Please be sure to review the changes and deadline for your participants to request a program release or a personal early return.
Tag: Participant Support
As we continue to monitor the evolving situation in Ukraine we wanted to share some additional updates, guidance in offering your students and host families support.
As we look toward the end of the school/program year, please find some helpful reminders and information regarding On Program Participant Travel and Visits
This change will enable Area Teams to identify who will perform the 30/60 Day In-home Visit and prevent them from assigning a non-compliant visitor.
AFS-USA would like to share a friendly reminder about policies surrounding Independent Travel, Sending Parent/Guardian Visits, International Travel and Belo Tours.
The Department of State has notified AFS and all other J-1 Secondary School Sponsors, that they will be reaching out to students through an online questionnaire.
Are you uncertain about what travel is/is not currently allowed for hosted students and/or whether visits from their family or friends back home are permitted? If so, read on!
I appreciate your patience while we work toward a return to our standard and customary response times.
Due to the circumstances surrounding COVID-19, AFS-USA will not offer Belo Tours for the 2021-22 school year.
Two new features are now active in MyAFS that will make corresponding with volunteers and host families easier, including the ability to email student ID and medical cards.