Thank you for the reply. I need some further clarification in this matter. My US visit in 2011 was fully sponsored by my Indian Institution and my personal fund. This is shown in my DS 2019. I did not receive any compensation or any other assistance from the US Institution. I read that if a foreign employer pay fully my compensation for my stay as a J1 student intern in 2011, then those days of stay in US will not be considred towards the substantial presence test. That is to say 2011 should not be considered at all for the subtantial presence test, even in a "6 year lookback rule". How is then 2011 (without any compensation from the US Institution) is taken into considred for my residency change?
