{"identifier":"/us/usc/t8/s1258","title":8,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1258.","heading":"Change of nonimmigrant classification","text":"\u00a7\u202f1258.\nChange of nonimmigrant classification\n(a) The Secretary of Homeland Security may, under such conditions as he may prescribe, authorize a change from any nonimmigrant classification to any other nonimmigrant classification in the case of any alien lawfully admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant who is continuing to maintain that status and who is not inadmissible under\n(1) an alien classified as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (C), (D), (K), or (S) of\nsection 1101(a)(15) of this title\n(2) an alien classified as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (J) of\nsection 1101(a)(15) of this title\n(3) an alien (other than an alien described in paragraph (2)) classified as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (J) of\nsection 1101(a)(15) of this title\nsection 1182(e) of this title\nsection 1101(a)(15) of this title\n(4) an alien admitted as a nonimmigrant visitor without a visa under section 1182(\nl\nsection 1187 of this title\n(b) The exceptions specified in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (a) shall not apply to a change of nonimmigrant classification to that of a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (T) or (U) of\nsection 1101(a)(15) of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t8/s1258.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t8/s1258","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1258."},{"t":"heading","text":"Change of nonimmigrant classification"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t8/s1258/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" The Secretary of Homeland Security may, under such conditions as he may prescribe, authorize a change from any nonimmigrant classification to any other nonimmigrant classification in the case of any alien lawfully admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant who is continuing to maintain that status and who is not inadmissible under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1182(a)(9)(B)(i) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t8/s1182/a/9/B/i","tail":" (or whose inadmissibility under such section is waived under "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 1182(a)(9)(B)(v) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t8/s1182/a/9/B/v","tail":"), except (subject to subsection (b)) in the case of\u2014"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t8/s1258/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" an alien classified as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (C), (D), (K), or (S) of ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1101(a)(15) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t8/s1101/a/15","tail":","}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t8/s1258/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" an alien classified as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (J) of ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1101(a)(15) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t8/s1101/a/15","tail":" who came to the United States or acquired such classification in order to receive graduate medical education or training,"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t8/s1258/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" an alien (other than an alien described in paragraph (2)) classified as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (J) of ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1101(a)(15) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t8/s1101/a/15","tail":" who is subject to the two-year foreign residence requirement of "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 1182(e) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t8/s1182/e","tail":" and has not received a waiver thereof, unless such alien applies to have the alien\u2019s classification changed from classification under subparagraph (J) of "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 1101(a)(15) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t8/s1101/a/15","tail":" to a classification under subparagraph (A) or (G) of such section, and"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t8/s1258/a/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" an alien admitted as a nonimmigrant visitor without a visa under section 1182(","children":[{"t":"text","text":"l","tail":") of this title or "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 1187 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t8/s1187","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t8/s1258/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"content","text":" The exceptions specified in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (a) shall not apply to a change of nonimmigrant classification to that of a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (T) or (U) of ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1101(a)(15) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t8/s1101/a/15","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}