Furman University
Greenville, SCOfficial websiteGeorge Mason University
Fairfax, VAOfficial websiteGeorgetown University
Washington, DCOfficial websiteGeorgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GAOfficial websiteGoucher College
Baltimore, MDOfficial websiteGrinnell College
Grinnell, IAOfficial websiteHamilton College
Clinton, NYOfficial websiteHampton University
Hampton, VAOfficial websiteHarvard University
Cambridge, MAOfficial websiteHope College
Holland, MIOfficial websiteIllinois State University
Normal, ILOfficial websiteIndiana State University/ International Affairs Center
Terre Haute, INOfficial websiteIndiana University
Bloomington, INOfficial websiteIndiana University Indianapolis
Indianapolis, INOfficial websiteInstitute Of International Education, Inc.
New York, NYOfficial websiteIowa State University of Science and Technology
Ames, IAOfficial websiteJohns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MDOfficial websiteKalamazoo College
Kalamazoo, MIOfficial websiteLewis and Clark College
Portland, OROfficial websiteLouisiana State University System
Baton Rouge, LAOfficial websiteLoyola University Chicago
Chicago, ILOfficial websiteMacalester College
Saint Paul, MNOfficial websiteMarshall University
Huntington, WVOfficial websiteMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MAOfficial websiteMayo Clinic
Rochester, MNOfficial websiteMetropolitan State University of Denver
Denver, COMichigan State University
East Lansing, MIOfficial websiteMichigan Technological University
Houghton, MIOfficial websiteMiddlebury College
Middlebury, VTOfficial websiteMiddlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
Monterey, CAOfficial websiteMinnesota State University, Mankato
Mankato, MNOfficial websiteMississippi College
Montana State University
Bozeman, MTOfficial websiteMount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MAOfficial websiteMurray State University
Murray, KYOfficial websiteNew Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJOfficial websiteNew Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NMOfficial websiteNew York University
New York, NYOfficial websiteNortheastern University
Boston, MAOfficial websiteNorthern Illinois University
Dekalb, ILOfficial websiteNorthwestern University
Evanston, ILOfficial websiteOberlin College
Oberlin, OHOfficial websiteOregon Health & Science University
Portland, OROfficial websitePacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, WAOfficial websitePomona College
Claremont, CAOfficial websitePratt Institute
Brooklyn, NYOfficial websitePrinceton University
Princeton, NJOfficial websitePurdue University
West Lafayette, INOfficial websiteReed College
Portland, OROfficial websiteRhode Island School of Design
Providence, RIOfficial website
What is a J-1 visa sponsor?
A J-1 sponsor is an organization designated by the U.S. Department of State to run an Exchange Visitor Program. You cannot apply for a J-1 visa on your own: a sponsor first accepts you into its program and issues Form DS-2019, the document you need for your visa application.
How does the J-1 process work?
- Choose your category. Intern, trainee, teacher, au pair, research scholar and the other categories each have their own rules and their own sponsors.
- Find a sponsor. Pick a sponsor designated for your category from the list above and apply through its website.
- Receive your DS-2019. Once the sponsor accepts you, it issues Form DS-2019.
- Pay the SEVIS fee. The I-901 SEVIS fee is paid after you have your DS-2019.
- Complete the DS-160 and attend your interview. Apply for the visa online and book an interview at a U.S. embassy or consulate.
This list is taken from the U.S. Department of State’s public list of designated sponsors. Crosena is not a sponsor and is not affiliated with the Department of State. Places, sponsorship and visas are decided by sponsors and the U.S. government.
