{"id":4,"date":"2016-04-25T14:55:58","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T14:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.j1insurance.net\/blog\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2025-12-28T15:22:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T15:22:05","slug":"j1insurance-netblog-j1-visa-insurance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.j1insurance.net\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to J1 Insurance Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/J1insurance.net\/blog\">J1insurance.net\/blog<\/a><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">is developed and maintained by J1insurance.net <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">and<\/span>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taianfinancial.com\/?r=j1blog\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">taianfin<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">a<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">ncial.com<\/span><\/a>. For website content in Chinese click here: <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/taianfinancial.com\/liuxue-fangxue\/?r=j1blog\">Chinese Content (\u4e2d\u6587)<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We hope you find our blog provides useful information about anything and everything about J visa&#8217;s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The J1insurance.net\/blog will provide details about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#what\">What is a J visa<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#obligations\">As a J visa holder what are my obligations<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#requirements\">What are&nbsp;the Health Insurance Requirements<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#ds2019\">DS-2019, US Department of State, Sevis &#8211; What does it all mean<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"#how\">How does&nbsp;medical care in the US work? &nbsp;What do I do if I get sick<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span id=\"what\" style=\"color: #339966;\">What is a J visa<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-178 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.j1insurance.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/j1visa-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"j1visa\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.j1insurance.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/j1visa-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.j1insurance.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/j1visa-390x240.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.j1insurance.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/j1visa.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The United States issues a J1 visa &nbsp;to visiting scholars, exchange visitors, professors, students, and Au-pairs. &nbsp;The J1 visa supports&nbsp;holders&nbsp;participating in cultural exchange, education, medical or scientific research. To be eligible for a J visa you must meet English language competency standards, and be sponsored by a qualified sponsor (a school, university, private or government research lab or other approved sponsor). The&nbsp;J 1 visa is a non-immigrant visa (it is designed for a&nbsp;&nbsp;temporary stay in the US).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.j1insurance.net\/blog\/j-visa-overview\/\">More about the J visa<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span id=\"obligations\" style=\"color: #339966;\">As a J visa holder what are my obligations<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A J visa holder needs to understand what they need to do to keep their visa in good status. &nbsp;This includes requirements to:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Maintain Adequate Health Insurance.<\/li>\n<li>Comply with the 2 year home residency requirement.<\/li>\n<li>Understand limitations on their ability to work while in the US as well as limits on their spouse with a J2 visa.<\/li>\n<li>J visa holder may be required to pass English Proficiency<\/li>\n<li>There is also an address reporting requirement.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.j1insurance.net\/blog\/j-visa-requirements\">More about J visa Requirements<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span id=\"requirements\" style=\"color: #339966;\">What are&nbsp;the Health Insurance Requirements<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The basic Insurance Requirements are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Medical benefits of at least $100,000 per accident or illness;<\/li>\n<li>Repatriation of remains in the amount of $25,000;<\/li>\n<li>Expenses associated with the medical evacuation of exchange visitors to his or her home country in the amount of $50,000; and<\/li>\n<li>Deductibles not to exceed $500 per accident or illness.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>There are more details to the insurance requirements which you can read about&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.j1insurance.net\/blog\/j1-insurance-requirements\/\">HERE<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Find Insurance Plans that meet ALL of the insurance requirements try one of our resources:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.j1insurance.net\/blog\/buy-j1-visa-insurance\/\">J Visa Insurance &#8211; Choose a plan and Buy<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taianfinancial.com\/student-scholar?r=j1blog\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Look up your school (taian website)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.taianfinancial.com\/liuxue-fangxue\/?r=j1blog\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Chinese Webpage (taianfinancial.com)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span id=\"ds2019\" style=\"color: #339966;\">DS-2019, US Department of State, Sevis<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-179 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.j1insurance.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DS2019-form-234x300.png\" alt=\"DS2019-form\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.j1insurance.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DS2019-form-234x300.png 234w, https:\/\/www.j1insurance.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DS2019-form-187x240.png 187w, https:\/\/www.j1insurance.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/DS2019-form.png 351w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DS-2019 is a Certificate of Eligibility issued by an approved program sponsored.<\/li>\n<li>The US Department of State is the US government office that oversees all visa issuance from the US.<\/li>\n<li>Sevis &#8211;&nbsp;SEVIS is the&nbsp;Student and Exchange Visitor Information System.&nbsp;This internet based system maintains information on Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) qualified&nbsp;schools, US Department of State (USDOS) qualified&nbsp;Exchange Visitor Program sponsors and J visa Exchange Visitor Program participants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More about DS-2019, USDOS (US Department of State), and SEVIS (coming soon)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-176\" src=\"http:\/\/www.j1insurance.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/SEVIS1-300x137.jpg\" alt=\"SEVIS[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.j1insurance.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/SEVIS1-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.j1insurance.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/SEVIS1.jpg 437w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span id=\"how\" style=\"color: #339966;\">How does&nbsp;medical care in the US work?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Every country has it&#8217;s own system for receiving medical care. &nbsp;When you come to the US you need to understand the system of doctors, hospitals, urgent care centers, emergency room. &nbsp;You also need to understand your health insurance policy. &nbsp;Different types of policies have different requirements in order to maximize your benefits.<\/p>\n<p>If there is a topic you&#8217;d like to know about I hope you&#8217;ll ask. &nbsp;Maybe we will feature your question in a new blog post.<\/p>\n<p>All services are provided in the US by a US company.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.j1insurance.net\/blog\/contact-us\/\">Contact Us<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J1insurance.net\/blog is developed and maintained by J1insurance.net and&nbsp;taianfinancial.com. 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