The Exchange Visitor Program is designed to bring, among others, scholars, researchers, professors and specialists to the United States for a variety of educational and cultural exchange purposes. These individuals are often under the sponsorship of an agency or organization that has been designated as an exchange visitor sponsor by the U.S. government. SUNY Buffalo State has been granted this designation and, accordingly, is authorized to issue the Form DS-2019, the form used by the prospective Exchange Visitor to apply for their J-1 visa. The J-1 visa is set apart from all other non-immigrant visa classes by its underlying philosophy of educational and cultural exchange. Currently our school designation supports graduate level scholars.
If your department is interested in inviting a visiting scholar to Buffalo State, please follow the Inviting Visiting Scholars Protocol.
Forms for following the protocol can be found here:
English Proficiency Verification
For more information, contact:
Tricia Herritt
Director of ISSS
+1 (716) 878-5331
South Wing 410
herrittl@buffalostate.edu
