Update: during your interview for a B1/B2 visa, be sure to emphasize the “training” aspect of SERI MATS above the “research” aspect. Got told to submit J1 documents so now I need the organizers to give me a DS 2019.
As an educational seminar and independent research program, MATS cannot offer J1 visas. We can support scholars’ ESTA and B1/B2 visa applications, however.
Update: during your interview for a B1/B2 visa, be sure to emphasize the “training” aspect of SERI MATS above the “research” aspect. Got told to submit J1 documents so now I need the organizers to give me a DS 2019.
At least I don’t need to reinterview.
As an educational seminar and independent research program, MATS cannot offer J1 visas. We can support scholars’ ESTA and B1/B2 visa applications, however.
Yep, I’ll just get my B1/B2 from somewhere else.