I am an American Citizen and my wife is a Spanish citizen. We are living in Spain and have been since we were married a couple months ago (I’m in the process of getting my family residence card). My wife got an opportunity to do her PhD practice in a lab in the US through a J1 visa sponsorship for 3 years. I work remotely, so funding is not an issue. We are currently waiting for her DS 2019 to arrive but we have some concerns.
Since I am a US citizen, what can we do to show that we don’t have intent to stay past the visa date? We are especially concerned how to address this in the interview.
Also, her passport will expire during her stay in the US - do we need to renew it and get a new DS 2019 before doing an interview or just renew once in the US?
Thanks so much for any advice.
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