2014.07.07

什么是J-1签证交流访问者项目？J-1签证交流访问者项目（J-1 Visa Exchange Visitor Program ，简称EVP）每年让大约27.5万外国访问者到美国了解体验美国社会和文化，并与美国人民互动。EVP包含13个类别的交流项目，高校学生交流仅是其中之一。

如何用J-1签证从事高中以上阶段的学习？J-1签证让外国学生有机会到颁发学位的得到正规认证的高等院校学习。J-1签证还允许学生参加与其本国国内学位专业目标一致的实习项目。J-1签证学生可以一直在美国完成获得学位所需的全部专业学习；如果是非学位项目，学习时间最长为两年。

有多少从事高中以上阶段学习的学生使用J-1签证？过去一年，有来自将近180个国家和地区的大约45000名处于不同学业阶段的学生持J-1高校学生签证来美国。

什么是J-1签证项目的指定赞助者？美国国务院教育与文化事务局（U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs）批准1400多个营利、非营利以及联邦、州和地方政府实体作为J-1签证总项目的赞助机构。目前与美国国务院在J-1签证高校学生类别合作的赞助机构有大约800个。

我如何申请到美国留学的J-1签证？你可以通过美国国务院指定的任何一个高等院校J-1签证项目赞助机构申请。申请人必须符合J-1签证的所有条件才可获得批准。

J-1签证交流访问者从哪里获得经济来源？高校学生类别J-1签证的学生直接或间接地得到美国政府、自身国家政府或者美国是成员的国际机构的资助；他们也可以以非个人和非家庭资金的其他来源作为主要资助。

有关高校学生类别J-1签证的信息和赞助机构名单，请见J-1签证交流访问者项目网站www.J1visa.state.gov。

有关美国国务院赞助的交流项目的更多信息，请见www.exchanges.state.gov。

The J-1 Visa Exchange Visitor Program

23 June 2014

What is the J-1 Visa Exchange Visitor Program? The J-1 Visa Exchange Visitor Program (EVP) allows some 275,000 foreign visitors to come to the United States each year to experience U.S. society and culture and interact with Americans. The EVP offers 13 different types of exchange programs, of which the college and university student category is just one.

How can I pursue postsecondary studies under the J-1 Visa Program? Under the J-1 Visa Program, foreign students have the opportunity to study at American degree-granting, postsecondary, accredited academic institutions. They also may participate in a student internship program that fulfills the educational objectives of the student’s degree program in his or her home country. Students may pursue degree-granting programs in the United States until completion or nondegree-granting programs for up to two years.

How many postsecondary students participate in the J-1 Visa Program? In the last calendar year, around 45,000 students from nearly 180 countries and territories at various stages of their academic careers came to the United States as J-1 Visa college/university students.

What is the role of the J-1 Visa Program’s designated sponsors? More than 1,400 for-profit, nonprofit, and federal, state and local government entities have been selected by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to serve as sponsors for the overall J-1 Visa Program. There are currently around 800 sponsors working with the U.S. Department of State in the college and university student category of J-1 Visa exchange.

How can I apply to study in the United States on the J-1 Visa Program? Students may apply to the J-1 Visa Program through any of the sponsors that have been designated by the U.S. Department of State to offer the college and university program. Students must meet all program eligibility requirements to apply and be selected.

How are J-1 Visa Program exchange visitors financed? In the college and university student category of the J-1 Visa Program, students are financed directly or indirectly by the U.S. government, the government of their home country or an international organization of which the United States is a member, or they are supported substantially by funding from another source other than personal or family funds.

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For more information on the J-1 Visa college and university program and a list of program sponsors, please visit the J-1 Visa Exchange Visitor Program website at www.J1visa.state.gov. For more information on U.S. Department of State–sponsored exchange programs, please visit www.exchanges.state.gov.