Rider University
Lawrenceville, NJOfficial websiteRowan University
Glassboro, NJOfficial websiteRutgers University
New Brunswick, NJOfficial websiteSacred Heart University
Fairfield, CTOfficial websiteSaginaw Valley State University
University Center, MIOfficial websiteSan Diego State University
San Diego, CAOfficial websiteSavannah College of Art & Design
Savannah, GAOfficial websiteSeattle University
Seattle, WASmith College
Northampton, MAOfficial websiteSouth Dakota State University
Brookings, SDOfficial websiteSoutheast Missouri State University
Cape Girardeau, MOOfficial websiteSouthern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, ILOfficial websiteSouthern Utah University
Cedar City, UTOfficial websiteState University of New York at Binghamton
Binghamton, NYState University of New York at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NYOfficial websiteStetson University
Deland, FLOfficial websiteSwarthmore College
Swarthmore, PAOfficial websiteSyracuse University
Syracuse, NYOfficial websiteTeachers College, Columbia University
New York, NYTexas A&M University
College Station, TXOfficial websiteTexas International Education Consortium
Austin, TXOfficial websiteTexas Tech University
Lubbock, TXOfficial websiteThe Catholic University of America
Washington, DCOfficial websiteThe George Washington University
Washington, DCOfficial websiteThe Juilliard School
New York, NYOfficial websiteThe Lutheran University Assoc, INC,dba Valparaiso University
Valparaiso, INOfficial websiteThe New School
New York, NYOfficial websiteThe Ohio State University
Columbus, OHOfficial websiteThe Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PAOfficial websiteThe State University of New York
Albany, NYOfficial websiteThe University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, ALOfficial websiteThe University of Georgia
Athens, GAOfficial websiteThe University of Memphis
Memphis, TNOfficial websiteThe University of Oklahoma
Norman, OKOfficial websiteThe University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TNOfficial websiteThe University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TNOfficial websiteThe University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TXOfficial websiteThe University of Texas at Dallas
Richardson, TXOfficial websiteThe University of Texas at San Antonio
San Antonio, TXOfficial websiteThe University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg, TXOfficial websiteThe University of Toledo
Toledo, OHOfficial websiteThe Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TNOfficial websiteThomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PAOfficial websiteTufts University, International Center
Medford, MAOfficial websiteTuskegee University
Tuskegee Institute, ALOfficial websiteUNC Charlotte
Charlotte, NCOfficial websiteUniversity at Albany, State University of New York
Albany, NYOfficial websiteUniversity of Arizona
Tucson, AZOfficial websiteUniversity of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AROfficial websiteUniversity of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CAOfficial 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.
