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<strong>STS</strong> High School places high school students<br />
aged 15–18 with host families and in high<br />
schools for an academic year, semester or short<br />
stay programs. This according to the standards<br />
set out in each exchange program country. The<br />
students live with host families and attend local<br />
high schools as full time students.<br />
Only students who show academic interest<br />
and achievement, good character, adaptability<br />
and a satisfactory command of the English language<br />
are accepted. For certain countries there<br />
are additional language requirements. <strong>STS</strong> welcomes<br />
students from all over the world and this<br />
results in a wonderful international mix in all<br />
our programs.<br />
<strong>STS</strong> Foundation, USA, has been recognised<br />
since 1986 by the United States Department<br />
of State as an Exchange Program sponsor and<br />
is designated to issue the DS-2019 visa application<br />
form to its international students. Students<br />
use the DS-2019 visa application to apply for a<br />
J-1 exchange visitor visa at the U.S. Embassy in<br />
their home country. <strong>STS</strong> has since then gained<br />
the same status in many more countries.<br />
The Department of State is the sponsor of the<br />
J-1 exchange-visitor visa, and allocates the<br />
DS-2019 visa application form to designated<br />
organisations. The DS-2019 visa application<br />
form is completed in the <strong>STS</strong> Foundation office<br />
and then sent to the overseas affiliate who<br />
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forward them to the students, together with<br />
visa instructions. With this completed form for<br />
the J-1 visa, the students then petition at their<br />
local embassies, that allow them into the USA<br />
to study for up to one year.<br />
<strong>STS</strong> is accepted for listing in the Advisory<br />
List of International Education Travel and Exchange<br />
Programs, published by the Council on<br />
Standards for International Educational Travel<br />
(CSIET). CSIET is a private, not-for-profit organisation<br />
commited to establishing standards<br />
for international educational travel, providing a<br />
system of evaluating programs in terms of these<br />
standards, and monitoring compliance with the<br />
standards. In addition, CSIET provides information<br />
about organisations operating international<br />
educational travel and exchange programs at<br />
the high school level to schools, communities<br />
and educational groups in the USA.<br />
<strong>STS</strong> is also recognised as a high school exchange<br />
organisation and accepts students into:<br />
• Argentina • Germany • Sweden<br />
• Australia • Hungary • Switzerland<br />
• Austria • India<br />
• Thailand<br />
• Brazil • Ireland • UK<br />
• Canada • Italy<br />
• USA<br />
• China • Japan<br />
• Denmark • The Netherlands<br />
• Ecuador • New Zealand<br />
• Finland • Norway<br />
• France • Spain
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