J-1 visa, but residency outside US [closed]
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I am currently in the US as a visiting grad student on a J-1 visa. My advisor wants to keep working with me, but for various personal reasons I need to go back to my home country after my time here is done. The professor I am working with is totally fine with me working remotely, but the university requires me to hold a J-1 visiting scholar status in order to be employed. So my question is if I could hold a J-1 visa while not physically being present in the US for the time of the visa and also not have my main point of residency in the US?
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