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iStudy
2019/20
Upon returning to my university student house on a cold
rainy January day after a festive Christmas break to embark
on the second term of my degree, I was greeted by a pile of
dishes that had clearly sat in the sink for the entire two weeks
I was gone and of course, a broken boiler. After changing
back into my Christmas pj’s (even though it was 2pm) and
piling blankets on top of myself, I opened my laptop to check
my university account emails and remind myself what the
upcoming term looked like, but I didn’t get very far. Sat at
the top of my inbox was an email titled ‘Spend your summer
working in the US.’
Suddenly this cold, grey day got a lot brighter and the
years’ prospects a lot better. The email outlined information
about what’s call a J-1 visa, which would allow me to spend
five months living, working and travelling in the US – an
opportunity I never previously considered possible. It didn’t
take much deliberation before I decided to pursue this
radical idea, and certainly no time at all before I completed
my year at university and boarded a flight on my own to a
new adventure.
Emily Draper
on Working in the US using a
J-1 Student visa
iStudy
2019/20
Upon returning to my university student house on a cold
rainy January day after a festive Christmas break to embark
on the second term of my degree, I was greeted by a pile of
dishes that had clearly sat in the sink for the entire two weeks
I was gone and of course, a broken boiler. After changing
back into my Christmas pj’s (even though it was 2pm) and
piling blankets on top of myself, I opened my laptop to check
my university account emails and remind myself what the
upcoming term looked like, but I didn’t get very far. Sat at
the top of my inbox was an email titled ‘Spend your summer
working in the US.’
Suddenly this cold, grey day got a lot brighter and the
years’ prospects a lot better. The email outlined information
about what’s call a J-1 visa, which would allow me to spend
five months living, working and travelling in the US – an
opportunity I never previously considered possible. It didn’t
take much deliberation before I decided to pursue this
radical idea, and certainly no time at all before I completed
my year at university and boarded a flight on my own to a
new adventure.
Emily Draper
on Working in the US using a
J-1 Student visa
