Exchange Visitor Program Archives - WYSE Travel Confederation

U.S. Department of Commerce arrivals data reports record-setting spending by international visitors

Sep 13, 2018 | Advocacy, Exchange Visitor Program

News WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration’s National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) announced that the United States welcomed nearly 77 million international visitors into the country, who collectively spent a...

What US Exchange Visitor Program participants need to know about Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Aug 17, 2018 | Advocacy, Cultural Exchange, Exchange Visitor Program, Youth Travel

News President Donald Trump introduced the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in November 2017. The new tax law has implications for interns, au pairs, Summer Work Travel participants, trainees and other participants of the US Exchange Visitor Program who have earned money while...

International students face increased scrutiny after US Supreme Court upholds travel ban

Jun 28, 2018 | Exchange Visitor Program, Study Abroad

News This week the US Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s travel ban. This latest version of the ban includes seven countries: North Korea, Syria, Iran, Yemen, Libya, Somalia and Venezuela. The most severe restrictions are levied against residents of the...

US Department of State using new terminology for J-1 visa programmes

May 29, 2018 | Advocacy, Cultural Exchange, Exchange Visitor Program

News The US Department of State has an important update for J-1 Exchange Visitor Program sponsors, participants, and advocates. The department sent the following message this week to WYSE Travel Confederation: As you know, the Department of State facilitates a...

New J-1 Secretary Marie Royce pledges support for cultural exchange programmes

Mar 15, 2018 | Exchange Visitor Program

News Short on time? Here is what you should know about Marie Royce, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs nominee: Marie Royce will be tasked with leading the State Department’s exchange programmes, including J-1 exchanges. Royce...

Smaller Earth alumni celebrate positive impact of J-1 visa programmes

Nov 14, 2017 | Exchange Visitor Program

News For the past ten years, the Smaller Earth Hungarian office has hosted a post-summer reunion party for their J-1 exchange visitor visa programme participants to celebrate the friendships they made, the great work they did and the impact that they had in the...