The J-1 visa is supposed to be a cultural exchange program. Is it working as intended?

More than 9,000 people came to Colorado last year on the J-1 visa, working as physicians, professors, researchers, ski ...

J-1 visa holder says she worked under convicted sex offender who 'preyed on foreigners' in Colorado: 'I was crying a lot...'

A Lithuanian student who came to US on a J-1 cultural exchange visa says she had a terrible experience working under a boss ...
Manila Standard

J-1 visa not a path to US citizenship—PH Embassy

The Philippine Embassy in Washington emphasized that the J-1 Exchange Visitor Program is a temporary visa strictly intended ...
BusinessMirror

Embassy: J-1 US visa does not lead to permanent residency, citizenship

FILIPINO nationals are reminded that the J-1 exchange visitor program visa is a nonimmigrant program and does not lead to United States permanent residency nor citizenship. The Philippine Embassy in ...
The New York Times

They Were Supposed to Protect Young Workers. Instead, They Cashed In.

Profit-seekers co-opted America’s premier cultural exchange program, the J-1 visa, which brought young people to work in the United States. Some sponsors charged thousands in fees. By Amy Julia Harris ...
Cebu Daily News on MSN

Embassy tells Filipinos: J-1 visas 'not path to US citizenship'

Filipino nationals are reminded that the J-1 exchange visitor program visa is a nonimmigrant program and does not lead to ...

Explained: How Americans misused the J-1 visa and exploited foreign labour

The J-1 visa allows foreign students, interns and trainees to work temporarily in the US under categories such as summer work travel, internships and professional training. While the programme sits ...