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@Wiz @WandererUber https://j1visa.state.gov/programs/au-pair/ The U.S. introduced the J-1 Exchange Visitor Visa Program under the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act (Fulbright–Hays Act of 1961). The J-1 visa allowed a "student, scholar, trainee, teacher, professor, research assistant, specialist, or leader in a field of specialized knowledge or skill, or other person of similar description" to come to the United States.[7] Additionally, the law prohibited a person from abandoning their foreign country of residence for the United States.[7] The U.S. Information Agency (USIA) administered the J-1 visa in order to strengthen relations between the US and other countries. It fell under the purview of the USIA and not the Immigration and Naturalization Service because its main purpose is to disseminate information; its goal is to give people training and experience in the U.S. that they can use to benefit their home countries.[45] These exchanges have assisted the Department of State in furthering the foreign policy objectives of the United States.

The J-1 program started by bringing scholars into the United States temporarily for a specific educational objective, such as teaching and conducting research. It then extended to several other Exchange Visitor Programs that shared the same objective, like the au pair, Government Visitor, Professor and Research or Short-Term Scholar, Work and Travel USA and the Trainee Programs.[46]