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The J1 Visa Exchange Visitor Program
welcomes nearly 280,000 visitors
each year from outside the United States on one of our
thirteen different types of cultural exchange programs. Our exchange visitors
experience American society as students, teachers,
young professionals, and scholars. While in the United States
they enrich all kinds of American institutions, as well as American families
and businesses.
They are bright, motivated, and leaders in their home countries
and they return home to do great things all
while keeping in touch with their American friends. I oversee the Exchange
Visitor Program,
which is a vital tool to build mutual understanding and trust
between Americans and citizens from other countries. This program offers
exchange participants
a hands-on experience to learn about US society
and culture while sharing their own culture and perspectives
with Americans. When we appreciate the similarities that bring people together
we strengthen our mutual understanding. These are the goals
of people-to-people exchange and are at the very foundation of the Exchange
Visitor Program.
One of the most significant exchange programs
in the world. For more information
please visit our website, J1visa.state.gov