The SACC-USA Trainee Program is vital to SACC-USA’s mission of facilitating trade, commerce and investment between Sweden and the U.S.  As a SACC member, your company can utilize the Trainee Program as a tool in developing your international business activities.

Trainees educated within the highly regarded Swedish educational system bring expertise within their academic field along with an intimate knowledge of the Swedish and European market, language skills and cross-cultural knowledge.

As a J-1 visa sponsor designated by the U.S. Department of State, SACC-USA assists with:

1. J-1 visa service for Swedish employees or business partners coming to the U.S. on training assignments up to 18 months
2. J-1 visa service for U.S. companies which have made an offer of training to an intern/trainee from Sweden
3. Matchmaking between U.S. companies and trainee candidates in the SACC-USA trainee candidate database, followed by our J-1 visa service

In other words, if you have already found your intern or trainee, SACC-USA will assist with the J-1 visa application. If you have not yet found the ideal candidate, SACC-USA will help with the search.

Examples of how our members have utilized the SACC-USA Trainee Program:

• Leading Edge Hydraulics hosted a trainee from Sweden to learn its business in order to take part in the formation and start-up of a joint venture in Sweden.
• Nordic Technologies trained an employee of one of their major customers for 18 months.
• Rockford Economic Development Council hosted an international development intern to facilitate an Industrial Partnership Agreement with the City of Lidköping.
• LMC, Inc. trained a recent mechanical engineering graduate with the goal of having a new productive employee for its European operations.