{"id":9634,"date":"2022-05-04T15:13:16","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T01:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/issmanoa\/?p=9634"},"modified":"2025-04-15T09:48:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T19:48:46","slug":"us-dos-extends-evp-program-j-1-covid-faqs-but-limits-telework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/issmanoa\/?p=9634","title":{"rendered":"US DOS Extends EVP Program (J-1) COVID FAQs, but Limits Telework."},"content":{"rendered":"

On April 22, 2022, BridgeUSA extended its<\/span> general COVID-19 accommodations<\/span><\/a> through June <\/span>30, 2023 but still conditioned on the requirement that “new exchange visitors can participate in programs only if their host organizations (e.g., schools or businesses) have reinstated partial to full in-person activities.” A new FAQ also continues to allow telework in the College\/University Student (Academic Training and Student Intern), Research Scholar, Short Term Scholar, Intern, and Trainee categories, but institutes a limit “of one to two telework days per week.”<\/span><\/p>\n

ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ M\u0101noa <\/span>will resume normal operations for the Fall 2022 semester. Therefore,<\/span> traditional regulations regarding full-time enrollment will apply.<\/span><\/a> The ISS Office is returning to Pre-COVID guidelines after the end of Spring 2022. This expectation includes the following:<\/span> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n