Adelphi University
Garden City, NYOfficial websiteAlabama Agricultural and Mechanical University
Normal, ALOfficial websiteAlabama State University
Montgomery, ALOfficial websiteAlbany Medical College
Albany, NYOfficial websiteAlbert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NYOfficial websiteAlfred University
Alfred, NYOfficial websiteAllen Institute
Seattle, WAOfficial websiteAmerica-Mideast Educational and Training Services, Inc.
Washington, DCOfficial websiteAmerican Councils for International Education: ACTR/ACCELS
Washington, DCOfficial websiteAmerican Immigration Council
Washington, DCOfficial websiteAmerican Museum of Natural History
New York, NYOfficial websiteAmerican University
Washington, DCOfficial websiteAmherst College
Amherst, MAOfficial websiteAppalachian State University
Boone, NCOfficial websiteArizona State University
Tempe, AZOfficial websiteArkansas State University
State University, AROfficial websiteAshland University
Ashland, OHOfficial websiteAuburn University
Auburn, ALAugusta University
Augusta, GAOfficial websiteAzusa Pacific University
Azusa, CAOfficial websiteBall State University
Muncie, INOfficial websiteBard College
Annandale On Hudson, NYOfficial websiteBaruch College-The City University of New York
Baruch S. Blumberg Institute
Doylestown, PAOfficial websiteBates College
Lewiston, MEOfficial websiteBattelle Memorial Institute
Richland, WAOfficial websiteBaylor College of Medicine
Houston, TXOfficial websiteBaylor University
Waco, TXOfficial websiteBaylor University Medical Center
Dallas, TXOfficial websiteBentley University
Waltham, MAOfficial websiteBigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
East Boothbay, MEOfficial websiteBoise State University
Boise, IDOfficial websiteBoston College
Chestnut Hill, MAOfficial websiteBoston University
Boston, MAOfficial websiteBowdoin College
Brunswick, MEOfficial websiteBowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OHBoyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research
Ithaca, NYOfficial websiteBrandeis University
Waltham, MAOfficial websiteBridgewater State University
Bridgewater, MAOfficial websiteBrigham Young University
Provo, UTOfficial websiteBrookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, NYOfficial websiteBrooklyn College of the City University of New York
Brooklyn, NYBrown University
Providence, RIOfficial websiteBuck Institute for Research on Aging
Novato, CAOfficial websiteBurke Medical Research Institute
White Plains, NYOfficial websiteButler University
Indianapolis, INOfficial websiteCalifornia Academy of Sciences
San Francisco, CAOfficial websiteCalifornia Baptist University
Riverside, CAOfficial websiteCalifornia Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CAOfficial websiteCalifornia Institute of the Arts
Valencia, 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.
