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There is specific documentation required if you wish to travel out of the United States and re-enter to continue working. For successful travel in and out of the United States please pay attention to the following:
- Make sure the dates are valid on your DS-2019 form. Should your dates not be valid you will not be permitted back into the United States.
- Send your DS 2019 form to ICEO at least two weeks prior to your departure through one of the following shipping methods: FedEx, UPS, DHL or Priority USPS
- Included in the package should be a self-addressed, Prepaid, Trackable (methods above). Your letter of "Good Standing" will be returned to you using this package.
Please send your package to the following address:
ICEO Headquarters
Attn: Work & Travel Program Director
1600 Sacramento Inn Way, Suite 201
Sacramento, Ca 95815
Should you want to have your DS 2019 signed in person, please contact ICEO 2 weeks prior to visit, in order, to schedule a visit.
Note:
If there is the letter 'M' under "Entries" on our J-1 Visa you are permitted to travel outside and return to the U.S. However, if there is the letter 'S' or the number '1' you will not be permitted return to the U.S. You are permitted to travel outside the US and return only within the dates printed on your DS 2019 form or that which is stamped on your I-94 card.
Post-Program Travel Options
Pursuant to the regulations of the Travel/Work Program you hold authorization to stay in the U.S. once the date of your program has ended, with the purpose of domestic travel. If you are looking to locate the ending date of your program it can be found in box 3 of your DS-2019 form or stamped on your I-94 card. This is the date, by which you must stop working within your U.S. employer, however, this is also the date which you may begin your 30-day optional travel period, if it is allowed according to the dates on your DS 2019 form and I-94 card.
Should you remain in the U.S. longer than your authorized 30-day travel period you will no longer be eligible for the ICEO Work & Travel Program, in addition, to being considered illegally in the U.S. Staying past your authorized dates may result in legal consequences.
Note:
Program participants who travel beyond the boundaries of the U.S. during the 30-day travel option may not be permitted by the INS to reenter, as you are no longer in valid J-1 status during this time. Participants who have an interest in visiting either Canada or Mexico at the end of their stay should be prepared to return directly home from either country. Alternatively, according to the INS, they may return to their U.S. exit port in transit, as TROV (transit without visa), for the purpose of return travel to their home country.
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