June 2013

J1 exchange program allows students proficient in English from all over the world a chance to visit and study in the US for a year.

The student exchange program offers a life changing experience for foreign students; it gives a great opportunity for foreign students to study in the US while living with an American host family or at a boarding school. To qualify as an exchange student, applicants must be accepted into a certified secondary school exchange program in the US. Participants must be aged between 15 and 18 ½ and should not have completed more than 11 years of primary and secondary education. Students must have proficiency in English and meet specific academic health and character requirements. A J1 visa for exchange student program is usually granted for 1 year and extensions are not permitted.

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Typically, sponsoring organizations look for students who are independent, mature and have an open mind. Sponsors monitor the students program and also help them with any issues during their stay in the US. They ensure that they get a written approval from the students and from their parents and make sure that exchange students do not stay with relatives in the US. Sponsors will have to screen potential host families and give them all the details about the exchange student program and the duties and obligations of the host family. They should get a detailed profile of the host family and the home environment and also get personal references from the school or community.

Host families must ensure that the student has a comfortable stay in their home; they must provide the student with room, board, bathroom facilities and study space. The host family must ensure that the student is in a safe and caring environment where he or she is treated like a member of the family. At the end of their stay, exchange students go back home with a new found sense of independence and memories of a lifetime.

Research scholars can visit and work in the US on J1 visas. Requirements to be fulfilled to qualify as an exchange research scholar are discussed.

The J1 visa exchange visitor program is great for visiting scholars from foreign countries as it promotes exchange of ideas and research between academic institutions in the US and other countries. It is a temporary exchange program that permits research scholars to conduct research or consult with a research project at an academic institution or a research facility in the US. There are certain visa requirements to fulfill to qualify as a research scholar in the US.

First, the applicant must be accepted in a certified scholar exchange program in the US. The applicant must be a research scholar in a foreign country, be engaged in a specific area of research that meets the sponsoring organization’s requirements. However, the applicant must not have completed a research scholar exchange program in the 24 months preceding the start of the exchange program. Also, applicants who had a J1 visa during the 12month period preceding the exchange program are also not eligible. For a J1 visa to be issued, applicants should provide proof that they will return to their home country upon completion of their exchange program. Participants in the research scholar program are required to meet certain health and character requirements. They will need to be covered my medical insurance as specified by the exchange program regulations. Research scholars must have enough funding to live on during their stay in the US, as immigration documents cannot be issued to scholars with inadequate funding.

A J1 visa for a research scholar exchange program is granted for a maximum of 5 years but extensions may be given to complete a research activity. The exchange visitor program allows the spouse and unmarried children below 21 years to join their spouse or parent in the US by applying for a J2 visa. They can either study in the US or take up employment with an approved authorisation.

Archives for June 2013

J1 Visa Exchange Student Program

Research Scholar Program With J1 Visa