What you need to know about the J-1 Visa, the Cultural Exchange Visa specifically for practical training and internship to allow students and trainees to come and work in the United States.

00:19 J-1 Visa specifically designed for trainees and individuals that are seeking experience that is typically not available in their home country and they want to come to the United States as part of the cultural exchange program to gain an experience so they can go back home and, and use that when they finish their program.

1:33 The J-1 program is administered by the State Department typically and is not controlled by the U.S. Immigration Service like many other visas.
And it also requires a third party sponsor that is typically controlling and supervising the program wherever that trainee is designated to.

2:40 Under the work and travel J-1, this is typically happens in the summer period of the foreign trainee. . The work and travel is a 90 days program where you apply and get that J-1 designation.

3:43 Typically Hospitality J-1’s are issued for about a year

4:41 For J-1 trainees or interns, there has to be an employer that is already designated then a third party agency that will process the training program and then once it’s approved, the applicants will go and apply for the J-1 Visa at their home country embassy.

5:39 Most trainees should be under the age of 35. And the idea is that they want to encourage young people to gain experience so they can bring it back to their home country

6:24 the fact that you already held a J-1 Visa will make you much more attractive to get other visas in the future Everything is filed with the State Department and upon approval you can come to U.S. for a year or for between one year and 18 months and do your training.
It’s really good visa for people that are interested in exploring their life in the U.S. to see if they like it.

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