Since 1998, MCID’s Washington, DC office has worked with the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to design and implement the International Visitor (IV) Program. The IV program emphasizes increased mutual understanding through communication at the personal and professional levels and annually brings to the United States approximately 5,000 foreign nationals from all over the world to experience America firsthand. The visitors, who are current or potential leaders in government, politics, the media, education, labor relations, the arts, business and other fields are selected by American Officials overseas. More than 200 current and former Heads of State, 1,500 cabinet-level ministers, and many other distinguished world leaders in government and the private sector have participated.

MCID works closely with the member organizations of National Council for International Visitors (NCIV) to capture the essence of communities across the United States through professional programming, tours that highlight regional history and geography, and hospitality hosted by local families.