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Exchange Visitor Programs
Introduction


The Exchange Visitor Program enables youths from all over the world to go on cultural exchanges with the U.S. in form of working.

What the programs provide is not only a job but an opportunity to get to experience real American life with the hope that Chinese youths can present great Chinese culture to American people. After work, the program reserves enough time for participants to travel around the U.S.


Note: The Exchange Visitor Program is different from the Work Visa in the United States. The Exchange Visitor Program carries out cultural exchanges in the form of work, which is not equivalent to a work visa in the United States.


All exchange visitor programs are formulated in accordance with U.S. Acts, approved and designated by the U.S. State Department, and supervised and managed by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. State Department.




Relevance

Through educational and cultural exchange, we can enhance mutual understanding between the American people and people worldwide, reduce international conflicts, promote international cooperation, and develop friendly relations between countries.



At the same time, it provides young people worldwide with an opportunity to step on American soil, experience American culture, improve their English ability, enter American enterprises and work side by side with American colleagues and students from other countries.

History
1948
The U.S. Congress passed the Smith-Mundt Act, which established the basic framework for Exchange Visitor Program.
1961
The Act evolved into The Fulbright-Hays Act
Before the program was promoted in Mainland, China, it has been successfully operated in Europe, America and other Asian countries and regions for more than 50 years. Every year, hundreds of thousands of students from all over the world come to the United States with J-1 visas for cultural exchanges.
2006
China Service Center for Educational Exchange introduced the program to the Chinese Mainland.
Exchange Visitor Programs:

Summer Work Travel

Summer Camp Counselor

Intern

Trainee

Teacher

Au Pair

J-1Visa

The J-1 visa is a nonimmigrant visa issued to all kinds of non-U.S. citizens who come to the United States to participate in the Exchange Visitor Program approved by the State Department.

The Exchange Visitor Visa (J) is different from the Work Visa (H).

Exchange visitors to the United States take the J-1 visa to participate in the cultural exchange program in the form of work.

The J1 visa pass rate is very high:


1. Due to the advantages of the program itself, the State Department of the United States shall be jointly and severally liable, and shall file the case with the consulates of the United States in China;

2. Most of the participants are post-secondary students, and the U.S sponsors and FlyingSheep will strictly review the qualifications of students and screen students.

Therefore, the over-signing rate for a J-1 visa is very high.

Exchange Visitor Program