoring UNC-Chapel Hill department will send you some documents to fill out including a transfer fax that you will need to sign and take to the international scholar advisor at your current institution. You must be released (on an agreed upon date) by your current p
