---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 62.3"
title: "22"
number: "62.3"
heading: "Sponsor eligibility."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/62.3"
---

# §62.3. Sponsor eligibility.

- (a) The following types of entities are eligible to apply for designation as a sponsor of an exchange visitor program:
  - (1) U.S. local, state, and federal government agencies to include the District of Columbia; and government agencies of any U.S. territories and outlying possessions;
  - (2) International agencies or organizations of which the United States is a member and that have an office in the United States; or
  - (3) **Reputable organizations that are United States Persons.**
- (b) **To be eligible for designation as a sponsor, an entity is required to—**
  - (1) Demonstrate, to the Department of State's satisfaction, its ability to comply and remain in continual compliance with all applicable provisions of this part;
  - (2) Meet at all times its financial obligations and responsibilities attendant to successful sponsorship of its exchange visitor program; and
  - (3) Demonstrate that the organization or its proposed Responsible Officer has no fewer than three years' experience in international exchange.

## Notes

### Amendments

[79 FR 60307, Oct. 6, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(J), 1182, 1184, 1258; 22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 2651a; 22 U.S.C. 6531-6553; Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977, 42 FR 62461, 3 CFR, 1977 Comp. p. 200; E.O. 12048, 43 FR 13361, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 168; 8 U.S.C. 1372; section 416 of Pub. L. 107-56, 115 Stat. 354 (8 U.S.C. 1372 note); and 8 U.S.C. 1761-1762.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 15196, Mar. 19, 1993, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 64 FR 54539, Oct. 7, 1999.

### Amendments

[79 FR 60307, Oct. 6, 2014]