Dates and Availability

Work & Travel USA allows eligible students to work in the USA for a maximum of 4 months and to travel at the end of their working period for up to a maximum of 25 days. All Work & Travel USA participants must note that they can only work and travel within the program dates. There are three seasons (Winter, Spring and Summer) when students are admitted into the program.

Winter:
November 15th- April 15th Southern Hemisphere students only

Spring:
Dates vary. Primarily students from Asian countries.

Summer:
June 1st-October 19th European Students and all other students.

The DS2019 Form
You may never have heard of this important bit of documentation before, but once you become a Work &Travel Student, those numbers and letters will become very familiar to you. The DS2019 is the document that permits you to work legally in the U.S. Work & Travel USA participants may only work between the dates shown in box 3 on the DS-2019. Working outside of these dates is ILLEGAL. If a participant breaks this rule, he or she is likely to be arrested and the full consequences of U.S. Law will then be applied.