Legal Question in Immigration Law in Connecticut

The two year residency requirement literally means: "Continuous residence for two years in your home country." If your home country was France then you should be able to show that you had 2 years in France after having the J-1 visa. If not, you have to obtain a waiver (unless the two year residency requirement does not apply at all). You will have to demonstrate to the government that France, and not Tunisia, was your "home country". Did you send the government a French or Tunisian Passport in connection with the H-1B? Also, you need to note that a waiver is oftentimes a long process and that if this query was issued on an RFE for an H-1B then it is not likely that you will have sufficient time to be able to respond if, in fact, you do need to obtain the waiver. J-1 waiver practice is very complex and we recommend that you obtain competent immigration counsel to assist you. You can obtain further information about the J-1 waiver process at our website at www.visaserve.com.