Program Exclusions
Sponsors must not place participants:
In positions that could bring notoriety or disrepute to the Exchange Visitor Program;
In sales positions that require participants to purchase inventory that they must sell in order to support themselves;
In domestic help positions in private homes (e.g., child care, elder care, gardener, chauffeur);
As pedicab or rolling chair drivers or operators;
As operators or drivers of vehicles or vessels for which drivers' licenses are required regardless of whether they carry passengers or not;
In positions related to clinical care that involves patient contact;
In any position in the adult entertainment industry (including, but not limited to jobs with escort services, adult book/video stores, and strip clubs);
In positions requiring work hours that fall predominantly between 10:00 pm and 6:00 am;
In positions declared hazardous to youth by the Secretary of Labor at Subpart E of 29 CFR part 570;
In positions that require sustained physical contact with other people and/or adherence to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Universal Blood and Body Fluid Precautions guidelines (e.g., body piercing, tattooing, massage, manicure);
In positions that are substantially commission-based and thus do not guarantee that participants will be paid minimum wage in accordance with federal and state standards;
In positions involved in gaming and gambling that include direct participation in wagering and/or betting;
In positions in chemical pest control, warehousing, catalogue/online order distribution centers;
In positions with traveling fairs or itinerant concessionaires;
In jobs that do not allow participants to work alongside U.S. citizens and interact regularly with U.S. citizens and to experience U.S. culture during the workday portion of their Summer Work Travel programs;
With employers that fill non-seasonal or non-temporary job openings with exchange visitors with staggered vacation schedules;
In positions that require licensing;
In positions for which there is another specific J visa category (e.g., Camp Counselor, Trainee, Intern);
In positions with staffing agencies, unless the placements meet the following three criteria:
Participants must be employees of and paid by the staffing agencies
Staffing agencies must provide full-time, primary, on-site supervision of the participants
Staffing agencies must effectively control the work sites, e.g., have hands-on management responsibility for the participants
After November 1, 2012, in positions in the North American Industry Classification System's (NAICS) Goods-Producing Industries occupational categories industry sectors 11, 21, 23, 31-33 numbers (set forth at Industries at a Glance: NAICS Code Index).
Sponsors must also:
Use extra caution when placing students in positions at employers in lines of business that are frequently associated with trafficking persons (e.g., modeling agencies, housekeeping, janitorial services);
Consider the availability of suitable, affordable housing (e.g., that meets local codes and ordinances) and reliable, affordable, and convenient transportation to and from work when making job placements;
Actively and immediately assist participants with arranging appropriate housing and transportation, if employers do not provide or arrange housing and/or transportation, or if participants decline employer-provided housing or transportation;
Confirm at the beginning of each placement season:
The number of job placements available with host employers
That host employers will not displace domestic U.S. workers at worksites where they will place program participants
That host employers have not experienced layoffs in the past 120 days and do not have workers on lockout or on strike
Sponsors may place participants only in jobs that:
Are seasonal or temporary;
Provide opportunities for regular communication and interaction with U.S. citizens and allow participants to experience U.S. culture.
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