INFORMATION FOR J-1 EXCHANGE VISITORS

Bringing a Dependent

Traveling with your dependents

If you will be coming to the university as a J-1 scholar and would like to bring your dependent(s) with you, you should enter their information into the e-Scholar system. You will access the e-Scholar system by an email sent from your sponsoring department.

Along with the other documentation required for your J-1 program, you should send documentation of the following to your sponsoring department:

• Proof of funding to support your dependents for their stay in the US.
• Proof of health insurance for your dependents’ stay in the US.
• Copies of your dependents’ passport bio pages

OISS will issue a DS-2019 for you as well as separate DS-2019s for any dependents that you have indicated. Your dependents will need to apply for J-2 entry visas at the consulate.

If you have already received your DS-2019, but did not include your dependents’ information in the e-Scholar system, you should contact your sponsoring department.

Traveling separate from your dependents

If you are already at Washington University in J-1 status, your dependents may join you in J-2 status. You should contact your department with your intent to bring dependents.

In addition to the departmental form you will complete, you will have to show documentation of the following:

• Proof of funding to support your dependents for their stay in the US.
• Proof of health insurance for your dependents’ stay in the US.
• Copies of your dependents’ passport bio pages

OISS will issue separate DS-2019s for your dependents. The DS-2019s will be sent to your department, so that you can forward the forms to your family. Your dependents will need to apply for J-2 entry visas at the consulate.