Which Protected Grounds Qualify for a J-1 Persecution Waiver?

A person who would be persecuted because of race may qualify if the evidence establishes the required future risk and nexus.

Religious conversion, religious practice, apostasy, or another religious characteristic may be relevant where credible evidence establishes that the applicant would be persecuted because of religion.

The political-opinion ground can involve actual or, in appropriate circumstances, imputed political beliefs when the evidence shows that the persecutor would attribute the belief to the applicant.

Unlike asylum, §212(e) does not separately list nationality or membership in a particular social group. Facts involving family, nationality, profession, or social status must still establish persecution on account of one of the three statutory grounds.