J-1 Visa: Exchange Visitors

Anyone wishing to take up prearranged employment, training or research in the United States under an officially approved program sponsored by an educational or other non-profit institution requires an exchange visitor (J-1) visa.

Persons covered by these programs include post graduate students, medical students coming to the United States as residents or interns, foreign scholars sponsored by universities as temporary faculty members, and some business trainees.

In addition, there are several exchange visitor programs for young people, including summer employment programs, intern programs for university students and au pairs.

For further inforamtion on program providers click here.