ShareJ-1 Trainee Extension
Requests for extensions must be submitted to ISSS at least three weeks before the program end date listed on the trainee's DS-2019. A training program may be extended to a maximum duration of 12 months.
The following information is required to process an extension:
- A signed Training/Internship Placement Plan (T/IPP, Form DS-7002), for the extension period
- An ARS IAPU screen completed for extension and processed through the department to ISSS
- Proof of further finances for the extension period.
- Proof of continuous medical insurance
- Current SEVIS verification