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FAQs Your nomination regarding cookies on this site We use cookies to optimise site functionality and requite you the weightier possible experience.WinnowCookie PreferencesWieldApply MyZanyAmerica Login tropical search login Home HomeWell-nighusWhentropical search loginWell-nighusWell-nighus TheVisitorWhy ChooseZanyAmerica? Child Protection Events TheWitsBack tropical search login TheWitsTheWitsReal ExperiencesWhentropical search login Real Experiences Real Experiences Katie’sWitsRob’sWitsGeorge’sWitsMully’sWitsAdam’sWitsWhy Work on a Summer Camp? 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I'm interested tell me increasingly Sign up for info Got a question? You're going to have questions throughout your using process. We're unchangingly happy to answers you questions so trammels out our FAQs here first to get your wordplay straight away. We know you're going to have questions throughout your using process and so is everyone else. We're unchangingly happy for you to contact us to ask any question but why not trammels out our FAQs here first and get your wordplay straight away. Need some help? Contact Us FAQs Meet the Team Parents Information Important Information AIFSZanyDirectors Terms and Conditions Cookie Policy Privacy Policy Filter by Category 01 What skills and wits do I need to have? The skills and wits you need to have should be relevant to the worriedness areas that you want to work on at camp. If you want to wield to teach activities to children then you will be applying for the Counsellor role where there are plenty of worriedness areas you could be hired in. Depending on your hobbies and interests there’s unseat to be a skill zone on zany that you could teach but you need to have the knowledge level and conviction to be worldly-wise to teach this to children. So it could be in, sports, drama, music, outdoor adventure, media, performing arts, water sports. Any wits in supplies preparation, maintenance work or housekeeping would be valuable for a Campower role. Due to visa restrictions only students who are full time students can be offered the Campower role. If you’re applying for the Counsellor role then every zany will be looking for example of childcare wits on your application. So it’s important that whilst your applying you try and get as much wits within childcare as you can to help your using stand out from the rest. Whether this is voluntary or paid positions and with any weather-beaten children, the increasingly wits you can demonstrate on your using the better. You don’t necessarily need to have any formal childcare wits to take part and wield for the Campower role. 02 When do I need to be misogynist and for how long? To be worldly-wise to wield for the programme applicants need to be misogynist to fly to zany between the dates of 1st May and 20th June. This is due to when the majority of camps start and stuff worldly-wise to victorious in time well-constructed staff training and orientation. You can enter the primeval stage you can depart on your application. Although all of the camps that we work with have varying programmes and dates, we do ask that all applicants are misogynist to be at zany for a minimum of 9 weeks. This is the typical placement length for most camps but it can be slightly increasingly or less. The longer you’re misogynist the largest but you can expect to be on zany for virtually 9 weeks from your camp’s start stage once hired. By giving us your primeval start date, we will match you to a zany that has their staff on or without that stage so you could depart later than your primeval misogynist date. 03 How old do I have to be to apply? It is a visa regulation that participants must be 18 when they fly to the United States, thereforeZanyAmerica does not winnow applications from people who are not 18 by 1st June. You can start your using surpassing you turn 18 as long as your birthday is within the full using season and surpassing 1st June. The only exception is: uncommonly skilled, experienced and certified people who are 18 in the first week of June. If you finger you fall into the uncommonly skilled, experienced and certified category please email your full details toZanyAmerica for consideration. 04 What do I get? Payment for the 9 week work (we undeniability it ‘pocket money’) as a first time write-in you’ll get anywhere between USD $600-$1200 depending on your country of application, skill level & experience. Medical insurance* that covers you from the time you leave the UK until your return (*pre-existing conditions excluded), so this includes your travel time without zany and not just while you’re working. Whilst you’re working on zany all of your supplies and walk-up is covered by the camp. A return flight to New York is included** (**In some countries flight options are not misogynist and applicants must unify their own transport) and full J-1 Visa sponsorship and visa papers. As well as all of that you moreover get 24 hour support in America, friendly, professional, enthusiastic support throughout yourZanyAmerica using process!ZanyAmerica is moreover unconfined work wits for your CV and gives you the opportunity for self-sustaining travel as you’re worldly-wise to stay in America for up to 30 days without your zany placement has finished. 05 Is there an using deadline? The using deadline is usually sometime in March/April although this is subject to change. The sooner you wield the increasingly you increase your chances of stuff placed. 06 I am graduating from university without Spring/Summer. Can I still wield for Campower positions? As long as you are a student when you wield you may wield for the CP programme. You must understand that you may need to provide vestige to the US Embassy of your plans without you return home from camp. 07 How do I contact aZanyAmerica Interviewer? Once you have completed the majority of your online application, you will see a notification that will indulge you to select an interviewer. If you follow that link you will see a list of misogynist interviewers in your region and moreover a unenduring unravelment well-nigh theirZanyAmerica experience. You then just to need to click on their profile to select them as your interview and send them a message to requite them a bit of information well-nigh when you’d be misogynist to be interviewed. Interviewers should get when to you within a week or so but at rented points in the season this could be slightly longer. If you don’t hear when from your interviewer in this time, contact your localZanyAmerica office and they’ll be worldly-wise to assist. All of your initial contact with your interview will be washed-up via email and messaging on yourZanyAmerica site so it is important that trammels your worth regularly so that you don’t miss any messages from your interview. 08 Does applying early really increase my placement chances? Yes it does! When we unshut the recruitment season in August-September we have 7000+ positions available. With each passing day that number decreases so the older you wield the better! 09 Do I get to segregate which state I work in? It’s not part of the using from to pick the state that you’d like to work in. We have hundreds of camps that are spread all over America and the majority of them are based in East Coast states. On your using form you will be worldly-wise to tell us what type of camps you’d like to work on and with that information as well as your skills, wits and interests we will match you to a zany that we think suits you best. 10 Do I get a refund if I am not placed? Yes! If by the end of our placement season (can be up until end of June), we unfortunately haven’t found you a placement then we will refund you all of theZanyAmerica payments/deposits that you’ve made. Unfortunately we cannot refund any third party payments you’ve made such as police trammels fees. The refund is automatically processed when in the worth that you have made your payments from. 11 Do zany directors really squint at my Social Networking sites? Yes they do! Please ensure you do not have anything on these sites that a director may find offensive (including comments, photos and posts you are tagged in) or requite them reason to doubt your suitability to work with children. Each season participants lose their placement plane surpassing they depart for zany for this reason. 12 Can I contact Camps directly to try and get a placement?ZanyAmerica’s official policy is to discourage self-sustaining attempts to contact camps as we are enlightened that some camps do not respond well to this method. You are self-ruling to support your using in any way you finger might be salubrious to your chances of placement but please be enlightened that some camps are wrongheaded to uncontrived contact. 13 Can I wield with a friend? No, sorry,ZanyAmerica does not winnow joint applications. This is considering the camps need their staff to be flexible and act independently. Each placement of on an write-in to zany is made individually based on your skills, wits and interests as well as the dates you’re worldly-wise to go. Our placement team do their weightier to match you as an individual person to the zany that is weightier suited. Applicants, however, are not prevented from peekaboo Recruitment Fairs together - whereby they will meet directly withZanyDirectors, who will ultimately decide whether or not they are prepared to rent friends. If there are positions misogynist that suit you both then you may well be placed at the same zany but this is upon the discretion of that individualZanyDirector and notZanyAmerica. 14 Who can I get a reference from and what is the reference criteria? References are a very important part of yourZanyAmerica application. They can come from a manage/supervisor at work, lecturer/teacher at higher or university, mentor from a sports club/team or anyone who has had any professional contact with you. We cannot winnow references from anyone in your family or who has only known you on an informal level. They should all have a good knowledge of your weft and suitability for the programme and ideally have had professional contact with you for at least six months within the last year. You need two well-constructed references to take part in the programme. At the time of completing your online using you will be asked to enter the full, professional contact details (no personal details) of two referees. These details need to include their name, name of organisation, merchantry telephone number and email write as well as their position and relation to you. Once you well-constructed your interview, if successfulZanyAmerica will automatically contact these referees via email to request a full reference that will be entered on to your application. 15 Will I be met upon my inrush in the USA? If you are travelling to New York and staying at the arrivals hotel you will be met be a representative ofZanyAmerica at the airport without you have gone through customs. If you are travelling to a non-New York airport then you will be met by a zany representative or you make need to take remoter transportation, please trammels your inrush to the US information. There are unchangingly exceptions and you should unchangingly trammels yourInrushin America instructions, not all camps are worldly-wise to make it to the airport to greet you. 16 When will I get my ticket? All airline tickets are now electronic tickets. No physical tickets exist and all you need to do is to print a reprinting of your flight page from your online site (as this will have your PNR locator number and ticket number) and bring this with you on the day. When you victorious at the airline sedentary all you need to do is to present your passport and say what flight you are on. 17 Why can I not see my booking on my airline website? In many cases you may be booked on flights whereZanyAmerica has obstructed group seats. In these cases the names of the passengers are not given to the airlines until a few days surpassing your throw-away stage and therefore the airlines will not have your name on their system yet. 18 What are my return flight options? For those on London flights you will have two options – FixedStageand Do It Yourself (DIY). If you are flying when to any other airport only theStock-stillFlightStageoption is available. 1.Stock-stillFlight Option – In this option you will be asked to segregate a return flight date. Dates start the day without your zany work ends and flights are Monday to Friday only. Flights depart from New York (JFK or Newark airports) only, regardless of where you were flown to when you arrived in the US. Many flights are overnight flights that will victorious the next day or they may depart New York as early as 8am. This option is FREE if you segregate the stage BEFORE you flight to the USA. If you segregate this option you must segregate a return stage as soon as possible. Prior to your flight to the US you may transpiration your return stage nomination at no uneaten fee, however please note this is dependant on your individual flight booking and your throw-away airports. Exceptions to the self-ruling transpiration would be if we’ve booked your flight round trip which would require a fee to transpiration the date. We teach that you trammels your booking with us at the time we contact you well-nigh your flights. Once you victorious in the US any transpiration request will incur a penalty fee. If you do not pick your return stage without choosing this option surpassing valedictory for the USA, you will be charged this penalty fee when you pick your stage in the USA. 2. Do It Yourself Ticket (DIY) – If you are unsure of when you need to be home by or just would like some flexibility you may decide on a DIY return ticket. With a DIY ticket you do not need to segregate a return flight stage surpassing you depart for the US. You can segregate while you are in the US (flights are subject to availability). You can fly from New York or from many other selected cities through the country. This is an optional uneaten and there will be an spare fee for a DIY ticket. DIY tickets are only misogynist to those participants that depart from London. Once DIY tickets and prices are misogynist to purchase and if you are eligible you will be given this option on your flight page on your on line account. 19 Should I wear myZanyAmerica t-shirt on the day of my flight? Yes! This will identify you and others asZanyAmerica participants so you can speak with each other as you may find flipside participant going to the same zany as you. It will moreover identify you when you victorious in the US to the person that will be waiting to meet you. 20 I cannot make the check-in time - what do I do? The check-in time listed on your flight page is the time we would like you to be at the airport. If you are unable to make the check-in time, what time do you expect to arrive? Please remember that airports are very rented places and it can take a pearly bit of time to trammels in, waif your tons with the airlines and go through security. For international flights it is recommended you victorious at the airport 3 hours prior to departure. If you are unable to make this please callZanyAmerica at +44 207 581 7373 or email: enquiries@campamerica.co.uk 21 I am on twoZanyAmerica flights and the check-in time for the 2nd flight is older than I arrive? We do apologise for this ravages as this is due to how our system was set up. Check-in times must be entered for all legs of a flight and in some cases the check-in time for a connecting flight is surpassing your original flight has landed. You do not need to worry. When you trammels in at your throw-away airport you should be given boarding cards for all legs of your travel. In wing your luggage will automatically be transferred to your connecting flight. All you need to do is to make your way from one plane to the next. 22 I am flying from Glasgow, Edinburgh or Belfast and must transpiration planes in London. Do I need to collect my bag? It will depend on if the flight is on one or two tickets. If the flight is on one ticket and with the same airlines (or partner airlines) you will not need to collect your tons upon inrush in London as you will automatically be transferred. If you are on two separate tickets then you will need to collect your tons and trammels in again. 23 I am an Own Transport/Returner participant. Can I stay at the arrivals hotel? If you are an OT or Returner you may request a room at the inrush hotel but please note that this is not a self-ruling option. You may request a room (shared) at the forfeit of $60 (subject to transpiration and availability) per night. All request for a room should be sent in writing to: enquiries@campamerica.co.uk. All 1st year OT participants are entitled to one self-ruling night at the inrush hotel. This only makes sense if you are peekaboo a zany in the Northeast (NY/PA/CONN/NJ). All requests for a hotel stay for 1st year OT apps must be sent in writing to: enquiries@campamerica.co.uk 24 How much luggage can I take? Please trammels the website of the airline you are travelling on for this information.ZanyAmerica will not be held responsible for glut luggage charges. 25 How do I get to zany without my arrival? New YorkMunicipalityarrivals – You will mostly stay overnight at the arrivals hotel, where you will be met byZanyAmerica staff. The next day you will receive instructions on how to travel to your camp. In some cases, zany needs you to travel to zany the same day and we will requite you instructions on how to do that. Non-New York arrivals – You will be met by your zany or given instructions on how to travel to zany without your arrival. In any specimen we unchangingly teach applicants to trammels your ‘Travel to Camp’ instructions that can be found on your online account. All of these instructions are individual to you and your placement so make sure you’re familiar with them surpassing you fly and moreover take a printed reprinting of them with you as they will have important contact details included. 26 How can I order my meal or a seat? Meal requests must be made directly with the airlines no later than 48 hours surpassing the flight. You will not be worldly-wise to typesetting your seats prior to 24 hours surpassing the flight, then you can do it online. 27 Can I segregate my own flight stage to camp? Your flight stage is chosen by your zany based on the availability stage you listed on your using and when the zany needs for you to arrive. 28 Can I transpiration my flight? Please remember the flight stage was set by the zany director and any transpiration puts your placement at a serious risk. It would need to be a very good and unavoidable reason for this request to be made. If you cannot make the flight on your prescribed throw-away stage please email: campplacement@campamerica.co.uk. If a flight has once been ticketed you will be charged a penalty fee for a transpiration to be made. 29 Where can I find my insurance documents? All insurance documents can be found via a link from the insurance page of yourZanyAmerica on line account: http://mycampamerica.com/sign-in On this link you will find your Policy Wording document, medical and valise claims forms, and theZanyAmerica Insurance handbook. Your insurance document will be ready for you to view and download once your wastefulness for the programme has been fully paid. 30 Will my insurance imbricate me for without zany travel? The insurance package will embark on the day of yourZanyAmerica serried outbound flight from your home country to the United States (no older than May 1). Coverage will end at 153 days, or the stage you fly home or October 31, whichever comes first. 31 What classifies as a pre-existing condition? “Pre-existing Condition” ways an illness, disease, or other condition of the Covered Person that in the 3 months period surpassing the Covered Person’s coverage became constructive under the Policy: 1. First manifested itself, worsened, became acute, or exhibited symptoms that would have caused a person to seek diagnosis, superintendency or treatment; or 2. Required taking prescribed drugs or medicines, unless the condition for which the prescribed drug or medicine is taken remains controlled without any transpiration in the required prescription; or 3. Was treated by a Doctor or treatment had been recommended by a Doctor. TheZanyAmerica Basic Insurance does not imbricate any pre-existing medical conditions. Please contact theZanyAmerica insurance department at insurance@campamerica.co.uk or +44 207 581 7373 for remoter options and information. 32 Is there a deductable (excess)? The deductible is $50 per wrecking or sickness. If you shepherd an emergency room for an illness and you are not admitted as a patient (in other words you are sent when to camp) your deductible will increase by an wing $250. A deductible ways you are responsible for the first $50 (or $250 as explained above) of all medical forfeit for each claim. 33 I have very little wits with Insurance. How will I know what to do if I need to make a claim?ZanyAmerica understands that most of our participants are new to insurance. We have produced an Insurance Handbook that details everything you need to know including how to obtain medical treatment in the US and how to make a claim. You can find this handbook at: http://assistance.caremedus.com/assets/document/camp_america/CampAmericaInsuranceHandbook.pdf 34 I am taking aZanyAmerica Trek. Will the CA insurance imbricate me? Yes you will be covered as long as you do not partake in sports or activities that have been excluded from the policy. 35 I am making my own travel Arrangements when will my coverage start? If you are not using aZanyAmerica serried flight (Own Travel) your insurance will automatically start 2 days prior to your prescribed start stage at camp. If you require the insurance to start older you must contactZanyAmerica at insurance@campamerica.co.uk or +44 207 581 7373 with the stage you plan on arriving. As long as you contactZanyAmerica your policy can start older (no policy can start surpassing April 29). 36 Am I covered if I travel to Canada or Mexico? The plan does not imbricate travel outside the U.S. and Canada. The only exception is travel to Mexico, where coverage is limited to a trip of no increasingly than 48 hours. Please remember that participants may only travel to Canada or during the programme dates listed on yourDocumentof Eligibility (DS2019 ) form.Travel to Canada or Mexico during the “grace period” (30 day travel period that starts on the day your zany work ends) signifies the participant is no longer on the CA programme and therefore will not be covered. 37 Am I required to use the insurance provided byZanyAmerica? The wordplay is no. You may purchase your own insurance but the policy must meet all of the requirements set by the US government for participants on the J-1 Cultural Exchange programme. If you wish to use volitional insurance please contact insurance@campamerica.co.uk or undeniability +44 207 581 7373 to discuss and receive remoter information. 38 Can I wield to a variegated camp? The simple wordplay is yes you can! If you are thinking of trying out a variegated wits for next summer then you’re welcome to wield to a new camp. When you re-activate your profile you can select an option for your using to be sent to other camps. To do this you will need to update your using and well-constructed the required sections, you will moreover be required to shepherd flipside squatter to faceZanyAmerica interview with one of our regional Interviewers. Please note that as part of your using to a new camp, you will be required to submit two new references to support you. As you have once spent a summer at zany one of these references must be from your previous camp. Ideally it should be completed by yourZanyDirector and if you are not worldly-wise to get in touch with them please letZanyAmerica know as soon as possible. 39 Am I required to shepherd a squatter to squatter visit at the US Embassy? UK Applicants – Yes, everyone is required to do a squatter to squatter interview at the US Embassy in the UK. Non-UK Applicants – Please trammels with the US Embassy in your country if you are required to shepherd a squatter to squatter appointment. 40 Do I need to submit new references and be interviewed again? If you’re returning to the same zany that you’ve previously worked at, you do not need to get new references or have flipside interview. However, if you’re going when to a zany that you’ve previously worked at and have not been there for two years or increasingly then we do require you to get two new and up to stage references to support your application. If you’re applying to a new zany then you will need two new references and well-constructed a squatter to squatter interview withZanyAmerica. Please note that one of these references must be from your previous camp. 41 Does it forfeit the same as my first year? No! As a returner you pay a lot less then you did in your first summer. The main reason for this is considering you’re an expert now and know what you’re doing, there’s not as much office and admin work required for your application.Moreoverby going when to the same zany there’s no placement charges to that zany which ways you don’t need to pay as much toZanyAmerica! You moreover have a couple of variegated options in terms of your travel to zany which will moreover impact you stuff worldly-wise to negotiate your pocket money directly with the camp.Trammelsout the Returner Costs & Process page for increasingly information well-nigh this. 42 What are my flight travel options as a returner? As a returning participant you have two options concerning your flight to the USA: Option 1 – Own Transport You can make and pay for all of your return travel to the USA and to your camp.ZanyAmerica will not tuition your zany any organ fees and therefore you should receive the same salary as an American staff member. Option 2 –ZanyAmerica flight If you prefer lettingZanyAmerica typesetting your flights we are happy to do so. Please note that your zany will then be charged for the forfeit of this flight and it is most likely the zany will deduct this value from the salary they offer you. Please contactZanyAmerica for the word-for-word value your zany will be charged. Please note that all return flights will depart from New York regardless of where you were flown to. 43 What is the process to obtain a J-1 Visa? The Visa process officially begins in January for placed participants. Once you winnow your placement, your references have been checked and approved, and your police trammels has been received your visa process will begin! Important visa papers tabbed DS-2019 forms will be issued by the US State Department in Washington D.C. and printed in America. DS-2019 forms are then sent from our US office to your localZanyAmerica office. This process can take anywhere between 5-10 working days depending on where you are in the world. All DS-2019 forms will be sent to the primary write you supply on yourZanyAmerica application. If you live in the UK, you will need to typesetting in for a US Embassy J-1 visa visit at the US Embassy in London or with the US ConsulateUnstipulatedin Belfast. To do so, please refer to the instructional PDFs that are on the visa page of yourZanyAmericaUncontrivedaccount. You will receive confirmation of your US Embassy visit via email directly from the US Embassy containing your confirmation. If you live outside the UK, you will be required to typesetting your own US Embassy visit directly with the US Embassy but please trammels with your localZanyAmerica office for remoter details. 44 How do I typesetting an visit at the US Embassy to get my J-1 Visa? It is the policy of the US Embassy that you typesetting your own embassy or consulate appointment. Once you have received your visa pack fromZanyAmerica, then and ONLY then, can you typesetting your US Embassy appointment. Please refer to the instructional guide that was included in your visa pack, as well as the instructional PDFs on yourZanyAmericaUncontrivedsite for guidance on how to typesetting these appointments. 45 What items do I need to bring to my visa appointment? Please read the imbricate letter sent to you in your DS-2019 visa pack as this gives specific guidelines as to exactly what you need to bring with you to the U.S. Embassy for your J-1 visa appointment. Additionally, this information is outlined on yourZanyAmericaUncontrivedworth in the instructional PDFs. The pursuit items should be placed in your well-spoken plastic wallet in this order: • Your passport at the front • A printout of the U.S. Embassy’s confirmation of your visit email (this is emailed directly to you from the U.S. Embassy once your visit has been booked) • A printout of the receipt that came with your visit email. It is a confirmation of your payment. • Non-immigrant VisaUsing(DS-160) online form – print off the sheet that has your barcode – the link to this form is contained within instructions on yourZanyAmericaUncontrivedvisa page •Documentof Eligibility for J-1 visa (DS-2019 form) signed and dated • Notice of Action or SEVIS I-901 Fee (you will be required to print this yourself; please follow directions from either the original instructional guide included in your visa pack or the instructional PDFs on yourZanyAmericaUncontrivedvisa pages) • Letter of support fromZanyAmerica – this was included in your visa pack or it is misogynist to print from yourZanyAmericaUncontrivedvisa page • Documentary evidence/proof of return – as outlined whilom and in the instructional PDFs on yourZanyAmericaUncontrivedvisa page 46 What does ‘Place’ midpoint when signing my DS-2019 form? This is a very worldwide question! You simply need to state the municipality / town you reside in when signing the form! 47 My DS-2019 hasn’t got my middle name on it, is this going to be a problem? It is important that both passport information and visa information is correct. It is essential when applying for theZanyAmerica programme, you enter your full name (as shown in passport) as this is the information from which your visa papers are printed. If, upon receiving your visa papers, you notice your middle name is missing, you must callZanyAmerica immediately in order for a member of the team to input this data onto the system which will trigger a reprint of the form. It is imperative that you do this as quickly as possible, to stave delays to the visa process. If you goof to provide this information on your using when applying to theZanyAmerica programme, you may be charged a DS-2019 reprint fee. 48 I haven’t received a DS-160 form, where can I find this? A DS-160 form will not be sent to you. The DS-160 form is for you to well-constructed online prior to your US Embassy appointment. Once you have received your Visa pack fromZanyAmerica, it will include an instructional document telling you how to wangle this form. At this stage you will be directed to log onto your CAD site and into the ‘Visa’ tab where PDF documents will be misogynist to guide you through the DS-160 application. The URL is moreover within this document so it is essential that it is used in order to minimise potential errors. 49 I have received flipside DS-2019 form and I don’t know why? Often many of you will receive reprints of your DS-2019 Form (also known as theDocumentof Eligibility). Although it may seem as if both forms are identical, you will need to use the most recent form when peekaboo your Visa visit as something has reverted on your system which has triggered this to happen. It could be due to a number of reasons such as a start or end stage change. You will need to send your original form when into our CA office with a little note stating that you received a reprint. 50 I have received a new passport and updated it on my CA account, is there anything else I need to do? Yes, upon receiving a new passport it is important that you moreover undeniability theZanyAmerica Visa department so that a member of the team is worldly-wise to enter/clarify the passport number with you on our system. 51 I have received a new DS-2019 and I have once had my visa appointment, what do I do? If you received an updated version of your DS-2019 form without peekaboo your appointment, you will need to take both the original and updated versions upon flying to the US. 52 I have been asked to provide documentary vestige of proof of return, what is classed as sufficient? Providing documentary proof of return is extremely important and really can be the deciding factor when stuff granted a visa or not. We stress that it is definitely largest to have too much than too little! Ideally, the Embassies favour a letter from an employer or university. Outside of this, any other documentation can only be viewed as supportive. If you are unable to provide either a letter from an employer or University, other documents we suggest you include are: • A detailed personal letter (written by you) stating your plans upon returning to the UK/to your home country. • Bank statements • Mobile phone contracts (18/24 months) • UCAS Letter • Graduates are worldly-wise to use any Student Finance reports to state that you are required to pay your student loan off. • Utility bills / Tenancy agreements 53 I am having problems uploading a photo onto the DS-160 form, what should I do? This is OK as you are still worldly-wise to submit the using without one. The photo upload will need to goof three times surpassing you can shirk this step. You will simply need to bring a US Passport sized photo / visa photo (2x2 inches) withal to your J-1 visa interview at the US Embassy or Consulate. 54 How long does it take for the visa to be processed? This varies depending on the country you are applying in. Most Embassies will take 2-3 merchantry days to process your using and flipside 2-3 merchantry days to return your passport. In the UK the embassy in London can take 7-10 merchantry days to process and return your passport to you. For word-for-word times please contact your local US Embassy. Please understand it is the responsibility of the write-in to unify their visa in time for their assignedZanyAmerica throw-away flight. Failure to provide unbearable time for the visa may lead to a receipt of your using or penalty fees if your flight must be rebooked. 55 How long will it take surpassing a placement is found? Once your using is well-constructed it is then viewable to the camps we work with. There is no set time period on how long it takes surpassing a placement is found. This will depend on the skills you offer, your availability stage and your supporting documents. Placements can sometimes come quickly and for others they may have to wait months. Please note that not all applicants will be offered a placement 56 I have once confirmed my flight why am I stuff asked to do it again? Flights must be confirmed 3 times: 1. Confirmation of the prescribed flight stage 2. Confirmation of the Flight information once it appears on your on line worth 3. Final confirmation 72 hours prior to your prescribed flight stage 57 I have chosen a stock-still flight option. When will I receive my return flight information? Return flight information will towards on the flight page of yourZanyAmerica online worth sometime without you victorious in the US. 58 My zany has moreover sent me a medical form. Do I need to have my GP well-constructed both? It is not unusual for camps to send you a med form to well-constructed as they send out the same information as they send to their American staff. If you ask your GP to well-constructed both forms, you will be charged for both of them. Have yourZanyAmerica med form completed and send a reprinting of this to your zany as well as toZanyAmerica. 59 My zany has sent me US tax forms and immigration forms to complete. What do I do? Camps do not unchangingly differentiate between their US and international staff and send the same materials to all. Contact your zany and ask them if it is OK for you to well-constructed these tax forms when you victorious to ensure you do it correctly. As for immigration forms you do not need to well-constructed these as you will have a visa. 60 My doctor is yonder or unable to well-constructed my medical form right away. Will this be a problem? As long as we get your medical form well surpassing your prescribed throw-away stage do not worry if there is a delay. 61 My flight stage and start stage at zany are different? Why? If your flight stage is one day prior to your start stage and you are flying to New YorkMunicipalityfrom the end of May to the whence of July you will stay the first night at the arrivals hotel in New Jersey. This ways you fly a day older than the start stage at zany listed on yourZanyAmerica online worth and will then travel to zany the next day. If your inrush airport is variegated than New YorkMunicipalitybut your flight stage is the day surpassing your start date, then you will stay at the arrivals hotel and they will bring you when to the airport the pursuit day to protract your onward journey to camp. 62 My GP wants to tuition me a lot of money to well-constructed the medical form. Must this really be done? Yes it must. AllZanyAmerica participants must submit a completed medical form from their GP prior to their departure. We know that there is an uneaten forfeit and I am sorry to say that there is nothingZanyAmerica can do well-nigh this. 63 My Pocket Money rate is incorrect. Your pocket money rate is unswayable by: • Your age (as of June 1st) • The position you have been hired for • Your skills and wits Participants with very upper skills and wits may be eligible for increased pocket money and this is usually unswayable once your using has been wonted onto the programme. Please note that increased pocket money is offered for those participants with upper skills and wits ONLY in upper demand zany activities and if you are hired to teach that activity. For example a highly skilled netball player will not be eligible for the increased pocket money as netball is not a upper demand skill at a US camp.Moreoveran wits doughboy will not receive increased pocket money if you are hired as a unstipulated counsellor. If you truly finger your pocket money rate to be incorrect please write to campplacement@campamerica.co.uk. 64 What do I do without I get the completed medical form when from my doctor? Please upload the medical form onto your application. If you run into any issues with this, please email a reprinting of your form to enquiries@campamerica.co.uk and our team can upload it for you. 65 Why must I winnow my placement? It is very important that you are happy with the zany you have been placed at. Please remember that your placement was based on information you provided on your using form. You do have the option to reject a placement but it really must be for a good reason. If you segregate to reject a placement you must understand the following: •ZanyAmerica cannot guarantee that we will be worldly-wise to find you a new placement • As a placement was secured for you – you will not be eligible for a refund of your fees if no new placement is found We recommend that you get as much information well-nigh the zany and the position you have been hired for. Speak to the zany as well concerning your worries. If without all this you still wish to reject your placement please email campplacement@campamerica.co.uk. We will notify your zany of your visualization and your using will be placed when into unstipulated diffusion in the hope that a new placement can be found. 66 What if I miss my flight home? Please don’t! If you miss your flight home you will need to pay the full forfeit of a new ticket and then may be required to wait (at your own expense) for the next misogynist flight. Please try to victorious in your throw-away municipality the day surpassing your flight. 67 I have a criminal record. Would I still be unliable to wield for the programme? All issues are looked at on an individual basis. You must contact theZanyAmerica office at +44 (0)207 581 7373 to discuss the situation prior to you peekaboo an interview. Please note that if the offense was due to drink or drugs the US Embassy may ask you to shepherd a medical screening with one of their doctors and there is a substantial uneaten forfeit with this. Offences relating to drugs or violence will render you ineligible for the programme. Please moreover note that some camps undertake random drug testing during the summer. 68 I did have a criminal record in the past but it has now been removed. Do I still need to state this? Yes you must. Please remember you are applying for a position in the USA and US law will take precedence over your local laws. 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