For candidates · checking your own eligibility

See if you qualify

Tell us about you and the role you’re after. We’ll show which of the five J-1 categories you’d qualify for. A US host confirms the company-side.

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This tool is not for hospitality programs. Hotels, restaurants, resorts, tourism, and food service go straight to sponsor review.

About the position

Describe what you’d actually be doing. We’ll name the J-1 category that fits and fill in the details below.

Fields marked * are required. Everything else is optional.

Duties summary

Optional. Helps us flag duties that don’t fit a category, and how to rework them.

Position title

Primary purpose

Program length

Permanent or senior leadership/management role (e.g., managing director)

Involves patient care or contact

I understand the J-1 is a temporary cultural-exchange visa and the participant intends to return home at the end of the program.

Refine the role: hours, on-site % (optional)

Hours per week

Percent on-site

At least 60% on-site is expected.

About you

Paste your resume text, or upload a PDF to pre-fill the fields below. You review before evaluating.

Fields marked * are required. Everything else is optional, and blank is safe: unanswered questions go to sponsor review instead of counting against anyone.

Full name

Country of citizenship

Currently in the US?

US citizen or permanent resident

Education

Highest degree

If still studying, pick the degree in progress.

Where was that degree earned?

Whether the highest degree came from a US or a non-US institution.

Field of study

Graduation date

Intern eligibility ends 12 months after graduation. Leave blank if still enrolled.

Still enrolled in that degree at an institution outside the US

Plans to pursue a US degree during the J-1 program

Experience

Experience in the field

years

months

Research Scholar needs 12 months of research experience in the field, or 18 months of any experience.

Of that, time spent working in the US or remotely for a US-based company

years

months

Intern and Trainee count only experience earned outside the US. The scholar categories count all of it.

Prior J-1 history

Has prior J-1 history

Which J-1 category was it?

When did that program end?

It ran longer than six months

About the company you’d work for

Optional, and rough answers are fine. Skip anything you don’t know and we’ll leave it for the company to confirm.

Does the company have a US office, lab, or site where you'd actually work?

A fully remote or home-office arrangement doesn't qualify for the J-1.

Is it a hotel, restaurant, resort, tourism, or food-service business?

Either answer is fine. Cultural Vistas sponsors hospitality programs, they just run on a separate track from this tool, so we'd point you to the right people rather than guess here.

Has the company been up and running for at least a year?

Roughly how many full-time people work there?

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