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REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL TRAINEES & INTERNS:
- Apply for programs within the field
of your recent educational/work experience
- Demonstrate English proficiency
- Participate in a documented,
in-person interview
- Apply for the J-1 visa in their home
country
- Enter the U.S. on the J-1 visa
(change of status within the U.S. is not permitted)
- Have sufficient personal funds or
financial support for round-trip airfare and living
expenses for the duration of stay
- Leave the U.S. at the end of the
program
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REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERNS
An Intern is: a foreign national who either (1) is currently
enrolled in and pursuing studies at a degree- or
certificate-granting post-secondary academic institution
outside the United States or (2) graduated from such an
institution no more than 12 months prior to his/her exchange
visitor program begin date, and who enters the United States
to participate in a structured and guided work-based
Internship Program in his/her specific academic field.
Maximum length of stay is 12 months.
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REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAINEES
A Trainee is: a foreign national who has either (1) a degree
or professional certificate from a foreign post-secondary
academic institution and at least one year of prior related
work experience in his/her occupational field acquired
outside the United States, or (2) five years of work
experience outside the United States in his/her occupational
field, and who enters the United States to participate in a
structured and guided work-based Training Program in his/her
specific occupational field. Maximum length of stay is 18
months.
NOTE: Post-secondary education is education that is
completed above and beyond the high-school or secondary
school level. Post-secondary education is not compulsory,
begins after secondary school has already been completed,
and usually terminates in the awarding of a degree,
certificate, or diploma. It can be vocational, academic, or
technical. Post-secondary education is not the same as just
completing secondary school. GCSEs, A-Levels, O-Levels,
Leaving Certificates, Baccalaureates (Lycee) and other
certificates of secondary school completion do not qualify
as post-secondary education.
REPEAT PARTICIPATION
Trainees and Interns can now apply for additional
training/intern programs. Interns can pursue additional
internships as long as they maintain student status.
Graduates who participated in internships can apply for
Training Programs after residing outside of the U.S. for 2
years. Trainees can apply for additional or advanced
Training Programs after residing outside of the U.S. for 2
years.
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HOST SITE REQUIREMENTS
- Host sites must be incorporated
companies or organizations.
- Host sites must have a Federal
Employer Identification Number (EIN).
- Host sites must have a Dunn and
Bradstreet (DUNS) Number unless the organization is an
academic institution or government entity. A DUNS number
can be obtained for free, in as soon as one day, by all
organizations required to have one for U.S. government
contracts (such as the DS-7002 Training/Internship
Plan). Contact D&B at
www.dnb.com/us or call 866-705-5711 CST to apply.
- Host sites must have a current
Workman’s Compensation Insurance Policy.
- Host Sites must have appropriate
facilities and equipment to provide the internship
program.
- The host institution must provide the
training/internship program and continuous, on-site
supervision to the participant.
- The host institution must assign the
participant to a qualified direct supervisor who has the
skills and experience necessary to provide training and
monitor the participant's progress.
- Host sites cannot place interns in
positions that displace American workers.
- Host sites cannot place interns in
positions of ordinary work, or positions that would
normally be filled by locally-hired employees.
- All host sites that have not
previously participated in the YMCA International
Training/Internship programs will be visited by a YMCA
representative.
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