Miami Council For International Visitors

Open World Leadership Program

Open World is an exchange and partnership program founded in 1999 by Librarian of Congress James Billington and administered by staff at the Library of Congress and private sector partners. The Open World Program’s mission is to enhance understanding and cooperation between the United States and the countries of Eurasia and the Baltic States. This is accomplished by bringing emerging Eurasian leaders to the United States to experience American democracy, civil society, and community life; work with their American counterparts; stay in American home; and gain new ideas and inspiration for implementing change back home.

MCIV has hosted delegations of judges on “Specialized Rule of Law Programs” from Russia and Ukraine.

J1 Visa Site Visits-AIPT

The J-1 visa is a non-immigrant cultural exchange visa issued by the U.S. Department of State. The objective of the J-1 visa is to foster better understanding and acceptance between the people of the United States and other countries around the world through educational and cultural exchange programs.

Exchange visitors under the J-1 visa include secondary school and college students, business participants, participants in flight aviation programs, primary and secondary school teachers, college professors, research scholars, medical residents or interns receiving medical training in the United States, certain specialists, international visitors, and government visitors.

MCIV works with U.S. Department of State authorized organizations to conduct site visits to potential hosts in a step towards determining their eligibility to participate in J-1 visitor exchange visitor program.