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Tue 09 Sep 2008A break from college with a J1 at 61
When you're a 21-year-old student, getting your J1 visa and heading off to travel across America is exciting. Being 61 adds an extra dimension . . .
THIS YEAR I headed off in June - like hundreds of other Irish students - on a J1 visa, with the prospect of work and travel in the US during the summer holidays. Having just completed the first year of a four-year degree course in European studies at the Institute of Technology in Tallaght, I met the first J1 requirement of "full-time third-level student" easily.
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