What Is Work&Travel Program?
General Information
J1-visa program is designed to allow college/university students, recent graduates, educators and scholars to come to the United States to participate in applicable programs such as the work and travel program, or trainee program. Each of these programs has different set of rules and requirements, and applicants must carefully review each option in order to select the program that they qualify for.
There is a strict time limitation on each of these programs. Students participating in the Work and Travel program are allowed to legally work for up to 4 months in the US, and also have up to 30 days to travel upon the completion of the work component of their stay, while participants in the Trainee program may work up to 12 months with up to 30 days of travel upon completion of the work component of their program.
The J visa is a nonimmigrant visa, and participants in the J-1 Exchange Visitor Program are expected to return to their home countries when they complete their programs. Entry into the United States as a participant in the Exchange Visitor Program is granted with the understanding that participants will complete the objectives of a single program category.
For comprehensive description of each program visit:
http://exchanges.state.gov/jexchanges
