International Agencies Advisory List
2025-2026 International Agencies Advisory List
Below are the 2025-2026 CSIET Certified International Sending Agencies. Click the organization’s name for their complete certification status. The Certification types are as follows: Full Certification, Provisional Certification, and Conditional Certification.
Introduction and Background
Introduction: In July of 2024, CSIET launched a pilot certification initiative that helps level expectations among J-1 and F-1 international students, natural parents, host families/secondary schools, U.S. based programs and international partner agencies. In order to execute this initiative, CSIET formed a committee of CSIET Board Members, U.S. exchange organizations and internationally based agencies. The result is a new audit based evaluation and certification process for international agencies sending both J-1 and F-1 students to the United States.
Scope: Developed for non-U.S. based agencies, the new CSIET process outlines preferred practices for collaborating and building trust with U.S. based exchange organizations. The process identifies essential methods and practices associated with successful exchange student recruitment, vetting, placement and monitoring. International agencies shown in the pages that follow have demonstrated compliance with CSIET Standards in 2024-2025 and are provisionally certified for the 2025-2026 academic cycle.
Standards and Audit Template: In July, 2024, CSIET implemented a new evaluation and certification process on four key areas: Stewardship, Transparency, Engagement and Partnership. The process aims to help international agencies and U.S. based exchange organizations better understand and implement shared practices relative to student safety and well-being at the secondary level. U.S. schools can ask exchange programs and their international partner agencies if they are CSIET certified and compliant with CSIET Standards, as demonstrated by successful evaluation against CSIET’s new Audit Template and Likely Sources. This new process gives schools an extra layer of verification and protection, and demonstrates internationally based agencies’ commitment to compliance with preferred practices.