Your business can sponsor an employee, trainee, or student for this classification. There are more than 1,500 for-profit, non-profit, or federal, state, and local government entities that are approved to sponsor. To be eligible for designation as a program sponsor, an organization must demonstrate (1) its ability to comply and remain in continual compliance with all provisions of the Exchange Visitor Program regulations, (2) meet its financial obligations and responsibilities attendant to successful sponsorship of its exchange program, and (3)demonstrate that the organization or its proposed Responsible Officer has no fewer than three years’ experience in international exchange. Also, the organization must be fully prepared to begin the administration of the program upon designation.