Miami Council for International Visitors (MCIV)

Since 1959, Miami Council for International Visitors (MCIV) has welcomed thousands of prominent and emerging leaders from around the globe.  Our community, volunteer based, non-profit organization customizes professional programs, business meetings and hospitality for international dignitaries invited by US Embassies around the world to see and experience our country first-hand in a way that leaves an idelible impression of our governement and its citizens. 

We're commited to the idea that Americans, during the course of their everyday lives, can and should be engaged in foreign relations; thus becoming citizen diplomats for the United States.

We value and depend upon the financial support and dedication of our members, our community resources and strategic partners to introduce Miami to the world! 

About the International Visitor Leadership Program

During World War II, our nation began to invite foreign leaders to the United States to meet with their counterparts. From these modest beginnings grew what is now called the International Visitor Program. With over 5700 participants annually, its alumni list includes such notables as:

• Anwar Sadat,
  
• Tony Blair
  
• Indira Gandhi,
  
• Nicolas Sarkozy

The International Visitor Leadership Program is designed to:

• introduce our system of government and our way of life to the participants, as well as;
  

• components of our democracy including business, law, education, and the arts