Hartford International University for Religion and Peace
Hartford, CTOfficial websiteHarvard University
Cambridge, MAOfficial websiteHenry Ford Hospital
Detroit, MIOfficial websiteHERBERT H. LEHMAN COLLEGE-CUNY
Bronx, NYOfficial websiteH. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Tampa, FLOfficial websiteHobart and William Smith Colleges
Geneva, NYOfficial websiteHospital for Special Surgery
New York, NYOfficial websiteHoward Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
Chevy Chase, MDOfficial websiteHoward University
Washington, DCOfficial websiteHunter College of The City University of New York
New York, NYOfficial websiteIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, NYOfficial websiteIdaho State University
Pocatello, IDOfficial websiteIllinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, ILOfficial websiteIllinois State University
Normal, ILOfficial websiteIndiana State University/ International Affairs Center
Terre Haute, INOfficial websiteIndiana University
Bloomington, INOfficial websiteIndiana University Indianapolis
Indianapolis, INOfficial websiteIndiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana, PAOfficial websiteInstitute for Advanced Study
Princeton, NJOfficial websiteInstitute for Molecular Medicine
Huntington Beach, CAOfficial websiteInstitute for Systems Biology
Seattle, WAOfficial websiteInstitute Of International Education, Inc.
New York, NYOfficial websiteIntealth dba ECFMG
Philadelphia, PAOfficial websiteIntel Corporation
Chandler, AZOfficial websiteInternational Arts & Artists
Washington, DCOfficial websiteInternational Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
Durham, NCOfficial websiteInternational Forum for Democratic Studies
Washington, DCOfficial websiteInternational Research and Exchanges Board (IREX)
Washington, DCOfficial websiteInternational Technological University
International Training and Exchange, Inc. dba Intrax
San Francisco, CAOfficial websiteIowa State University of Science and Technology
Ames, IAOfficial websiteIthaca College
Ithaca, NYOfficial websiteJackson State University
Jackson, MSOfficial websiteJacksonville University
Jacksonville, FLOfficial websiteJames Madison University
Harrisonburg, VAJohn Carroll University
University Heights, OHOfficial websiteJohn Jay College of Criminal Justice
New York, NYOfficial websiteJohns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MDOfficial websiteJSA/TJNAF (Jefferson Lab)
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KSOfficial websiteKean University
Union, NJOfficial websiteKennesaw State University
Kennesaw, GAOfficial websiteKent State University
Kent, OHOfficial websiteLahey Clinic Foundation
Burlington, MAOfficial websiteLa Jolla Institute for Immunology
La Jolla, CAOfficial websiteLander University
Greenwood, SCOfficial websiteLangston University
Langston, OKOfficial websiteLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley, CAOfficial websiteLawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, CAOfficial websiteLawrence Technological University
Southfield, MIOfficial 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.
