J-1 VISA
Exchange Visitor Program
J-1 VISA
Exchange Visitor Program
The J-1 Exchange Visitor Program was created to offer foreign nationals cultural and educational exchange opportunities in the United States through a variety of programs overseen by the State Department. The J-1 Visa programs are offered in the following categories:
- Au Pair
- Camp Counselor
- College and University Student
- Government Visitor
- Intern
- International Visitor (Department of State use)
- Physician
- Professor and Research Scholar
- Secondary School Student
- Short-Term Scholar
- Specialist
- Summer Work Travel
- Teacher
- Trainee
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- Government funded exchange program – A program which was financed in whole or in part directly or indirectly by the U.S. government (such as Fulbright) or the government of the exchange visitor’s nationality or last residence;
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- Graduate medical education or training – The exchange visitor entered the U.S. to receive graduate medical education or training through ECFMG;
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- Specialized knowledge or skill included in the Exchange Visitor Skills List – Some countries deem the field of specialized knowledge or skill necessary to be development of the country. They appear on the State Department’s Exchange Visitor Skills List. If the J-1 exchange visitor is a national or permanent resident of such a country, and the skill is not included on the list, the person is subject to the two-year home residency requirement.
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