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Notice of Availability of Scholarship Grants Under the Enhancement Training Sponsorship Project of the Exchange Visitor Program |
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The Exchange Visitor Program (EVP) Committee of the Philippines is now accepting applications for scholarship grants under its Enhancement Training Sponsorship Project (ETSP). The ETSP is a program funded by Exchange Visitor Program (EVP) participants who are undertaking alternative arrangements in lieu of the two-year home country residency requirement of the EVP.
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Exchange Visitor Program |
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Exchange Visitor Program refers to the international exchange program administered by the United States to implement the Mutual Education and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as amended, Public Law 87-256, 22 USC 2451, et seq. (1988). The purpose of the Act is to increase mutual understanding between the peoples of the United States and the people of other countries by means of educational and cultural exchanges. Educational and cultural exchanges assist in furthering the United States' foreign policy objectives.
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2007 EVP Skills List |
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Effective 8 April 2010, the Exchange Visitor Program (EVP) Committee adopts the 2007 EVP Skills List of the Philippines. The said list includes fields of specialized knowledge or skills, which are short of local practitioners or of particular importance in Philippine national development initiatives. EVP participants whose fields of specialization or training are covered by the Skills List are subject to the two-year home-country residency requirement of Section 212(e) of the US Immigration and Nationality Act. For the complete list of fields included in the 2007 EVP Skills List, kindly click here |
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