ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

The LifeTRAVELED APT program includes:

• a pre-screened internship or traineeship that will be secured prior to arrival.

• DS-2019 paperwork processing required for your J-1 Visa. LifeTRAVELED is a designated sponsor for the BridgeUSA Intern and Trainee programs.

• DS-7002 Training Plan development to ensure that you gain the most valuable experience for your career.

• housing assistance (host employer provided housing, LifeTRAVELED referred housing, or self-housing verification).

• pre-arrival and post-arrival information to prepare for the program.

• a 24/7 emergency assistance telephone number: 1.888.992.3872

• health insurance that exceeds Department of State requirements.

• a coordinator to assist you throughout the entire program.

• up to 30 days allowed for travel at the end of the program.

Intern Program:

• You must be a foreign national who has verifiable English language skills sufficient to function in their internship environment.

— You must also meet one of the two criteria below:

• is currently enrolled and pursuing studies at a degree or certificate granting post-secondary academic institution.

• OR has graduated from such an institution no more than 12 months prior to the internship program start date.

Trainee Program:

• You must be a foreign national who has verifiable English language skills sufficient to function in their training environment. For this program, that usually means that you should have upper intermediate to advanced English knowledge.

— You must also meets one of the two criteria below:

• has earned a degree or professional certificate from a post-secondary academic institution outside the United States and gained at least one year of related work experience outside the United States in their occupational field.

• OR has five years of work experience outside the United States in their occupational field.

TO RETURN TO THE USA FOR AN ADDITIONAL INTERN OR TRAINEE PROGRAM

The program, being facilitated for a foreign national that is still eligible for participation in the intern category of the Exchange Visitor Program (i.e., enrolled full-time and pursuing studies at degree- or certificate-granting post-secondary academic institutions outside the United States or graduated from such institutions no more than 12 months prior to the start of their proposed program), must additionally meet both of the following criteria: 

- Its participant, having successfully completed a recognized course of study during which time he or she participated in a previous internship program, is now currently enrolled and is pursuing studies at the next higher level of academic study [or is now pursuing studies in a different field of academic study]. 

- Its goals and objectives, appropriate to the higher level of coursework, provide the previous internship program participant with a new role that allows him or her to address the development of more advanced skills [or the development of skills in the different field of expertise]. 

An internship program cannot be used as a substitute for ordinary employment and must never displace American workers; rather, it is intended and required to provide hands-on experience in the participant’s specific field of study by building upon his or her academic framework. A series of multiple internship programs during the pursuit of a single degree in which the role of the participant is unable to progress does not fulfill the purpose of the category and could instead be seen to be simply filling a labor need, a prohibited action.