U.S. Department of State

J-Visa Waiver Division

Privacy and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Notices

Privacy Act Notice

For site management, information is collected for statistical purposes. The Department of State Web Site uses software programs to create summary statistics for such purposes as assessing what information is of most and least interest or identifying system performance or problem areas. The following is the type of information collected about your visit to the web site: the name of the Internet domain from which you access State Department web sites (for example, "aol.com" if you are connecting from America Online) and the date and time you access our site. If you choose to provide us with personal information in an email message, we use it only to respond to your email.

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, the State Department uses software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information or otherwise cause damage. Unauthorized attempts to upload information or change information on this service are strictly prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986. Information also may be used for authorized law enforcement investigations. Except for the above purposes, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits.

Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

Unauthorized attempts to upload information and/or change information on these web sites are strictly prohibited and are subject to prosecution under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and Title 18 U.S.C. Sec.1001 and 1030.

Furthermore, the Department of State assures that it will not

obtain personal identifying information about you, unless you choose to provide such information
share any information it receives with any outside parties, except for authorized law enforcement investigations, or as otherwise required by law.

For More Information, Contact:

Public Communication Division
PA/PL, Room 2206
U.S. Department of State
Washington, D.C. 20520
202-647-6575

Visit: contact-us.state.gov

To determine the status of a pending waiver application, enter your case number, and in the block "Re-enter Case Number", you must enter your case number again for confirmation and click the "Submit" button.

If you are experiencing problems using the J Visa Waiver Status online, please contact Public Inquiries at 212ewaiver@state.gov.

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