Most our program participants will choose the Inbound Application. American students who wish to train in Europe, Asia, Africa or Australia should choose the Outbound Application.
Inbound applicants: please read the guide below. To better visualize the process imagine John as a prospective participant and trace his successful procedure of applying, step-by-step. Please keep in mind that this simplified schedule does not contain information about payments of any fees. Be sure to read our instruction packet thoroughly for detailed instructions.
Guide through the application procedure:
- John contacts us by phone, email or via web page
- We are interested in John so we ask him for his CV
- John’s CV appears adequate and appropriate for our program, so we send him our official application
- John’s application is returned and looks good (all required documents, signatures, at least 2-3 good letters of recommendation, relevant photographs, relevant experience/studies, etc.) and we think we may be able to finding a placement suiting his requirements and abilities
- According to his “3 choices” from application (so make sure your “choices” are what you really want to do) we send John’s application to a number of hosts with whom we work. That’s why we cannot over emphasize how important it is to send us a neat and interesting application!
- Any employer interested in hosting John contacts our office
- We contact John, giving him details of his prospective host business. Now John decides if he likes this particular host or not. There are many factors determining how many hosts John has to choose from. Sometimes it is really difficult to find a good match and we can offer only one interested host
- John decides he wants to go for it. We sign an agreement with his host and we send John some paperwork, giving him more information about getting a visa. After having received our documents and read our instructions, John is ready to apply for his J1 trainee visa at the nearest U.S. consulate
- After John has received his visa he arranges his travel to Columbus for orientation and then on to his host placement (reading our instructions on this carefully). John notifies of his travel arrangements in detail, prior to departing his home country
- John can depart Columbus after 6:30PM on the day of his orientation (only if he will arrive at a decent time for his host to meet him). Otherwise, John can stay a second night in Columbus and travel to his host employer the following morning
