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General Internships / Training

CIEE is authorized to sponsor Interns/Trainees in nearly all major occupational fields. However, before you begin the process of completing the relevant program documents, there are a number of requirements and procedures that you should be aware of.

Specific Program Requirements

Intern vs. Trainee: In addition to basic differences in eligibility, these two distinct categories also differ in other key ways:

	Intern	Trainee
Participants Eligibility	Enrolled students and recent graduates within 12 months of graduation	Graduates of post-secondary institutions with at least 1 year of prior related professional experience outside the US or individuals with 5 years or prior related practical experience
Placement Plan	Should outline a structured and guided program by detailing specific objectives, skills, tasks and methods of evaluation within a single phase	Should outline a structured and guided program by detailing skills, tasks, and objectives in distinct phases, creating an overall plan of progression and development
Program Duration	Up to 12 months	Up to 18 months

Completing Form DS-7002

When completing this document, we ask you to bear in mind that it will not only serve as a guide for you and the Intern/Trainee throughout the program, but that it will also be reviewed for program compliance by CIEE as well as by a US Consular Officer during the mandatory visa interview of the applicant. Therefore, please take the time to carefully consider the program of training you intend to provide, and the various components, activities and objectives that make it up.

Page 1: This page includes general program information related to the applicant and to the Host Organization, or Site of Activity. If you are not aware of the applicant-specific details, please make sure that s/he completes this section before you sign and date it.

Page 2 - Intern: This page serves to outline the specific objectives, skills, tasks and methods of evaluation of the proposed internship. If the Intern is to be exposed to multiple departments or functional areas, please indicate this under Chronology or Syllabus of Training.

Pages 2-6 – Trainee: These pages serve to outline the overall course and content of the proposed Internship/Training plan. Again, the number of phases you should include depends on the proposed length of training as well as on the complexity or depth of a given phase or project; as a basic guideline, though, programs of 12 months in duration should include three to four phases.

Additional Host Organization Information: Since Form DS-7002 does not include fields for all data pieces that CIEE as program sponsor is required to document, there is one final page that you will need to complete. Please fill this page out in its entirety, even if you have hosted previously.

Submitting Form DS-7002

If you have already located a potential Intern/Trainee, the completed (and signed) form should be sent directly to the applicant for submission with his/her portion of the application to the CIEE Representative in his or her home country; if CIEE is assisting you with recruitment, the completed form should be submitted to your CIEE contact person

Getting Started!

To download and complete Form DS-7002 for an Intern program, please click here.

To download and complete Form DS-7002 for a Trainee program, please click here.