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- Be sure your passport and the passport of your dependencies (married spouse and/or children) are valid till 6 Month after the end of the J1-Visa, so if you (or your spouse) want to change the name (e.g. marry) have the passport ready at least 4-5 Month before you start to work.
- Ask for the SEVIS-Number of your DS2019 and the SEVIS-Numbers of dependencies to get at as soon as possible per email, since the Postal-Mail might take longer than expected. You need the SEVIS-Numbers for the DS160-Forms for yourself and for the DS160-Forms of your dependencies.
- You and your dependencies should start to fill out the DS160-Form before you receive the DS2019-Form. You will need the DS160-Form for the appointment with the embassy.
- Have a current (printed) Passport-Photo and as-well make a current (digital) quadratic 600x600px-Visa-Photo (max filesize 240kB).
- Make a profile at https://ustraveldocs.com/ and pay the MRV-fee, it takes about 2days after arriving at their bank-account till the Fee is marked as paid in their system.
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