Do you already have a job lined up in the States? Do you want to search for a job on your own? Then the Independent Option is for you!

You must have a designated visa sponsor for the Work Experience USA visa, and our Independent Option is perfect for those of you who simply want someone for this sponsorship. This package does not include job placement, but gives you total freedom and flexibility in finding a job anywhere in the USA before leaving your home country, or once you are in the USA.

How you find your job is up to you but CCUSA is there to support you along the way. This option includes:

• Access to "Footprints". This is our online participant support site with numerous resources such as insurance, taxes, travel, housing and job search.
• Assistance from knowledgeable CCUSA staff in your home country and US World Headquarters.
• 24 Hour Emergency Support,
• Access to our Interactive Online Job Search Guide showing available jobs by season.

Online Job Search Guide

Our Online Job Search Guide contains all the information you need to search, find and apply for a job in the USA before you leave home. This invaluable guide also provides you with many extras that make your job search and work/travel experience more efficient and rewarding.

Our exciting Job Search site allows you to:

• Create your own profile
• Write your own Resume/CV, and add photos that show your personality. Advice and hints on how US employers want to see your Resume/CV also available.
• Access our employer search tools to see where in the US our employers are located
• Search by location, job, employer or company type
• Review detailed information available on employers that are of interest including contact details.
• Decide which Employers will be sent the option to review your application.
• Communicate through the CCUSA Job Search Guide with your prospective employer.
• Offically accept a job electronically.
• Read up on how to find accommodation, advice on traveling around the USA, what to do socially around the work location as well as hints on how to better understand American culture and its people.

NOTE: Employers regularly update their information so you will have the most current details about available jobs salaries, benefits and accommodation options. Our independent employers have been educated on the needs of international workers, including the changes in the Social Security Administration and are more likely to allow you to work while your Social Security Card is being processed.

Want to do it all yourself?

Got your own contacts? NO PROBLEM!

Get that job and we will provide you with the information you need to make sure your employer knows the requirements of hiring international employees. It will ultimately be your responsibility to ensure your employer will allow you to work and be paid while you wait for your Social Security card, however CCUSA will do as much as we can to make sure your employer is aware of this. You must give a copy of the Independent Job Offer from to your employer to complete and sign so that we may verify that the job and wage conditions are consistent with the U.S. State Department requirements.